For people wishing to understand stoicism, here’s the core tenet from ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus.
Category: Sustainability
Colonizing Mars
It appears that Elon Musk is serious about colonizing Mars. A few points to be considered, however, many of which have been noted by others: • If it’s feasible to colonize Mars, it’s feasible to fix the Earth. (Apparently came …
Tagged with: decarbonizing our energy and transportation sectors, Elon Musk is serious about colonizing Mars, exporting human frailties (greed tribalism cruelty cognitive biases), if it's feasible to colonize Mars it's feasible to fix the Earth, nothing on Mars conducive to supporting human life, we're actually fairly close to achieving that right here, wherever we go in the universe we need a sustainable culture
What We Can Learn from the Actions of Other Countries
It appears that Trump is running out of room in his claim that he didn’t participate in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking enterprise. Of course, what happens after all this comes out is hard to predict. One of the things that …
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Oooh — Tough Talk Here, But Are They Messing with the Wrong People?
I just got a chuckle that I thought I’d share. One of the Newsmax commentators was talking about “Bad Bunny,” the entertainer who the United States hasn’t been able to stop talking about for the last few months re: his …
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Tagged with: "Woke"
We’re Not as Bright as We Used to Be
I’m a bit unimpressed by the barrage of ads we see like this. Are you 60 or 85? What type of cash-fueled lifestyle do you lead? How’s your health? How much income do you derive from your pension, portfolio, and …
Tagged with: We're Not as Bright as We Used to Be
Is There a Purpose, a Meaning, to Life?
Much has been written about the purpose and meaning of life. The majority seems to think that human life has no external, a priori meaning, and that we confer meaning to our lives by the decisions we make. This, FWIW, …
Tagged with: Existentialism
Socrates: Citizen of the World
Until recently, we assumed that most Americans had the aspirations that were prevalent when we were young: get a good education and continue to learn until the day you die. Live a life of honesty, fairness, intelligence, and compassion. Perhaps, …
Tagged with: continue to learn until the day you die, get a good education, pick role model who exemplifies what you think of good human being and emulate their thinking and behavior, Socrates: Citizen of the World, the 77 million people who voted for Trump, the reason we have Trump in the White House has little to do with characteristics of Trump himself, woke crap
New Mexico – The Land of Enchantment
We progressives have our favorite states. Sure, anyone can like New York or Massachusetts, or the entire rest of New England, but they have an advantage: incredible levels of education, which make electing Donald Trump or some other sociopath completely …
White Dominance
When I was in college in the 1970s, I knew a guy, the son of an extremely wealthy family in Vermont, who was furious that the white race in the United States was being polluted by interracial marriage. “Soon,” he …
Tagged with: White Dominance
Making the Next Generation “Sustainable”
There is no doubt that “sustainability” should be a core lesson in schools. But let’s put a little bit of thought behind the definition of “sustainability.” My favorite: The capacity for our society to satisfy its own need without destroying …
Tagged with: consumption of fossil fuels, Definition of Sustainability, destruction of rainforests to make room for more beef, electrify the energy and transportation sectors, sustainability, The capacity for our society to satisfy its own need without destroying future generations' capacity to satisfy theirs
