Category: Ethics
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Gemini Mind
Gemini Mind Gemini mindsplit in twoknow theuniverse is finebut need tofix it still politics warswith sanityenlightenedrealizationsconfrontthe hubris ofcontemplations fight the goodfight tilldying daya nat’sheartfeltrage in a universeso vastwith extinctionsso fast asour present endstoo soon returnto the sourcebut relief ofoblivion –LE
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Establishment Gatekeepers and the Long Con
Establishment Gatekeepers and the Long Con A post from a friend showed up on my FB feed recently. It was discouraging to read. It was a dismissal of anything but establishment news (the mainstream media), the very echo chamber (propaganda arm) of our neoliberal and neocon establishment. Have we learned nothing in the last couple…
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Get Real
Get Real You hear it all the time, but what is ‘real’? ‘Real’ is a human idea, as are all ideas. Ideas on the nature of reality have evolved with our bodies, brains, and social psyches. And just as all life continues to evolve, or go extinct, our ideas of ‘reality’ also continue to evolve.…
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There’s Something Terribly Wrong
There’s Something Terribly Wrong I’ve immersed myself in alternatives to our currently accepted notions of economy, humanity, and even civilization. The news, both political and economic, along with trends in manufacturing and technology have convinced me that the current economic model is unsustainable. It’s collapse is inevitable. The only real questions are, when and what…
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Desiderata
“You are a child of the universe,no less than the trees and the stars;you have a right to be here.And whether or not it is clear to you,no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.” ― Max Ehrmann – from his poem, Desiderata DESIDERATA GO PLACIDLY amid the noise and the haste, and remember what…
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Existential Threats Culminating
Existential Threats Culminating We can debate anything you’d like, but debating answers nothing… And there really is no “genuine” debate when it comes to our (humans) and especially our systems, i.e. capitalism, imperialism, feudalism, fascism, etc., and of course, religions’ impact on our planet and the life thereon… While it’s true that we don’t “know”…
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Verbal Tomatoes
Verbal Tomatoes Yes, I’ve chosen to sit back and enjoy the show, as George Carlin liked to phrase it. That doesn’t mean that I have to stay quiet or shut-up about the villainy or rank stupidity that I see blatantly thrown in our faces on a daily basis. I am enjoying the show. And as…
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In Praise of Mediocrity
In Praise of Mediocrity It slowly dawned on me sometime between my 30th and 40th birthdays. You know, the realization that even though you’ve always believed yourself to be something special, better than “average,” whatever that means… In reality, you are just that, average, mediocre, middling, You’re pretty good at some things that you’re interested…
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Where Are You When We Need You, Lamont? 7 of 7
Where Are You When We Need You, Lamont? 7 of 7 But I’m old now, and the only thing that I, or anyone, can do to fight the growing darkness is to strike a spark, a match, a candle, a bonfire, when and wherever an opportunity presents itself. We make choices every day that either…
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Where Are You When We Need You, Lamont? 6 of 7
Where Are You When We Need You, Lamont? 6 of 7 I don’t often remember my dreams now, haven’t for many years. And my bedtime prayers went the way of Sindbad, Green Lantern, and the Shadow. My second wife went the way of the first, leaving me the best fruits of that relationship too, our…
CynOp 