Assertions

Quick tweet-like takes on current events.

  • In The Year 2576

    No normal person wants to be a burden to their children. However… The people of the year 2576 will have to spend billions of dollars every year to care for the nuclear waste we are creating now. And they will… Continue reading

  • A Sustainable Evolution Computer

    The Earth and it’s geology is the hardware. The environment and it’s ecosystems is the operating system. Agriculture, forestry, and other resource managements are primary apps. Religion, politics, and economics are secondary apps. Continue reading

  • Reality

    The cycle of feast and famine cannot be stopped, only delayed. The system of politics and economics that we choose to use is only an expression of how we engage this cycle; … realistic and just, or fanciful and unjust. Continue reading

  • In A Nutshell

    Imagine a weather prediction model where you are the storm they are trying to predict the behavior of. This is economics and why the bankers and politicians spend so much time and money lying to you. Prediction becomes manipulation. Continue reading

  • Coping With Reality

    Nature is cruel and only laughs at pleas for mercy… if it hears them at all. Evolution is a taskmaster that leaves people by the side of the road to die if they can’t keep up. At their best, Gods… Continue reading

  • Identity in Politics

    Identity is the foundation. Our sense of identity informs the choices we make, as well as the sacrifices and demands. In a democracy, the people should be in control of a nation’s identity,.. not the propaganda of politicians, generals, pundits,… Continue reading