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    "Phillip Toledano was terrified of growing old...
    So he decided to do it as many times as possible" ...





    The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano

    from Joshua Seftel

    "Afraid of dying? Don’t be. Over a period of three years, I stood by my friend’s side while he became homeless and obese, got disfiguring plastic surgery, had a stroke, became an alcoholic, and got busted for insider trading. Then I watched him die — seven different ways. And, truthfully, it may have been the best thing that’s ever happened to us.

    The experience became a story of middle-aged angst, and a test case in how to tame it. It’s one few of us avoid; for me, it began in 2009, when my father passed away. As the grieving and pain receded, a new kind of fear crept into my 41-year-old mind. It came in the form of insomnia, fueled by the realization that — although I didn’t know how, or when — I was going to die.

    Then I ran into Phil Toledano, an old friend and a prominent Manhattan photographer. Phil, too, had just lost his father, and was suffering from similar anxiety. He said, “I want to know what’s going to happen to me ... in the future.” And then he set out to find the answers.

    It started subtly enough, with DNA tests and consultations with fortunetellers. Then he upped the ante: He had a makeup artist use prosthetics to transform him into a character in any number of fatalistic fantasies, so that Phil could live out and actually photograph himself experiencing every possible future he could imagine.

    As a documentary filmmaker and a curious fellow neurotic, I asked Phil if I could follow him with my camera during this process, and he agreed. So I watched and recorded him as he became a cast of future Toledanos — homeless Mr. Toledano, obese Mr. Toledano, criminal Mr. Toledano, stroke victim Mr. Toledano, suicidal Mr. Toledano — each requiring hour after hour of meticulous preparation in hair and makeup.

    When I interviewed Phil’s wife, Carla, she was deeply worried that this exercise, and its attendant fixation on death, would make him depressed.

    But Phil continued. For three more years. I watched dozens of new characters emerge, and the couple’s dining room table filled with 8x10 glossies of Phil in various stages of horrific decay. But it somehow became an extreme form of exposure therapy. Instead of tucking them away as most of us do, Phil faced his fears — really, all of our fears — head-on. He made them tangible, cataloged them, examined them. And he began to feel better.

    Last year, he declared, “I’m done with the project.” When I talked with Carla about it, she said, “Phil has changed. In a good way.”

    Sure, it could just be a case of three years passing and time healing wounds. But I can’t help wondering if it might be good to stare at our greatest fears, to study our darkest possible futures. After all, if we’re going to worry, why not take a peek at exactly what we’re worried about?"

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    His previous films include the political campaign documentary “Taking on the Kennedys” (1996),
    the political satire “War, Inc.” (2008) starring John Cusack and Ben Kingsley, and “It’s the Hard-Knock Life” (2013).

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    The Fate Of A Whole Planet - Terence McKenna

    "Why are people so polite? Why are they so patient?"


    Published on Oct 7, 2016



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    Great film and overall message Gio>>thks

    Quote Originally posted by giovonni View Post
    "Phillip Toledano was terrified of growing old...
    So he decided to do it as many times as possible" ...





    The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano

    from Joshua Seftel

    "Afraid of dying? Don’t be. Over a period of three years, I stood by my friend’s side while he became homeless and obese, got disfiguring plastic surgery, had a stroke, became an alcoholic, and got busted for insider trading. Then I watched him die — seven different ways. And, truthfully, it may have been the best thing that’s ever happened to us.

    The experience became a story of middle-aged angst, and a test case in how to tame it. It’s one few of us avoid; for me, it began in 2009, when my father passed away. As the grieving and pain receded, a new kind of fear crept into my 41-year-old mind. It came in the form of insomnia, fueled by the realization that — although I didn’t know how, or when — I was going to die.

    Then I ran into Phil Toledano, an old friend and a prominent Manhattan photographer. Phil, too, had just lost his father, and was suffering from similar anxiety. He said, “I want to know what’s going to happen to me ... in the future.” And then he set out to find the answers.

