religion

  • A Life of Constant Grades

    When we were young, our schools conditioned us to measure ourselves by the grades we were given for how well we learned what they taught us. Now they want us to live our lives measured by the grades they give… Continue reading

  • The Sooner, The Better

    Every stage of life is made better, more efficient, if we prepare for it: career, marriage, having children, children leaving home,.. and, most importantly, old age and death. The principle is simple; we cannot start anything new until we let… Continue reading

  • Evolving Through the Freedom-Tyranny Cycle

    Civilization evolves by the revolving conflict between tyranny and freedom.  Freedom is marked by risk, uncertainty, and anxiety. After a while, people tire of freedom and naively believe that they can alleviate the anxiety by allowing a coddling system to… Continue reading

  • Civilization evolves by the conflict between tyranny and freedom. The structure of tyranny, the root of which has never changed,.. is totalitarianism, masked by idealism, and driven by greed. Continue reading

  • The Descent

    The process of man-made collapse: Spiritual famine begets emotional famine,emotional famine begets intellectual famine,and intellectual famine begets physical famine. … to the fourth generation. Continue reading

  • The Untouchables

    In our competitive world there are winners, losers, and untouchables. The untouchables are so successful they do not have to compete. Being a winner only has value if it is a path to becoming untouchable. Otherwise, the need to prove… Continue reading