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  • The Variations of Responsibility

    Our perception of ourselves in the world defines our understanding of responsibility. Responsibility is very different for a person who sees themselves alone and disconnected, than it is for a person who sees themselves as interwoven with everything and everyone… Continue reading

  • Everyone Is An Artist

    The amount of energy, imagination, and creativity required to maintain denial of responsibility and culpability could develop and fuel a trip to Pluto, and sustain a colony there. In fact, large parts of our civilization are like tree rings (or… Continue reading

    Everyone Is An Artist

  • Tangled Webs

    I find myself being pressured to be responsible for something I do not care about… and it is all completely unnecessary. An elderly woman lives in a big house with a big yard, and refuses to leave. She would be… Continue reading

  • A Three Horse Race

    It is not technology that will save us: not electric cars, vaccines, artificial intelligence, or cold fusion. Nor will philosophical debate save us: not democracy, capitalism, socialism, or even transhumanism. The only thing that can actually save us from our… Continue reading

  • Political Maneuver #1a

    Politics is the art and science of gaining influence. (Very different from Management, which is the art and science of getting things done properly and efficiently.) If there is a problem, a politician will use their influence to solve the… Continue reading

  • The No Risk Illusion

    All tools can be used as weapons. Currencies are tools used by people to interact confidently with others they do not know or trust. If we ourselves do not have direct control over a currency and how it is managed,… Continue reading