This is a blunt look into the reality we have created
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This is very graphic only because we created the brutality and this documentary captured it. Not as a way to make one sick but a way to open one's eyes. It is life changing because once you take off the blinders it's hard to live with them on again.
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I have done some research along these lines,  and I am very grateful this book is coming out at this time. The greater the exposure of what is going on behind the scenes of world governments and leaders the better chance we have as citizens of earth to participate in our own the liberation. Knowledge is both power and freedom, and "The Seres Agenda" is a most important work to come out at this critical time. The message here is for us to wake up and become a part of the solution. When you read the book you will realize what powerful deception that has been going on for some time. A light will come on especially if you sing the "HU" as the author suggests! This is important for the entire human race!
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I opted for the CD set so I could put long car rides to good use. I am not particularly interested in this subject nor am I very knowledgable, but with age I find that I want to know more about how our economic and political system works, and this is a timely publication! I'm about half way through and already see the truths revealed all around me. One particular passage about non-profit hospitals buying expensive art or building Japanese Gardens on their campuses became real when the small company we bought beautiful live-edge wood tables and a bench from in Everett, WA recently published a photo of their pieces in a local hospital. It's happening all around us, it's very real, and I'm really excited for the second half of the book where hopefully I have a chance to learn how to be part of the change. It's pretty thick and dry material, much like boiled chicken breast, but it's good stuff and I'm glad I bought it.
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This book is a riveting, scary, horrifying, thought provoking, and sometimes hilarious narrative of  human foibles and American innocence. If only 10% of this book is true, we are in BIG trouble. As the disenchanted, "everyman" mentality struggles to defend their choice, let us be compassionate. We all make the best decisions we can based on what we know or THINK we know. The alternative was also scary.
  Let us become knowledgable. This book may be the first step for many to tiptoe into the world of politics. It certainly highlights my own naivete', and I plan to educate myself, because I too want to make America great again. Not Trump's version of greed, sexual objectifying, white man power, and narcissm. Rather, revisiting the idealism that made us great in the first place.
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The author doesn't paint a pretty picture, unfortunately it would seem to be an accurate one.  I pray that more people will look at what is going on in our government so that we can avoid living through a future such as this.

Thank you, Mr. Meents.
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The truth has been spoken right from the source. I feel like I'm living through the people in the book. It gives you insight into the lives of real people and real experiences. It puts into perspective what is really happening, I am no longer clueless about "the system". Thank you Christine Shuck.
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This documentary is right on target.  It makes a sober and penetrating examination of where we are as a society / civilization, how and why we got here and what needs to be done about it.  Be prepared for the unvarnished truth.
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In this book, one will discover the political, financial, and social-engineering tactics that plague the progress of true self-actualization; for the betterment of society. The author presented a practical, poetic and philosophical approach to convey these undeniable truths. If one truly wants to know, "What is going on" I highly recommend that they read this insightful piece.

P.S. I have found that truth can be so glaringly simple, but profoundly effective that it may confound those who profess to be of a complex intellect. For people who are not hostage to their ego, this book brings a fresh-air approach to understanding why societies never seem to grasp the fatal lessons that destroyed the civilizations which preceded them.
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It is a strong wake up call for getting our act together.
It considers the social forces that are or might be at play.
Clive hamilton tells about what might be called 'behavioural believes' that battle with the reality of our planets possibilities.
And that is a scary bit to considers. It does make me think of Easter Island as a small example what must have happend, but now might be at play on a planetary scale...
Reading this book is a treatise in what 'rhetorical mechanics' politicians use to fend for there goals.
Recommanded for everyone who studies politics!
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Race Against The Machine is a short but fascinating look at the fundamental role technology is playing in our current economic situation and the way we need to adapt to its future possible impact. I was slightly worried at the start that it was going to focus on statistics and economics but in fact it gets to the heart of the social changes and challenges we face as we enter the third industrial age.

This book echoes Kevin Kelley's What Technology Wants and Sex Time and Power by Leonard Shlain, both of which predict ever faster technology change and the prospect of a phase shift - the tipping point seen in nature when change speeds up beyond a certain speed. I believe we are headed towards such a phase shift and the changes we will see will be of a fundamental nature far beyond the current "more of the same" thinking that seems to prevail in many organisations.

