Marx: Genius? Fool? Agent?
If we stopped here, we might conclude that Marx was possibly a genius, but that he was definitely a fool—but there is more.
Continue readingIf we stopped here, we might conclude that Marx was possibly a genius, but that he was definitely a fool—but there is more.
Continue readingIt is fuzzy now, but there was a girl when you were much younger—a child. She liked you, but you were sometimes cold. You tested her with insults, and then, it happened. She stopped coming around, but you didn’t really notice. Now you are better, and you wish you could remember exactly who she was […]
Continue readingSome claim that humans are so much more than we seem to be and that our true nature and our true potential are being hidden from us. Such claims happen to parallel the paradigm I see in the workplace. For example, many of us are multi-talented individuals with the potential to provide value far beyond what […]
Continue readingAround 1990, I already knew that there were huge problems caused by individuals, majorities, and leaders being wrong, but that’s when I began to notice how there were important facts, logic, and ideas, that nobody was hearing. Although I already knew that people could make themselves believe anything, and that their biases would make them […]
Continue readingThere are two hierarchies. The dominance hierarchy forcibly rewards those who are most tribal and conformist—the peak of animal evolution—the Soul of Animals—Darkness—Banality. The natural hierarchy voluntarily rewards those most exemplary of nobility, honesty, integrity, open mindedness, courage, curiosity, progress, and independent thought—the peak of human evolution—the Soul of Humanity—Light—Love. The eternal war of the […]
Continue readingTo be sure, there are different sides and there are real differences in ideologies, so that is not what is meant by “the false left-right paradigm“. The false left-right paradigm refers to how there are actually more than two sides. The false left-right paradigm refers to how neither the left nor the right are what […]
Continue readingWith a solemn certainty, a coworker just repeated the mainstream mantra that man-made CO2 has made climate more extreme in the last 10-20 years—hence the extreme flood levels in American rivers. This reminded me of a very similar assertion by a friend from the Ohio River valley. To be a scientific theory, it must be falsifiable, […]
Continue readingI’m telling you! The dog … and the man … are definitely working together!
Continue readingI used to be a Bible discussion group leader, but in the early 90’s, I threw out everything I believed, adopted a more skeptical and more open perspective, and within three years, I began calling myself an atheist, which means that I do not have any beliefs in God, gods, magic, or anything supernatural, and […]
Continue readingA SWAT team in St. Louis kicked in Angela Zorich’s door without knocking. They made her and her family kneel as they killed her dog. Then they explained as the dog was dying that they were there because her gas had been turned off. They told the judge beforehand they needed a SWAT team because her […]
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