politics
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Fixing The Chicken Coop
After a year, I still have this story rolling round and round my mind. Hackers and identity thieves bring their focus onto an unsuspecting person. Their plan begins with all the usual stuff such thieves tend to want to do,… Continue reading
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Culture As Purpose
To understand why we have religion. Evolutionary Success for most of nature is measured by the ability to have grandchildren. We humans, however, have gained the capacity to make our environment so toxic and complicated that the measure of our… Continue reading
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America’s Ladder
Finally, we are coming to the end of World War Two. My mind keeps going back to an old movie. Not black and white old, but one from earlier in my life. A movie titled, “Jacob’s Ladder” (1990). The movie… Continue reading
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An Entrenched Delusion
Our true selves could solve our problems much better than our fantasy selves. Apparently, I live in the state that is the basketball capital of the world. There is a sign on the highway, so it must be true. Nonetheless,… Continue reading
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A Starving Populace
A lesson from my first world curse. Not too long ago I was sitting in a pub, having a burger and beer, and trying to relax. No different than anyone else. I saw the way she was looking at me,… Continue reading
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Evolving Legal Systems
Pushing ourselves to the brink. Over time, the cheetah and the gazelle trade dominance on the plains. For a while gazelles are faster and their population blooms, then the cheetahs adapt and feast. Back and forth, they evolve faster together.… Continue reading