    It started subtly enough, with DNA tests and consultations with fortunetellers. Then he upped the ante: He had a makeup artist use prosthetics to transform him into a character in any number of fatalistic fantasies, so that Phil could live out and actually photograph himself experiencing every possible future he could imagine.

    As a documentary filmmaker and a curious fellow neurotic, I asked Phil if I could follow him with my camera during this process, and he agreed. So I watched and recorded him as he became a cast of future Toledanos — homeless Mr. Toledano, obese Mr. Toledano, criminal Mr. Toledano, stroke victim Mr. Toledano, suicidal Mr. Toledano — each requiring hour after hour of meticulous preparation in hair and makeup.

    When I interviewed Phil’s wife, Carla, she was deeply worried that this exercise, and its attendant fixation on death, would make him depressed.

    But Phil continued. For three more years. I watched dozens of new characters emerge, and the couple’s dining room table filled with 8x10 glossies of Phil in various stages of horrific decay. But it somehow became an extreme form of exposure therapy. Instead of tucking them away as most of us do, Phil faced his fears — really, all of our fears — head-on. He made them tangible, cataloged them, examined them. And he began to feel better.

    Last year, he declared, “I’m done with the project.” When I talked with Carla about it, she said, “Phil has changed. In a good way.”

    Sure, it could just be a case of three years passing and time healing wounds. But I can’t help wondering if it might be good to stare at our greatest fears, to study our darkest possible futures. After all, if we’re going to worry, why not take a peek at exactly what we’re worried about?"

    Watch Here

    Joshua Seftel is an Emmy Award-winning director and producer based in New York City.
    His previous films include the political campaign documentary “Taking on the Kennedys” (1996),
    the political satire “War, Inc.” (2008) starring John Cusack and Ben Kingsley, and “It’s the Hard-Knock Life” (2013).

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    Clif High at the Web Bot Forum Roundtable 10-08-2016

    Clif High sits down with members of the Web Bot Forum to discuss
    his Oct ALTA Report. Recorded 10-08-2016
    Published on Oct 9, 2016


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    regarding the 2016 presidential debacle ...

    Last night i witnessed the death of any resemblance of any civility in U.S. presidential politics ...
    A democracy ends not by the acts of the vile ... But by the lack there of the spineless.

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    Quote Originally posted by giovonni View Post
    regarding the 2016 presidential debacle ...

    Last night i witnessed the death of any resemblance of any civility in U.S. presidential politics ...
    A democracy ends not by the acts of the vile ... But by the lack there of the spineless.
    I say we hand the both of them over to Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, so they can send them to Mars. Think of the reduction in air pollution once those two are off the planet!
    = DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR =

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    5 Terrifying & Convincing Videos of Ghosts Caught On CCTV Cameras

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    "From a ghost at a car wreckers in the United States, to what many say is a ghost standing on the side of the road that caused a Japanese taxi driver to pull over, get out and find no one there... Here are five incredibly creepy and scary believed ghosts caught on CCTV cameras".....
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    Published on Oct 10, 2016


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    drinking from the well spring of spirituality ...

    Terence McKenna - Alchemy, Magic & the Hermetic Tradition

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    "Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality."
    - Hermes Trismegistus

    Published on Oct 9, 2016


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    hmm ...


    "It might not be long before machines begin thinking for themselves -- creatively, independently ...
    And sometimes with better judgment than a human."




    From ~ 60 Minutes

    Charlie Rose interviews…a robot?


    Artificial intelligence positioned to be a game-changer

    Watch full segment > Here

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    This tiny sensor can detect gluten in your food.. it's incredible


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    OMG!! my legs and stomach are a mess but my spirit love it!! My fearful bodysuit My joyous spirit




    Quote Originally posted by giovonni View Post
    it's just a ride folks ...

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    I have to admit...this is worse than going by the old road from Bergen to Oslo which used to be horrific by itself. Loved the carwash at the end!

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