There is so much manipulation of our perceptions by politicians, media and gloom and doomers of all kinds. We hand over our thoughts, our hopes and sense of joy to these negative hypnotists. I deliberately monitor and control my intake of their efforts.
I also actively search out the actual truth and find so much to counteract the hypnotic manipulations that depress our lives. We have that power!
So sharing:
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/12/...ory-seriously/
Quotes:
As for Britain, our consumption of ‘stuff’ probably peaked around the turn of the century — an achievement that has gone almost entirely unnoticed. But the evidence is there. In 2011 Chris Goodall, an investor in electric vehicles, published research showing that the UK was now using not just relatively less ‘stuff’ every year, but absolutely less. Events have since vindicated his thesis. The quantity of all resources consumed per person in Britain (domestic extraction of biomass, metals, minerals and fossil fuels, plus imports minus exports) fell by a third between 2000 and 2017, from 12.5 tonnes to 8.5 tonnes. That’s a faster decline than the increase in the number of people, so it means fewer resources consumed overall.
If this doesn’t seem to make sense, then think about your own home. Mobile phones have the computing power of room-sized computers of the 1970s. I use mine instead of a camera, radio, torch, compass, map, calendar, watch, CD player, newspaper and pack of cards. LED light bulbs consume about a quarter as much electricity as incandescent bulbs for the same light. Modern buildings generally contain less steel and more of it is recycled. Offices are not yet paperless, but they use much less paper...
Also:
https://phe.rockefeller.edu/docs/Nat...utm_source=mec
Also:
I bought the Kindle version of this book
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0756J1LLV...ng=UTF8&btkr=1
Stop feeding the hypnotic gloom and examine and support the positive!