society
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Lifelong Projects
We all fall into a lifelong project of one sort or another. Most commonly, people will wake up one day and find that they are parents,.. with a mortgage. Becoming parents, raising children, then grandparents, and great grandparents. It is… Continue reading
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Needed Reprogramming
A person could do far more to ensure freedom and liberty by following the rules of the road, stopping at stop signs and lights, using turn signals, keeping within the speed limit, and staying alert, than they could by fighting… Continue reading
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A Mature Mind
We will never be able to stop history from repeating itself. Most likely, the variable that drives our repetitive self destruction is the last minute reactive effort to change things radically… in order to prevent history from repeating itself. The… Continue reading
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Never Fully Balanced
There is a very clear difference between doing something just for the money, and being moved by a passionate need to express ourselves. It is easy to see in the art people produce; music, painting, writing, and everything else. It… Continue reading
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Modern Interpretations
The Marquis de Sade first suggested it, then Karl Marx stated it as we remember it: religion is the opiate of the people. Back then, it was an accurate statement because religion was the only language of politics. The only… Continue reading
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The Cycle of Art, Governance, and Management
First we build a vision of what we want, then we make choices about priorities and principles, and then we try to make the vision real. Naturally, we learn along the way and must make revisions, which alter priorities, and… Continue reading