The acceleration of technology in an increasingly connected society producing "impossible futures" that range from rapid collapse of major banks to the emergence of complex new forms of political power. The Internet has become both a tool and a victim of this global mutation.
If you wait until the 8:29 minutes mark, then you will understand why this mainstream talk by Jacques Vallée in a mainstream context is doing on a blog about the UFO phenomena.
However, the main topic of Jacques Vallée´s TEDxGeneva talk is not the UFO phenomena, but about possible futures of the internet, both negative and positive futures.
As I have mentioned before, Jacques Vallée is probably the most profound and important thinker in the field of ufo-research, and has been so since his collaboration and friendship with J. Allen Hynek.
Ufo-aficionados are of course familiar with the fact that Steven Spielberg used Vallée and Hynek as consultants to "Close encounters of the third kind", and that the character in the movie, Claude Lacombe, is loosely based on Jacques Vallée.
Anyone seriously interested in the UFO phenomena, and who particularly wants get aware of the complexity of the UFO phenomena, should read at least one or two books about the UFO phenomena by Jacques Vallée. Personally I have read three of Vallée´s books and therefore can highly recommend them:
The Invisible College. What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influence on the Human Race. Originally published by E.F. Dutton & Co. in 1975. 2014 edition published by Anomalist Books.
The Edge Of Reality. A progress report on Unidentified Flying Objects, J. Allen Hynek and Jacques Vallee (1975).
Revelations: Alien Contact and Human Deception, first edition 1991 and second edition 2008 published by Anomalist Books. "Revelations" is the third and last volume in Vallée´s "Alien contact" series.
Enjoy and take care!
Janne
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