Tag: Philosophy
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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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Existential Questions
This is another old one. With all that seems to be challenging our lives, I feel the urge to pose these introspections yet again… ??? Are we rain;are we sane–ishworking with ageless energy,planning to live forever,lives full of regrets and sorrows,hoping for resurrection — or — at least reincarnation — or — forever with all…
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An Old Statement Of Widom And Ethics
An old statement of wisdom and ethics that sitll motivates me after a lifetime of trials, tribulations, and ecstasies, even though some of my poems and rants may seem to contridict them… Mr. Ehrmann expressed my core feelings as well as I’ve seen them expressed anywhere. And yes, I’ve posted this before (a couple of years…
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Morality – Wisdoms From The Get’ To The Present
Ancient And More Modern Wisdoms Some say, Jesussome say, Lao Tzuthere’s MuhammadPlato, Gurgiff, Buddha,and Confucious tooonly to name a few– and that’s a mouthful – they say it’s tooambiguouswisdom is disguisedwhere’s theambiguity inliving simple lives it’s an ancient linelife allows no crimebut wisdom in disguiseshould make us realize that what goes upmust come backdown andmany…
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Work Ethic – Santimonious Myth
I wrote this in response to those complaining about the lack of a ‘work ethic’ (AKA the complainer’s particular ‘ethic’) among the younger generations, and bragging to me about their own, dripping with disgusting sanctimony. Work Ethic – Sanctimonious Myth the imagined moral superiority ofa capitalist vision of a work ethicbased on hard labor and…
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