religion
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Balancing The Group Mind
According to this Freudian model of the psyche, the id is the set of uncoordinated instinctual trends; the super-ego plays the critical and moralizing role; and the ego is the organized, realistic part that mediates between the desires of the… Continue reading
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Culture
Culture: the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought. — From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition. A society’s culture can either be a tool… Continue reading
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Good Government
The pursuit of sustainability is the only reason for a government to exist. Otherwise, if a government did not pursue sustainability, people would be better off on their own. Good government should never allow anything or anyone to become more… Continue reading
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The Destructive Cycle of Creation
Wealth creates immaturity.Economic success enables a civilization to become irresponsible. People don’t see it… that is the nature of wealth. The environment is harsh, unforgiving, and without master – it requires us to find a balance with and within it.… Continue reading
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A View From A Snow-Globe
There were strict social norms in the fifties, a hectic decade of transition, and then a period of social freedom lasting from the seventies through the oughties. Now we are traveling back, already in another chaotic transitional decade, which will… Continue reading
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Stay Out of The Caves
We can either work to build and maintain a sustainable society, or we can work to build a long lasting icon of that society… the Pharaohs chose the latter. (We are doing the same, just faster because our icons are… Continue reading