Category: Philosophy
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Cynical Optimism
Regardless of what a whole genre of music might have you think, not every day is ‘blue’. Sure, we all have ‘blue’ days from time to time, but they are not eternal, regardless of some musicians’ sentiments. There is a continuum waving between the poles of deep ‘blues’ and high hopes, or even satisfaction. It’s…
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Oh, Wow – June 2025
Oh, wow – June 2025 Wow! We’re getting awfully defensive, aren’t we? Apparently, we’ve been preoccupied with the peripheral issues that separate the two sides of the same coin, earned them their distinctions of heads and tails, red and blue, as if there are no other options, no other ‘coins’… perhaps a little tipsy with…
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If Push Comes To Shove…
List three books that have had an impact on you. Why? Way too many to count. Reading was a problem for me until Jr. High School. It was a combination of just poor eyesight and slight youthful dyslexia. But, I was always interested in stories. My parents used to read to us when I was…
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Life in the Good Ol’ US of A
Life in the Good Ol’ US of A Contract Work Unfortunately, contract work is the neoliberal norm, ushered in by Bill Clinton and ratified by all administrations since. The last 12 or so years that I worked were all contract. That’s what all business was/is pushing. Even Boards of Education would only hire on a…
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Plugged In? … What Foolishness Abounds…
How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen? I remember the early days of the internet. I belonged to many what were called ‘Bulitinboards’ and early ‘Chatrooms’. I thought, hoped that the ability to communicate with people all over the world was exciting and would lead…
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A Geezerly View
A Geezerly View “Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth – more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible; thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages.…
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Why? A Child’s Question…
‘Existence!’ Why? What IS the Point? IS there a point? Please read this in the spirit it was intended… inquiry, speculation, open-mindedness …; -) The older I get, the more I wonder, what’s the point? When I was in my youth and well into adulthood, I pushed myself to thrive and excel. Thought it was…
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Info Wars
In all the armed camps and silos around the world, too few are interested in ‘truth’, but their vested interest narratives, excuses for their greed for wealth and power at the expense of all sentients under their control… Info Wars a world awash inmeaningless infostories frictionalinscrutablecheap anddelusional while truth is elusivehard to findexpensiveto researchpeer reviewand…
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Riffing On One Of Nietzsche’s Insights
Paraphrasing Nietzsche Facts, my assNo such a thingOnly interpretations ofEvent interpellations Those that holdPublic sway in theAccepted, ‘normal’ way BS lies that normalizeJust stories that justifyThe ruling classesClutching greed and need Functions of powerFor the masses to devourCertainly NOT any kind of ‘truth’ –LE – 5/18/25
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AI Armageddon?
Does Artificial Intelligence Initiate Armageddon? Rhyming Crimes… Is it a crimeto speak in rhyme?I don’t know,though one would think sothe tide goes in and outthe wind does swooshall things change with timeit’s all a cosmic rhyme let’s make a rhymefrom the end of timea verse for todayfor some prophets saynigh is doomsdaywho has heard the…
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