I'm listening to the video now while I work. I'm only 8 minutes in, and what he's said so far is plausible. Isn't it funny how so many people have
come up with the same date in our future that is expected to hold important events for mankind.
I want to put forth another idea that parallels Stein's cyclic view of history. If you haven't heard of Terence McKenna, here is some information
you might find interesting. I just posted most of this on another thread and felt it was valid here as well.
As we approach 2012, the entire human experience of time, life, existence, etc is speeding up and getting crazier and crazier. Whether higher-ups
planned all this, or chaos and complexity are accelerating, I have found one thing about the human experience to be absolutely true: history repeats
certain 'themes' via a fractal process. The current theme is
revolution.
Cycles of the same 'themes' of experience repeat in the same order over and over throughout human history, however each cycle happens quicker than
the one prior. These cycles began as epochs in length, and now they only last a few years. This idea was developed by Terence McKenna and is referred
to as
Novelty Theory (Timewave Zero). A few other that have put porth similar ideas are Gregg
Braden and Jose Arguelles.
See the comparisons below.
We are currently at the end of the 67.29 year cycle (see my signature for the exact location). Here is another image illustrating the spiral overlay
contributing to the repetitive nature of our experience.
Below are screenshots from the Timewave program showing our current place on the graph. This first image shows April 17 (the peak we're currently
ascending).
I'll now take you back in time to each instance the pattern emerged in history. The first shows our current position is equal to that of 1776 (the
American Revolution, founding of the Bavarian Illuminati), hence the theme of 'revolution' and 'upheaval.'
And these take you even further back:
Likewise, this takes you into the future to the next time we experience an even more highly compressed version of now - November 30, 2011.
And the one that follows that is December 20, 2012 (10:08pm):
So as you can see, if this graph does accurately represent the entire historical human experience (which I believe it does - it's all there), then it
explains why we percieve things to be so crazy right now. Novelty, chaos, perceptions of change, expectations of change, stress, technological
progress, speed of information, communication, awareness - it's all accelerating, and will continue to do so until infinite compression is reached.
Once that happens, no one can tell what life will be like. It's beyond our capability of knowing.
Aside from the Mayan long count calendar ending, this I believe is the definitive 2012 prediction. Everything else is on the level of Nostrodamus
riddles and scary stories. This is what's happening, and we all feel it.
If you're interested, you can have a look at my thread on the subject:
Timewave Zero - a
closer look.
Here are a few videos I put together on the subject as well. The first a timelapse sequence of screenshots mapping 2009.
And here is a little video where McKenna speaks about time acceleration (I uploaded one to ATS Media, but it was a bit jumpy):
. I have been lurking for a few weeks, I came across the above video today and did an ats search on this
guy for more info but came up empty. Anyways I find this to be one of the easiest 2012 theories to understand, they guy does a very good job backing
up all of his points. I am just looking for other peoples thoughts on this video and any criticism of it is most welcome 
