A Q&A discussion with Zahira
Q: Miss, I’m sorry…I don’t want to bother you. Just wanted to say that you have a beautiful dress.
Z: Oh, thank you ma'am. Very kind of you to say.
Q: I’m guessing you are from India?
Z. Yes ma'am. Here on holiday, to visit my brother. He lives in New York City.
Q: Oh really? That’s great. What do you think of New York?
Z. Oh, so wondrous, so impressive. And this place, Times Square…wow.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, December 3, 2010
Q&Z: Capitalism, Cancer and Dominator Hierarchies
A Q&A Discussion With Doctor Z
Q: So you’re telling me you are a supporter of The Zeitgeist Movement? And your a doctor?
Dr. Z: I’m an oncologist, a cancer doctor. And you asked that as though I should know better?
Q: Yeah, kind of. I mean the Zeitgeist stuff just seems kind of crazy.
Dr. Z: What’s crazy is our current systems and worldviews. We are so out of sync with natural laws that our planet has now become a critically ill patient. A root cause of the fatal sickness is our monetary system. It has become what’s called a dominator hierarchy, which is a very serious pathology which behaves like a cancer spreading throughout a person’s body.
Q: Now you sound more like some rogue economics professor than a doctor.
Dr. Z: Well, actually that happens to be one of my skills…to be able to take higher perspectives, beyond just my specialty in medicine, to zoom far enough out to see the bigger picture.
Q: So you’re telling me you are a supporter of The Zeitgeist Movement? And your a doctor?
Dr. Z: I’m an oncologist, a cancer doctor. And you asked that as though I should know better?
Q: Yeah, kind of. I mean the Zeitgeist stuff just seems kind of crazy.
Dr. Z: What’s crazy is our current systems and worldviews. We are so out of sync with natural laws that our planet has now become a critically ill patient. A root cause of the fatal sickness is our monetary system. It has become what’s called a dominator hierarchy, which is a very serious pathology which behaves like a cancer spreading throughout a person’s body.
Q: Now you sound more like some rogue economics professor than a doctor.
Dr. Z: Well, actually that happens to be one of my skills…to be able to take higher perspectives, beyond just my specialty in medicine, to zoom far enough out to see the bigger picture.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Q&Z: Natural Hierarchies and the Zeitgeist Movement
A Q&A Discussion With a Young Girl Named Zena
Q. Let me get this straight. I’m 32. You’re a fourteen year old girl. And you’re going to tell me some stuff about natural hierarchies, culture wars, and how the Zeitgeist movement will save the world? Um, okay…nothing personal but I’m finding this a little hard to believe.
Z. So you won’t believe me because I’m fourteen? Or because I’m a girl?
Q. Uh, dunno…maybe both.
Z. Do you think it’s the message or the messenger that’s important?
Q. Well certainly the message, but it helps to have a messenger that’s believable.
Z. Oh really? Well, when supporters of the Zeitgeist movement try to talk to others about a Resource Based Economy, do the listeners find it believable? Do they think the idea of a world without money is totally unbelievable? That it’s just science fiction? Or do they think it’s the ZM’ers that are unbelievable? Maybe they think the movement is just a bunch of rebellious youth trying to sell some idealistic utopia.
Q. Let me get this straight. I’m 32. You’re a fourteen year old girl. And you’re going to tell me some stuff about natural hierarchies, culture wars, and how the Zeitgeist movement will save the world? Um, okay…nothing personal but I’m finding this a little hard to believe.
Z. So you won’t believe me because I’m fourteen? Or because I’m a girl?
Q. Uh, dunno…maybe both.
Z. Do you think it’s the message or the messenger that’s important?
Q. Well certainly the message, but it helps to have a messenger that’s believable.
Z. Oh really? Well, when supporters of the Zeitgeist movement try to talk to others about a Resource Based Economy, do the listeners find it believable? Do they think the idea of a world without money is totally unbelievable? That it’s just science fiction? Or do they think it’s the ZM’ers that are unbelievable? Maybe they think the movement is just a bunch of rebellious youth trying to sell some idealistic utopia.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Q&Z: On Beliefs and Being Wrong
A Q&A Discussion with a Homeless Guy Named Zack
Q. I can’t believe I’m talking to a homeless guy about beliefs.
Z. Hey I didn’t hit you up. You came up to me man.
Q. Yeah, cause I saw what you’re reading and couldn’t believe you were reading the same book I am, Being Wrong 1. Wow, maybe I was wrong about you…no pun intended?
Z. Slightly. You assumed I was a crack-head, or that I was demented, or, at the very least, unintelligent, right?
Q. Uh…pretty much.
Z. I am indeed homeless, but I’m not unintelligent. I can’t buy much, but I can get all the books I care to read at the library for free.
If you have the time—I certainly do—I want to talk with you about some things that have been on my mind lately.
Q. Uh, you mean besides the problem of being homeless?
Q. I can’t believe I’m talking to a homeless guy about beliefs.
Z. Hey I didn’t hit you up. You came up to me man.
Q. Yeah, cause I saw what you’re reading and couldn’t believe you were reading the same book I am, Being Wrong 1. Wow, maybe I was wrong about you…no pun intended?
Z. Slightly. You assumed I was a crack-head, or that I was demented, or, at the very least, unintelligent, right?
Q. Uh…pretty much.
Z. I am indeed homeless, but I’m not unintelligent. I can’t buy much, but I can get all the books I care to read at the library for free.
If you have the time—I certainly do—I want to talk with you about some things that have been on my mind lately.
Q. Uh, you mean besides the problem of being homeless?
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