June, 2021 -

DO UNTO OTHERS

The Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Wouldn’t it be a wonderful world if we humans lived by the Golden Rule? It’s not that complicated, in fact it is utter simplicity itself – we simply take every action, make every decision, as if we were the one being […]

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HUMAN INCOMPETENCE

What’s not to like about Artificial Intelligence? Planes that fly themselves; GPS’s that take us anywhere we want to go; self-driving vehicles; computers and calculators that make writing and basic mathematics obsolete. These conveniences are useful. They are also addictive. As we become more and more and more dependent on electronics and computers and smartphones, […]

RIGHTS

Do the Earth, the rest of life on it, animals, children, the poor, have rights? Do they have a voice? There are 7 billion human souls currently on Earth. Do any of us have a voice? I live in a self-proclaimed free country, a democracy (government by the people), actually a republic (which IS a […]

DONATING YOUR HARD-EARNED MONEY

We work hard and sacrifice for the money we make. This is true of everyone, all 7 billion of us. We should take home about 90% of the money we make – sadly that figure for most is closer to 50%. Talk about brainwashing – we focus on our gross income (for instance, “I make […]

ADDICTION AND THE HUMAN MIND

We humans are pretty smart – right? We consider ourselves the most intelligent of all living species, currently living and extinct. We have even designated ourselves as sub-species homo sapiens sapiens, which means intelligent, intelligent species homo. Our ancestors created tools, weapons, art. Modern humans have excelled in medicine, science and technology, and have even […]

THE AMERICAN DREAM

Former President Ronald Reagan described the issue confronting America prior to his presidency. The situation he describes has escalated by a factor of 1000, and I STRONGLY suggest you listen to his message: I do not call myself a republican, but I AM conservative. So his philosophy resonates with me. But there is something […]

CLIMATE CHANGE

The Big Bang happened 13 billion years ago. Earth was created 4 billion years ago. Life began 3 billion years ago. Primates like monkeys and humans first emerged 6 million years ago, and our human ancestors became a branch of that tree 3 million years ago. So, for example, Lucy, Australopithecus, walking around on 2 […]

GOVERNMENTS: Restoring a Sound Economy

Greece experienced it. Guatemala and the United States are experiencing it. When governments run up millions in debt, ballooning in money and power, the average citizen doesn’t object. Why should they? Who is stupid enough to turn down free money? But later, when the debts needed to be repaid, the attitude of the citizenry was […]