One Year and still in Danger

https://www.salon.com/2021/08/08/a-terrifying-new-theory-fake-news-and-conspiracy-theories-as-an-evolutionary-strategy/ The one percent sowed chaos to keep eyes turned away from taxes and regulation and may well have burned this nation to the ground. “The 400 richest families in America pay about 6 percent income tax.” They used to pay 91 percent and that 85 percent is paying for this insurrection. It is notContinue reading “One Year and still in Danger”

Sociobiology

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/obituary-modern-day-darwin-eo-wilson-dies-92-2021-12-27/ EO Wilson taught me that we are driven by unseen forces and for most that lesson is refused. We are not the captains of our fate except perhaps in that tiniest detail of sentient existence; realizing that we are not the captains of our fate. “Steven Pinker argues that critics have been overly swayed byContinue reading “Sociobiology”

Filthy Lucre

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-21-16-spinal-cord-injury-to-cancer-to-covid/id876042622?i=1000517004019 There is a dividing line between two types of human being. This is not an appropriate statement to make in almost any context imaginable. But in this case…I feel justified in doing so. I listened to the linked Tech Nation podcast the other morning on the way to work- it was a repeat fromContinue reading “Filthy Lucre”

Anocracy

“Such regimes are particularly susceptible to outbreaks of armed conflict and unexpected or adverse changes in leadership.[9]“ The storm is coming, the day of the rope, whatever label you want to use for catastrophe. “Former democracies that transition to anocracy have a greater risk of being embroiled in civil conflict.[4] The population’s awareness of what rightsContinue reading “Anocracy”