Mid-20th Century sci-fi author Robert Heinlein was a counter-culture hero with his novel Stranger in a Strange Land, which spoke to a generation that was already in the midst of challenging our most stupid and harmful social conventions. As much …
Category: Sustainability
A Story About Our Duties to Each Other and to Our Planet
From an old friend: According to an old Native American legend, one day there was a big fire in the forest. All the animals fled in terror in all directions, because it was a very violent fire. Suddenly, the jaguar …
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Arc of the Moral Universe
I totally agree with the author of the meme here, especially given the trend toward authoritarianism we see happening in so many countries around the globe, including our own. Demagogues need a hateful and ignorant base over which to rule, …
Weapons of War
Here’s a fabulous idea for the disposition of assault weapons. Not sure we’ll have too many takers, but I like the thought.
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What Unites Trump Supporters
What we’re looking at here is people of terrible character. Trump supporters, by definition, approve of racism, lies, and criminality. Are they all pedophiles? Of course not. But it’s a good bet that every one of them has some enormous …
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The Root of Bigotry
As we can see here, the root of bigotry is fear, at least according to Bertrand Russell. Unfortunately, American politics has taken us to a place where fear abounds, one in which we’re worried about inflation, China, the “radical left,” …
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Where America Has Gone, Where It’s Going
All the tragedy in American society: the erosion of the middle class, environmental degradation, gun violence, bigotry, educational collapse, authoritarianism, etc., makes one wonder if there are any areas of improvement over the last few decades. As suggested in the …
“Mother Nature”
I met a woman just now who believes that nature always repairs itself. An example she offered was that our local lake (see left), after several years of severe drought, is now full due to the atmospheric river storms that …
Why We Need to Improve Everyone’s Lives
At left is an allegory I just came across. Its point, obviously, is that it’s impossible to lead a good, satisfying life when one is surrounded by suffering. It’s the reason I’m happy to pay the portion of my taxes …
Losing the Capacity to Think
I actually recall seeing this in my local grocery store. If you’re over 40 years old, you might too. What a tragedy has befallen us.
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