Theories
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Philosophy Is Art
Philosophy is a form of art. Artists build complex structures to express how they perceive their experiences in the world. Painters and photographers express themselves with structures of shape and color.Musicians express themselves with structures of sound.Poets express themselves with… Continue reading
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The Lawn Metaphor:
the relationship between capitalism and socialism. There are two main options in lawns: natural or artificial. The natural option is to grow the lawn without chemicals, fertilizers, or irrigation. This requires planning, discipline, and patience to nurture the lawn through… Continue reading
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Human Operating Systems
Ants have an industrial structure, but no social structure.Wolves have a social structure, but no industrial structure.Humans are the only species on earth to have both. We started with just a social structure, but slowly we are trying to include… Continue reading
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An Illusion of Complexity
An important element of a Feast that pushes a society over the edge and into Famine is the Illusion of Complexity. The fact is that a healthy society is very complex indeed, but it is a complexity that we are… Continue reading
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Kaczynski’s Choice
If we choose to remove ourselves from society to get a better view of what is going on, we will see that nothing is perfect. Everything is a bit dysfunctional. This is because we are only human and trying to… Continue reading
