About Me
- Barend Lutz
- Cape Town, South Africa
- I am currently employed as a political risk analyst and digital media manager at the British public company, red24, a leading global crisis management assistance company. In 2013 I graduated cum laude from the University of Stellenbosch with a master’s degree in International Studies. During my studies, I was a member of the MIH Media Lab, measuring public sentiment on democracy through Twitter. As part of my university studies, I took part in academic exchanges to the Sciences-Po grande école in Paris and the University of Hong Kong. Prior to my master’s degree, I finished my bachelor’s degree in Value and Policy Studies in 2010. I see myself as a global citizen.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
LutZefness
This is a preview of the zeffest video that will hit the interwebs soon. It is shot in a small farming community in the New Territories of Hong Kong. We went there and decided to show the locals a bit of South African culture.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
A Free Education!
Bored of doing nothing? Do you want to learn something new from some of the best educators on earth? Then Read on.
Growing tired of the hours upon hours of monotonous stuffing of information into my already bursting frontal lobe I decided to do something fun. Jumping from one youtube video to the next, I found this weird Atlantis video you see below. I also found an amazing channel that offers you a world class education for free.
The Yale University Courses Channel is what I found. This channel provides full seminars recorded in actual classes. I was elated at this discovery.
Classes like these on the internet will probably not mean the end of university, but I find it quite amazing that you can get this level of education for free!
I am still looking for more of these channels, so if you find some, post the link in comments please. I will also keep searching.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
It's the end of the world as we know it.
The world has been ushered into a new epoch of synthetic biology. From the people that brought us the first unraveled DNA sequence in 1995 comes the all new Creation of Life. As man strive to reach the pinnacle of its existence and tries to crawl closer to the image of God, along the way the creation of life was inevitable. Some would argue that this reduces the wonder of creation, but I feel that this shows the exact opposite in revealing the great potential bestowed onto man.
The awesome part about this is that in the future, if 2012 does not happen :), man will be able to create customized life forms. And with this power think of the possibilities...
There are fears that computer virus like entities might arise with the power to self replicate. Others fear that new super weaponised animals will change the face of war forever. The future will show weather this advance will bring forth new nightmares of the human consciousness or help us realize our greatest dreams. I for one cant wait to create my very own Pokemans!
If you want to know more:
And Man Made Life
Genesis redux
The awesome part about this is that in the future, if 2012 does not happen :), man will be able to create customized life forms. And with this power think of the possibilities...
There are fears that computer virus like entities might arise with the power to self replicate. Others fear that new super weaponised animals will change the face of war forever. The future will show weather this advance will bring forth new nightmares of the human consciousness or help us realize our greatest dreams. I for one cant wait to create my very own Pokemans!
If you want to know more:
And Man Made Life
Genesis redux
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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