Value Life Newsletter, 06-Oct-2022
Quick-fire current affair topics; British Empire (Part 4); and Universal Educational Message
Dear Honest Men and Bonnie Lassies ,
In this weeks Value Life (VL) Mini-series Episode 04.4 (<10m), we:
Fire out some quick-fire current affairs topics1; and
(at 2m 49s) Conclude our tiny coverage of the British Empire Part 4;
(at 5m 42s) Produce a toaty note on Post imperialism / colonialism;
(at 8m 23s) Propose a Universal Educational Message.
Some Further Sources and Notes From the Mini-episode
Are you worried about nuclear threats? Perhaps you may consider joining and support a movement like the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI); or the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Concerning the final point in the quick current affairs fire topic regarding environmental campaigns to stop gas field developments (by Friends of the Earth Scotland), here is a Jordon Peterson podcast with Bjorn Lomborg an environmental and sustainability expert offering an alternative perspective to exploiting gas opportunities and potential consequences if we don’t. This is another case to be made for a central repository for experts to posit evidence to ensure informed decisions can be made - please see the VL Concept Presentation if you have not done so already.
Magatte Wade on the Lex Fridman Podcast; and on Jordon Peterson’s Podcast, where he cites The Wealth and Poverty of Nations book and notes the most valuable natural resource is trust (which is now on the reading list). N.B. I do not agree with everything said in the podcasts, but they offer good information and perspectives. Magatte also has some interesting and powerful Ted Talks.
Please comment or ping me if you have a simple educational message that could be relayed to all children. Perhaps we can wrap it up in a wee message or tweet to the UN together.
There is seemingly a lot happening in the world right now that I feel that it is a disservice not mention others suffering despite the war in Ukraine on our doorstep. (Like this podcast shedding light on a brutal three-decade-long conflict in Congo where the elite have seemingly abandoned the people (the podcast does introduce “fat bear week” which is maybe cause for some smiles though); and other the wars around the world that we gleamed over in a previous mini-episode (8m 56s)). We are all Jock Tamson’s bairns and everyone needs trust and a hug. However, one has limited capacity and so the focus will be on finishing the mini-series (there are 3 or 4 episodes left) and leaving a taster for Deep Trust.
Have a great weekend when it comes and as always, thank you very much for your time!
Big hugs and much love,
Ross
Here are just a few references as promised if one is interested in more material on the quick-fire current affair topics
The tens of millions being affected by the food crisis in a so-called age of abundance could be a massively conservative estimate according to this Jordon Peterson podcast conservation with Michael Yon (he estimates over a billion people will be affected).
Brazilian and Italian (another account from Damon Linker on Substack) elections.
UK Conservative party leaders floundering. There are some good podcasts on this too - here is one.
Brave Iranians want some more freedoms and a related podcast.
Mr Orange Toupee Weehands far-right leaning tendencies; and a third / centrist party alternative in the US.
There is a lot of inspirational and strong journalism on the war in Ukraine; and on Mr Power-Greedy-Bully’s mobilization, nuclear rhetoric and sham elections on many media outlets of the free press. I am still mainly devouring The Guardian’s content.