It is a strange, rather perverse story.
It is a story about us, people,
being persuaded
to spend money we don’t have
on things we don’t need
to create impressions that don’t last
on people we don’t care about!

Also recommended:

Jackson’s publication Prosperity without growth? The transition to a sustainable economy.

It is marvelous to see how much different potential we have in our brains. Like for many others, my left hemisphere is trained and easily accessible. What if we all could access the qualities in our right part of the brain a bit more… Are there ways to access these qualities? I remember seeing ‘The Inner Savant‘ on Discovery channel where in an experiment the left part of the brain was temporarily turned off, giving the person instant improved drawing qualities. Try to see the documentary yourself on Discovery some day, I couldn’t find it online (yet). What I did find is this amazing video ‘Savant Drawings‘, showing the abilities of the brain.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy these videos and maybe inspires you to explore the ways to your right hemisphere a bit more…

A transcript of his lecture can be found here. The century ahead will be fundamentally shaped by advances in biology, Venter says. His current aim: Design an organism capable of creating energy.

Edit:

Later, in February 2008, Craig did this talk ‘On the verge of creating synthetic life’ at TED:

Famed geneticist creating life form that turns CO2 to fuel