Last night at a dinner party I spent most of my time sitting between a stay at home mother and a musician both of whom were very apprehensive about the Internet and technology. The mum saw it as eroding face to face communication and "forcing" her to do things she didn't want to. The musician was very negative about the Internet and preferred sticking to the vagaries of promoters and marketers than to embrace the possibilities of building his own audience on the social web. It is these people that Andrew and Erik are describing in their book. People caught out by the speed at which things are changing and feeling that they are being disenfranchised rather than enabled by what is happening to them.

Not only do we need to improve education as the authors suggest but we need to educate the educators. Many of those involved in education don't really understand the world that Andrew and Erik describe - and which the children they teach will inhabit. We also need to educate people already in the workforce - to help them adapt to the changes they will increasingly face. In fact this is the optimistic scenario that the authors manage to cling to throughout the book - that we will adapt to what is happening and work with technology rather that fight against it. We will use our increased capabilities to invent totally new products and markets and new ways for people to make and exchange money.

For a book that pulls no punches about the challenges we face it still left me optimistic - even excited - about what lies ahead.
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The author recreates a reality that reminds me of the futility of war and how vital it is to advance a peaceful and negotiated resolution to conflict.  At the same time it drives home the valor and courage of the men and women who went to war with the drive and commitment to make our world a better place.  Our veterans returning home from any conflict deserve to be treated with dignity and respect and be provided with services that address whatever their needs may be.  This story brings that truth home in a poignant and powerful way reminding and encouraging us that we can do something, we can contact our representatives to advocate on the behalf of our US military men and women.
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The vision of the world we live in is not encouraging... The author takes us through the process whereby one organization takes over control of our lives.
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This book is the result of clear concise thinking that we need in an election year like thisl  We may be heading for a wild and crazy election and this book gives us the sober perspective that we sorely need if we are to survive.  I especially urge first time voters to read this book before the conventions get underway.
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We all learn from stories as they share who we are.
It's these that make you real,that's if you want
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Life's too short to not confront our own realities
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I was fascinated by the authors opinions and realistic back up using quantum physics to prove his views. this is not an easy read. I moved slowly through the many scientific explanations but when I got to his applications of (for example) in health care and education, it was worth pondering the hard stuff. This book has given me hope. Things in this country and else where have become shallow and real meaning over all the gloom and doom doesn't give us much to hold on to. The authors discussion on the media is also excellent. I don't believe anything anymore from the Alphabet news media or the cable networks. It's time they were held accountable and it's time we got back to values and meaning instead of information only.
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You've all received the world-wide email that outlines the rise and fall of a liberty-based country.  The Greeks, the Romans - each saw their glorious rise and heartbreaking fall, yet if you're as ignorant as I am (not having studied those empires), you're truly in the dark, not only about their history, but about OUR history - what's going on RIGHT NOW IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.  You can read political books, historical essays, yet, there's something about history told through characters that are made real to us.  This book calls to my mind, Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" (AS).  As much as I appreciate AS, "Glory and the Lightning" hits me harder.  We - the USA - are indeed, repeating history.  And it comes down to this:  either we respect the INTENT and SPIRIT of our BELOVED CONSTITUTION or we allow it to be bastardized by self-serving politicians and the dependent masses they both tap and encourage.  We've been on a slippery slope for many decades and it will take a miracle - a true divine intervention - to reverse our course.  Anyway, read this book.  The parallels are undeniable.  And it might even spur a paradigm shift.
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This book will awaken many to the realities of where we are likely headed as a society.

 Americans have been blessed by our Creator, with a wonderful nation, that until most recently have honored him with our values, morals and religious beliefs.

Mr Obama keyed in on the problem a few years back when he said we "are no longer a Christian nation".

Obama and his associates are leading this nation on a path of destruction with their "anything goes" mentality when it comes to our thoughts, actions and behavior.

Mr Cahn brilliantly writes, in a fictional fashion, how the 9-11 events were a warning to us, as a nation, to return to our previous Godly lifestyles.

I am not a talented book reviewer, but I do find this book to be very interesting and thought provoking and I am re-reading it for more detail.

I highly recomend reading this book.