Procrastination is the Mother of My Invention

I've got two questions to answer. Well, one actually. I have to choose between two that I've narrowed from a list of fifteen:

1. What is meant by the "consciousness industry"? Is this something new in human history? What are the components of this industry? What influences determine its trends and its assumed impact on public consciousness?

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2. Scholars have long warned that any communications monopoly or oligopoly, whether public or private, endangers democracy. Some feel that today's multiplicity of media makes such concerns obsolete. On the other hand, some feel that the danger of private monopoly control is increased by the trend toward unified ownership of media, while still others see the danger of government monopoly control increased by licensing requirements governing almost all the new media. Does communications monopoly seem likely to remain an issue of concern? If so, why?

Both are great questions. Each offers the ability to postulate for the required four pages. But, if I'm honest, I'm much more interested in writing (learning) about telluric energy fields and how we can use these to create clean and sustainable energy for the whole planet. It seems that the ancient Egyptians were doing this roughly 12,500 years ago with their Pyramids. It's fascinating really. With the Pyramids, they created a perfect oscillating device that created all sorts of usable energy ..perhaps even electricity as we think of it today! Tesla was on much the same course with his own work but, alas, the capitalists won out and Edison's pay for use energy model was adopted.

I'd also rather spend my time reading about the continued demonstrations around the world. What is more fascinating than watching revolutions in real time? I would accept "the World Cup Final" final as a suitable answer to the previous query. At any rate, there are far more interesting things to talk/think/write about and yet, here I am, trapped behind this screen staring blankly at it's blinking lights, bound to deliver this assignment by the due date. Such is life.

If I'm clever, I'll be able to tie in telluric energy with the first question. That would be quite the feat. Just one more week of classes until the quarter ends! Then three more and *poof* a Masters. Sweet.