Category: Ethics
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The Silky Veils Of Ardor
The Silky Veils Of Ardorby Joni Mitchell I am a poor wayfaring strangerTraveling through all these highs and lowsI heard there was no sicknessAnd no toil or dangerJust mercy and plentyWhere peaceful waters flowWhere peaceful waters flow Come all you fair and tender school girlsBe careful now when you court young menThey are like the…
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Yet Again, Another Same-ol’, Same-ol’
Same-ol’, Same-ol’ politics propagandafake info run amuckdaily inscrewtableskeep us confusedoutrage-filledby algorithms programedfor clicks from hatredoutrage and spectacleso we don’t know ifwe’re coming or going the cynical strategyfrom behind thesecret vail by thosepulling the stringsflapping the jawsof their puppetsdisplayed in themisinformed mediaintentional or notwhile that heavyopaque curtainprotects the villainsrunning this authoritarianka-ka dance it’s an old strategysays…
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Current Motivations
What motivates you? My Current Motivations I’m motivated by the challenge of trying to help insure an equitable, safe, and fulfilling future (rather than the dystopian one, pushed by our current leaders and owners) for our children and their descendants. Working to help mitigate the hypocrisy, lies, and social conditioning of our collective human history,…
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Memoir Addendum – Current Insights
Memoir Addendum – Current Insights I was able to climb out of the chrysalis of my early conditioning (religious and cultural mythologies) in my teen years and early adulthood. But I was usually filled with indecision and could easily fall back into it with the right incentives, like my first wife. She gave me no…
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My Top Ten? … Well, there’s many more than Ten!
What are your top ten favorite movies? This is in no order, off the top of my head, and where a movie is part of a multi-film franchise. It includes other films in the series that I liked as well… Yojimbo, Star Wars, The Matrix, Lord of the Rings, The Fifth Element, Tombstone, V For…
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The Timeless Morality Play
The Timeless Morality Play Love without sex is frequentSex without love is commonOne does not require the otherBut the most memorable sexLives on in memory till one’s endWhich translates into love That is true Love that only seeks thatWhich makes itsRecipient happyAnd fulfilledIs love that is true Too Social conditioning inserts itselfInto relationshipsOne and allDraws…
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Tucson, My Newest Home
What do you love about where you live? I’ve lived along the north coasts of Ohio and Michigan and on the southern shore of the Ohio River in northern Kentucky. I’ve been living in Tucson, Arizona, for the last 6 years. Each of my previous homes had its positive and negative attributes. My hope is…
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I See … Saw
I See … Saw Just as there is a probability fieldThat is, ‘electron field’Surrounding each atom’s coreWith enough dataAnd mathematicsAn electron will be foundExactly where theProbability mathPredicted So, too, with human choicesProbability fields surroundingEach and everyoneWith enough data andComputing powerAll choices madeCan be predicted Within the field of probabilityThe exact choicesNot real choicesShow exactly where…
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Black Hole Sun
Black Hole Sunby Soundgardern, as performed by Voiceplay In my eyesIndisposedIn disguises no one knowsHides the faceLies the snakeAnd the sun in my disgrace Boiling heatSummer stenchNeath the black, the sky looks deadCall my nameThrough the creamAnd I’ll hear you scream again Black hole sunWon’t you comeAnd wash away the rainBlack hole sunWon’t you comeWon’t…
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Another Loop Morning
Another Tucson Loop Morning Another bright Sum…Sum…Summertime-blues skyA light headwind riding southOn the interminable incline But Nice tailwind and comfortableDecline heading back north The southern mountainsSilhouetted in misty blueWhile the Three Sisters peaksStand stark in the morning sunOff in the near western view Not much in the way ofFauna todayA couple of Prairie dogsThe rest…
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