Alright, getting back to this post (I need to stay focused), I just got done watching “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead”, an inspiring documentary by “Aussie” Joe Cross as he takes us through his challenge of fighting obesity and the diseases it has brought upon him by switching to a Fruit and Veggie diet for 60 days! Joe drives across America chronicling his adventure and strangers’ perceptions about eating healthy or adopting a veggie fruit diet. Yes, you guessed right most people weren’t fans! However, it doesn’t mean they didn’t appreciate it! During his journey, Joe meets Phil, a seriously obese truck driver with whom he develops a friendship. That encounter will lead to one of the most fascinating transformation a human being can go through – finding happiness and inspiring others. Visit www.fatsickandnearlydead.com to watch a preview and learn how you can download or stream the full video.

Happy news live on, I just wish they could make their way to me more often!

Don’t forget to send me your happy news so I can share them on the blog! Be happy and thrive!

Watch the video here: Teen Finishes College Before High School – CNN video

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It’s been a while since my last post (I’ve deleted all previous). This is not because I have nothing to say but rather I’ve spent a lot of time thinking (as I often do) about the world and how much energy I (perhaps you as well) spend on negative/bad/sad/depressing news that I force myself to ingest via the multitude of electronic media I own. Honestly, it is quite difficult to turn away from all the headline news about sex scandals, earthquake, wars, and deaths. Why are “Breaking News” always about sad stories? Ones that break our hearts? Perhaps because that’s what most people want to read? I can always feel my pulse but few are the times I felt fully ALIVE. How better to feel alive than making a discovery that puts a smile on your face or feeling absolutely powerless to a video (thanks Carrie) of a sleeping cat hugging her yawning kitten? The world might not be perfect and it will never be. So, why not take it a day and a smile at a time? Read stories that remind us of its beauty and how privileged we are to end today unarmed with the hope of seeing tomorrow feeling alive.

Starting this very moment, I’m entirely dedicating www.IntelloMondial.com to positive/good/uplifting/warm stories not just from me but from all around the world! I don’t want to do this alone: I’d like you to join me! You can follow me on Twitter @intellomondial. Make sure to add #intellomondial or @intellomondial when sharing positive tweets! They will be RT.

Say, hello to the new #IntelloMondial! Go on and LIVE!

p.s. In case you find yourself in a very bad state of withdrawal, reach out to your remote and turn your cable on. I’m sure it has enough TV channels to give you a generous fix of negative/bad/sad/depressing news.

By the way, here’s the cat video: (I’m done hitting play … twiddling my thumbs … oh what the hell just one more time)

The beauty of the Industrial Revolution was that it happened at a time when it was really needed. The world’s demand for manufactured goods was higher than what was being supplied and therefore companies needed a way to increase output. The raw material being exploited from colonies was abundant and practically free (excluding lives lost from the oppressive regimes of colonization). So although a man had lost his job to a coal-ingesting machine he was merely assigned different responsibilities, which he learned while on the job, earning the same if not a higher salary because productivity was still lagging. This is how the Middle Class was built. Technological Revolution, brought by the Internet, in the other hand is a bit more complicated. The beauty of the Internet, I believe, has been lowering the barrier of entry into the playing field for non-aristocrats and slashing to non-existing levels the transaction costs that had successfully kept people from achieving gigantic leaps through the social strata. Consequently, brilliant regular folks came up with revolutionary technological ideas, mainly around automation, that allowed them to gain a considerable amount of wealth, cash that is, and the social status that comes along with it. This at the expense of not-so brilliant regular folks who have lost their jobs and are having a hard time finding one that’s not already being done by a computer. Ironically, if there’s a part of the world that stands from truly reaping the benefits of the Internet it is the developing world. Indeed, as companies in the developed world turn away from increasingly saturated markets, the developing (third) world will once again carry the prosperity of the modern civilization on its shoulders.

So what’s next? As you might have already heard, artificial intelligence has found its way to cars and soon you’ll finally be able to nap on your return to LA from that crazy Vegas weekend. What are the implications? I remember my dad asking my younger brother when he was seven years old or so, maybe six, what he would like to become when he grows up. “A taxi driver” my brother answered, with the entire world’s naïveté in his eyes. “Why?” my dad followed. “Because they are always driving,” my brother replied. Ha … how the world is changing! Don’t get caught up tying your laces.

Primo: I love the World. I travel it whenever and however I can. Earth is a fascinating place!

Segundo: I want to talk about the good, bad, and ugly things that shape the world.

Voila!

I hope you’ll have as much fun reading my blog, as I have writing it!

p.s. The page is still a “world” in progress … so check back regularly for new updates!