politics

  • The Natural Limit To Knowledge

    Corruption is an evolutionary pressure that limits how far and fast knowledge can advance in a given period of time.  Corruption makes it necessary for people to continuously relearn and reassert what is true. If knowledge advances too far and… Continue reading

  • The Birth of Faith

    President Lyndon Johnson recorded all his phone calls and they are still available to listen to. On these tapes we hear a solid leader become broken and desperate, pleading for reliable information about Vietnam. What we now know about the… Continue reading

  • Campaigning

    Of the many aspects of our electoral process that need improvement, the most glaring is Campaigning. While the flush of money is deplorable, I find it inexcusable that no significant information is ever conveyed during a campaign. Thus, if I… Continue reading

  • Evolving Democratically

    The compulsion is to somehow get the entire population to adapt together. The world is changing, and the people need to change with it. The reflex is to somehow get everyone to change together. This, however, is impossible. Evolution did… Continue reading

  • Social Pressure

    Democracy was never intended to be a team sport. In fact, it becomes something entirely different when the public distorts it so. Continue reading

  • Feast Politics

    Success is the hardest, most brutal thing to survive. Even for Nations. Continue reading