Name: 2012年洛杉磯 "Zeitgeist Day"--喬-亞歷克斯普洛斯的 "瘋狂的經濟" ("Zeitgeist Day" 2012 Los Angeles - "A MAD Economy" by Joe Alexopoulos)
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My name is Joe Alexopoulos, and it's my pleasure to be here today

to speak to you on behalf of The Zeitgeist Movement

and to talk about The Evolution of Economics:

I want to tell you just a little bit about my background, who I am.

I actually went to school here at USC; I got my MBA here.

I am a certified financial planner and a certified fraud examiner,

as an investment manager for wealthy individuals,

and as their personal financial planner and advisor.

As a hobby, I like to ride a bicycle around on long-distance solo trips

and on those trips, I like to critically think about

our socio-economic system as it is today, and as I see that it can be

as I've learned through understanding what the tenets and principles

However, to be able to fully appreciate and comprehend

what we have today: a present MAD economy,

and to be able to understand and appreciate

what the tenets and principles of a Resource-Based Economy are,

So much so, I can kind of illustrate it best

if we were to travel in a time machine and go back 500 years ago or so

to when people used to think that the earth was flat;

Copernicus had the outrageous theory and idea

that wait: Maybe the Earth goes around the Sun

You see, perhaps maybe your point-of-view is so narrow,

The relationship you have with money is a relationship you will have

before you're born, throughout your entire life and even after you're dead.

But just maybe, the way that you have been perceiving and understanding

Just like as if we were all back 500 years ago

and I was Copernicus, and I was telling you

that the world is round, and it's not flat

you'd all go "Joe, look, you're crazy, you're nuts!

Let's get up really early. We'll go down to the beach.

We'll watch that sun come on up on the East.

You'll see that the sun goes around the Earth

So, you know, end of story. We don't need to talk about this any more.

Clearly we can see that the sun goes around the Earth,

then we're going to take you up on top of the mountain,

and you can look as far as you want. Look, the Earth is flat, you moron. It's flat!

You know, come on! You need to go out on a boat?

We'll go for a sail ride. I'll show you. It's flat!"

But maybe, just maybe that small fraction,

that alternative way of looking at things, using your imagination,

the socio-economic model you live in today.

So, what I am asking you to do is to go on a bit of a journey.

and pretend that the information that you're going to hear,

you're going to judge the information based upon the quality

whether it's MSNBC or something like that?

See, information ... your perceptions and values are shaped

by the environment you live in and the experiences you have had.

Take for instance the way that I am dressed.

and I notice this, depending upon how I'm dressed,

is really a metaphor for what I consider a social leash.

you take yourself off, and you put on the behavior,

values, beliefs and understandings of the institution

So, perhaps the way you're seeing and perceiving things

Let's even go so far, let's take the tie off, all right?

and gather a little bit more of a better understanding

No, we're not going to get that far but I just want to make a point!

I just want to make a point that the information I am giving you

shouldn't be because I went to school here and have an MBA

It shouldn't be because of what I do. It should be because it's true.

Information always goes through three phases.

like "Joe, the Earth, it's not round, OK?

The sun isn't the center. We don't go around that."

But after it's made fun of, and it's violently opposed and hated,

eventually it's widely embraced as truth.

So, what I'm asking you to do is to put your beliefs aside for a moment.

Try and not believe everything you've been told

because your beliefs not always are correct.

You have to appreciate in the middle of the word 'belief' is a bit of 'a lie'.

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2012年洛杉磯 "Zeitgeist Day"--喬-亞歷克斯普洛斯的 "瘋狂的經濟" ("Zeitgeist Day" 2012 Los Angeles - "A MAD Economy" by Joe Alexopoulos)

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