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Secular Theology

deek — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:15:29 +0000

Deepak Chopra is on Seesmic, which is nice as he’s lifted the discourse level somewhat, at the same time as pushing his book, of course… but nothing wrong with that, when it’s on such an interesting subject.

We started discussing the spark of divinity; my Seesmate Dave Shannon said some stuff which set me off on one.

Flat 34 #6: Underground

deek — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:44:08 +0000

I discuss the roots of my caring for the domestic environment, and then engage with the real world by going underground, traveling to work on London’s tube.

It’s All In The Mobile Mind

deek — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:18:15 +0000

This is interesting; I know someone who was with her young child rehoused (in the Liberal-run London Borough of Islington) on the basis it was unhealthy to be living within feet of a mobile phone mast. She produced written advice from medics I understand. Whether that was because the medics recognised that the mother’s anxiety was producing high levels of trauma for mother and child I cannot say, but she got rehoused.

There are also disputed claims that living near high capacity electric powerlines is dangerous. The Times ran a story (in 2000 I think) indicating that data does exist to show that to be close to large electrical installations up for long periods of time is not a healthy activity for human beings. It has been linked to higher incidences of cancer.

My concern is that we are as yet relatively ignorant about all this very new mobile technology we’ve adopted and yet we’ve started to use it everywhere; but we just don’t know the universe well enough yet to be totally certain it is safe. We may not even know what we should be measuring in the first place to check whether it’s safe. Let’s not forget that.