Philosophy

  • The Two Variables of Influencing

    Cute makes us smile.Pretty gets our attention.Beauty inspires us.And, sexy makes us react. Funny makes us laugh.Clever gets us thinking.Stupid makes us cringe.And, anger makes us react. Continue reading

  • Nothing can change the fact that we are all creatures of instinct who will go to great lengths to rationalize our actions after the fact. Immature people believe that their rationalizations make them better, smarter people. Continue reading

  • Smart vs Intelligent

    Intelligence is our ability to adapt to an ecosystem. Smart is knowing the details that help us survive a specific ecosystem. (Adapting to an ecosystem we are not a part of and memorizing useless information are signs of decadence and… Continue reading

  • Social Sprawl

    Social Sprawl is just like Urban Sprawl, but with social interactions and behaviors.  The desire to spread out socially and continuously make new friends causes sustainable social structures, with their established mores and norms, to be neglected and deteriorate. The… Continue reading

  • Management is necessary, but… the existential question we are presented with is,.. are we going to manage our own population like industrial livestock; pigs, chickens, and cattle? or like free roaming deer and elk in a national forest. Continue reading

  • The Cycle of Consumer Culture

    The more stuff we have, the harder it is to clean and maintain. The harder it is to clean and maintain, the less we clean and maintain. The less we clean and maintain, the more dirty and dysfunctional it all… Continue reading