#environmental influence

Don’t Be Myopic About Heritability

by Tania Lombrozo

Thomas Bradford/iStockphoto

According to a news feature from the journal Nature, shortsightedness could be on the rise because children are spending less time outdoors than they used to.

In short: myopia has undergone a marked increase in the past 50 years, and several studies link this rise to the amount of time that children are spending indoors and away from high levels of…

Don’t Be Myopic About Heritability

by Tania Lombrozo

Thomas Bradford/iStockphoto

According to a news feature from the journal Nature, shortsightedness could be on the rise because children are spending less time outdoors than they used to.

In short: myopia has undergone a marked increase in the past 50 years, and several studies link this rise to the amount of time that children are spending indoors and away from high levels of…

The Brotherhood of Man (1946)

An animated film, in humorous style, which makes the point that dissimilarities between people are not basic but result from superficial environmental influences.

Doll Face - The Power Media Can Have

A study done in Israel showed that school-age kids spend roughly the same amount of time in front of the television as they spend in school. And adults, well, usually spend a lot more time in front of the TV than in school. And the influences of the Media on society are all too clear. Who controls this influence, controls the people. Their eating habits, their clothing preferences, what they'll spend money on, which toys their children will nag them to buy, what they'll think is worthy and good, and what they think is rotten and evil. However, now, the power is moving into the hands of the people. Thank you Internet! And you too, who cares about his own future and the future of his offspring, would be very wise to use this tool, as it educates and reforms the opinions of people and can, in little time, bring us to a state of peaceful coexistence with nature and our human peers.

Jacque Fresco on Larry King (1974) (summary)

Creator of the Venus Project, Jacque Fresco, talks about what the future holds, and mostly about the ills of our society.

Namely, competition, which he believes to be an affront to nature, or as he brilliantly puts it: "What competition exists in your body? ...You'd rot away in a month, if every organ in your body went out for itself"

And education: "Population control depends on education. We feel that an educated population requires no control" Question: