sociology

  • The Unspoken Hand-off

    Blindly tripping through decline. In millions of living rooms across America today, a quiet, grueling crisis is playing out. It usually begins with a missed medication, an unkept yard, or a subtle, disturbing shift in a parent’s ability to manage… Continue reading

    The Unspoken Hand-off
  • Base Personality

    The evolution cycle of a single generation. Human existence unfolds through an internal friction between fixed identity and external realities. Over the course of a single lifetime, we undergo a personal evolution cycle—a trajectory that begins with a rigid foundational… Continue reading

    Base Personality
  • Extending Consciousness

    The conversation. “Why do you sit here and do nothing? I have seen what you can do. I know who you are. How can you just sit here?… So useless. It’s like talking to a wall… What? Why are you… Continue reading

  • Death To Oikonomos

    An argument in favor of technological dystopia. Every philosopher, from Plato to Krishnamurti, has stated that democracy doesn’t work. The reason they give is that the general public is not informed or experienced enough to elect a competent leader. If… Continue reading

  • Band-Aid Democracy

    A long time ago, an old friend of mine who had spent many years in academia, switched over to the private sector. After a year in a corporation I asked him for his impressions. He said that in acedemia, much… Continue reading

  • New Necessary Layers

    Empathy is a weakness,.. unless it is used with the intent to build a relationship or community. Then, empathy is God. I have a vision of a successful civilization, one hundred thousand years in the making. There are seven necessary… Continue reading