So I’m reading A War Against Truth. Nothing in it surprises me, except the astounding lack of effort on the part of the American establishment (government, media, corporations) to cover their tracks. I suppose human nature (greedy, lazy, jealous and dishonest) is the one true constant in history. I think I should have a long […]
Earth. Big place. Small place. Paradox? Relative?
Civilization. Just getting started. Verging on finished. ???
Social problems. Soluble. Insoluble. Comprensible. Incomprehensible. Indeterminate. Imaginary?
No one can understand the whole world, but at the same time, everyone is dissatisfied with the status quo. Aren’t they? Most people? Some people? Me? You? Nobody?
We all want everyone to be happy, right? […]
The vast mass of the average. Their minds little more than a tedious litany of likes and dislikes, and a few tired schemes relating to them.
I suppose one can only divide people up, meaningfully, by the nature, complexity and subtlety of their likes (concrete and abstract), the schemes they invent (versus imitate) to get them, […]
When I started this web site, I was in the midst of a period of hopeful optimism. An optimism inspired by self-delusion, and not a little indulgent escapism. I was under the influence of false confidence, wherein I found myself able to believe that I had finally learned how to effect real positive change in […]
Which world? And from what shall they save it? By what means?
What control have we, human beings, over the events of tomorrow? Do we have the capacity to change our society, our world, or are we mostly the victims of greater forces, be they natural or supernatural? Can we change the world, or does the […]
I’ve said elsewhere that human beings are a vexing lot. Or something to that effect. We all have different minds. We feel, believe, and think different things. Typically, we realize that, but we are all each of us arrogant. Even people who deny that they are arrogant are arrogant in the sense that, as an […]
We have no national identity any longer, and we can’t get along economically. No one is willing to compromise, and everyone hates everyone else and wouldn’t care if they were lying dead in a ditch. May as well just become Americans as fast as possible. This slow death is driving me crazy. Just rip the […]