It’s possible that the late astrophysicist Carl Sagan is even more popular now than he was when he was alive. Eminently quotable, Dr. Sagan is best known for his philosophical observances of humankind, irrational ways we think and act, and …
Category: Sustainability
Resentment Grows As To How Billionaires Are Spending Their Money
The possibility that someone, through a grand act of philanthropy, could completely obliterate a terrible condition on this planet only recently arose, simply because of the exponential growth in the net worth of the world’s richest people. Jeff Besoz, the …
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The Complexity and Depth of Human Emotions
I thought readers would find this interesting. (More legible version below) Two emotions that hit me hard: Sonder (#1). This strikes me as the pinnacle of morality. We live our lives thinking of ourselves as the stars of our own …
The Blurry Line Between Incompetence and Malice
Re: the meme here, senior energy analyst Glenn Doty writes: I feel this to the core. “There is simply no possible way to become that ignorant except deliberately and maliciously.” This is the response to the people who suggest that …
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Religion in the U.S. Is Somewhat Bizarre
The world’s religions have many divisions among them. Even among monotheists: Christians, Jews, and Muslims, there exists a wide range of belief systems. Yet, bottom line, some of these sects’ positions are more tenable than others, as illustrated at left.
Should America Be Led Only By Christians?
Truly sickening. Of all the boycott-worthy stores in the United States, these people are probably at the very top of the list. There are two separate distasteful elements to this: It’s hateful. Ironically, the notion that a non-Christian is unqualified …
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Contrasting Sweden and the U.S.
Note the difference in incarceration between Sweden and the U.S. Possible underlying causes include: Where the United States was constructed on the backs of slaves, Sweden’s involvement with slavery was both short-lived and shallow. They don’t have a large and …
Tagged with: free healthcare and education
Voter Suppression Becomes Law, Though Some Supreme Court Justices Aren’t Having It
From this: Justice Elena Kagan ripped her conservative colleagues on the Supreme Court on Thursday in a blistering 41-page dissent, accusing them of ignoring the legislative intent of the 1965 Voting Rights Act as well as the high court’s own precedents.
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Bezos, Musk, Branson Race To Get To Mars While the Planet’s On Fire, Resented By Many
As the planet’s fragile ecosystems continue to collapse at an ever quickening pace, our society, rightly I believe, has growing contempt for those whose net worth is north of $100 billion, and who are racing one another to get to …
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Sometimes You Can Have Your Cake And Eat It Too
The basic content of the meme here is true, and I’m sure it’s a sentiment most of us share. But when we think about it for a moment, it’s clear that this is not “either/or.” The first two of the equations …
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