For many people, there's something about the present that's just not good enough, the nagging feeling that what's happening now needs to better, is in some way insufficient and unsatisfying. Out there, tomorrow, in the future, things will be better. Even if we like our... Continue
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Remind me, Dear One, to Tell you the fable about the Atom that hungered to be a Molecule. Most of us believe that what elevates a person in society is intelligence and talent, but this is not entirely true. Intelligence and talent are not insignificant;... Continue
There have always been competitive ones among us; from brute physical aggression to sophisticated strategic thinking, the ambitious make waves in the fabric of society. For much of human history, competition ended in death, and it ends in death sometimes even today. In recognition of... Continue
My father used to say "life can be good." A cautious man, he was wise enough not to categorically state "life is good." He knew, and the fact is, life can be difficult. Life's difficulties are both natural and unnatural. Our natural difficulties arise from... Continue
I know it sounds like the name of some aggressive law firm, but Mean and Hurtful is the way we sometimes treat each other. Exposure to the news is most often how I witness Mean and Hurtful, but the other evening I unexpectedly found myself... Continue
In the end, the skein of civilization turned out to be thinner and less substantial than most anyone had expected. Collapse of modern society took only a matter of weeks, not months. Once the electricity stopped the whole of industrial and mechanized society came crashing... Continue
I recently read a Facebook post by a fellow who, just having had an RIFD chip implanted under his skin, described himself as "trans-human." For those of you unaware exactly what an RIFD chip is, you'll find one in the latest version of credit cards... Continue
How funny it is that everybody's talking 'bout The Cloud! English lexicon has caught up with the reality of human consciousness: we have always had our heads in the clouds. Human beings float in a boundless sky of mental and emotional ambiguity from which we... Continue
While I was having lunch with "the guys" I began talking about "how we know what we know." One friend interjected that what I was saying was "too abstract" to be of interest. This has happened to me before, and in such social situations switching topics... Continue
The rise of Donald Trump has many people shaking their heads in disbelief. How, they wonder, can a man who is so brutish and nasty rise to the Presidential candidacy of the Republican Party? The form of this query betrays a fundamental error: Trump is... Continue