Scott Cram
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Movie:
Amelie (2001)
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Okay, it's French. But despite that considerable drawback, this movie has a wonderful sense of life.
(Added by Barry Kayton on 2/28/2004, 7:32am)
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Book:
The Ultimate Resource 2 by Julian Simon
This book annihilates the false notion that natural resources are limited and diminishing. In fact, the market price of every raw material has steadily decreased over the years. Why? Because people are the true ultimate resource. On average, each person produces more than he consumes. The more people, the more abundant the production and the cheape... (See the whole review)
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Article:
Arthur C. Clarke Was Wrong, So Progress Must Have Stopped
by Warren Meyer
Despite the pessimistic title, this is a wonderfully optimistic piece in response to an Erlich-esque view by Paul Krugman, who has been less than impressed by the past 50 years of Western technology. Julian Simon and Paul Pilzer would enjoy this piece immensely.
Sometimes, we all need a reminder of just how fortunate we are to be living in the time and place that we do. This piece is just such a reminder. (Read more...)
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In the Bullshit Department, a businessman can't hold a candle to a clergyman. 'Cause I gotta tell you the truth, folks. When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money!
George Carlin
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