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Dr. Tabakian’s Political Science 1 US Government – Spring 2013 Power Point Presentation #14
COURSE LECTURE TOPICS
Today’s Lecture Covers The Following: • Development Of The Elite Consensus • Rise of the Counter Elites
• Past, Present, And Future • Primary Goal Of Elites • Legitimacy • Economies of Scale • Discussion: Look Into The Crystal Ball
• Six Future Campaign Issues That Will Blow Your Mind!
THE ELITE CONSENSUS
• Liberty
• Pursuit Of Happiness
• Limited Government
• ELITES ARGUE OVER THE MEANS TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS (ENDS)!
PRIMARY GOAL OF ELITES
Elites Strive To Maintain And/Or Enhance Their Positions Of Power!
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
• LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
• Infrastructure
• Human Capital
• Resource Acquisition
• SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
• Tax Cuts (sometimes)
• Pandering
• Graft
ISSUES TODAY – MARIJUANA
ISSUES TODAY – RACISM
SOCIETAL NORMS OF BEHAVIOR
• You may think you are very tolerant today.
• Imagine society 100
years into the future. • Your, great, great, great
grandchildren may think you are intolerant.
• What future issues do you
foresee?
CRYSTAL BALL
ISSUE #1 - THE RIGHT TO LIVE
NEVER HAVING TO DIE
BACKING UP YOUR BRAIN
• Back Up Your Brain
• Microsoft’s Media Presence Research Group
• Store Every Second Of Your Life
• “MyLifeBits” or “Surrogate Memory“
• Transference
• What Exactly Is Transference?
TRANSFERENCE – LIVE ONLINE
WHO PAYS FOR IMMORTALITY?
FUTURE GENERATIONS PAY
ISSUE #2: EXTINCTION
• 99942 Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid
• 450 meters or 1,480 feet
• Probability of striking Earth in 2029 – 2.7%
• 2020, Apophis may pass through gravitational keyhole
• Region in space no more than about a half-mile wide
• Possible future impact on April 13, 2036
ISSUE #3 SPACE COLONIZATION
THE SPACE RACE CONTINUES!
• Harvesting Resources From Space
• Planets, Asteroids, Debris
• Stephen Hawking’s Warning
• Abandon Earth Or Face Extinction!
PROJECT CONSTELLATION (1)
PROJECT CONSTELLATION (2) • Project Constellation Would Be
The largest Payload Rocket In History!
• Three Times The Payload Capacity of Ares V!
• Colonization Of Moon & Mars • Why Did President Obama Kill
Project Constellation?
• Answer: Albert Einstein’s Dimples In Time Space!
ISSUE #4 DIMPLES & TIME SPACE
DIMPLES IN TIME SPACE
ISSUE #5: QUANTUM TRANSMISSION
• Quantum transmission between the islands of La Palma and Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
• Quantum teleportation uses the peculiarities of entangled quantum states.
• Changing the quantum state of one entangled photon reflects in the other photon regardless of its physical distance.
• What does that mean?
• IMAGINE INSTANTLY SENDING AND RECEIVING DATA ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM, GALAZY, OR UNIVERSE!
ISSUE #5: QUANTUM TRANSMISSION
IMAGINE INSTANTLY SENDING AND RECEIVING DATA ACROSS THE SOLAR
SYSTEM, GALAXY, OR UNIVERSE!
ISSUE #6: SUPER EARTH
• Seven times more massive than Earth
• 42 Million Miles Away
• Water = Life!
• Earth Like Climate
• Day-Night Cycle
EMBRACE THE TRUTH
EVERYTHING YOUR INSTRUCTOR HAS BEEN DISCUSSING IS 100%
VERIFIABLE!