Qualities substantially vary between people. These discrepencies, according to this report, are significant enough spell the difference between a great nation that is able to protect its interests and project its power if necessary, and a nation in decline bound for diminished influence and terminal insignificance if doesn’t end up conquered by someone stronger.
More than [...]
A while ago, I friended a family friend’s son on Facebook. Nice guy, always pretty quiet, but generally reasonable – at least, that’s how I had known him in the 90s, and I hadn’t really seen him much since.
After friending him and his sister, I realized both were Ron Paul supporters. Sure, this could work: [...]
Personal metrics and history data can reveal for us where we stand among others. This can be done in an impartial, analytical manner, divided in tripartite.
Overlap between categories often comes into play, so the divisions are not strict, but simply serve to assist in understanding methodology. For example, inner drive derived from willful character can [...]
I enjoy about half of what David Brooks writes. But sometimes, he just gets it wrong.
Some people live in romantic ages. They tend to believe that genius is the product of a divine spark. They believe that there have been, throughout the ages, certain paragons of greatness — Dante, Mozart, Einstein — whose talents far [...]
We’ve covered overpopulation and its role in ecocide, and in turn in throwing us into tyranny, before on this blog.
It’s worth also mentioning that our dominant paradigm does not permit us to think of solutions that involve limiting the rights of people like us, which is why we are paralyzed on global warming because [...]
In the news:
JONATHON PORRITT, one of Gordon Brown’s leading green advisers, is to warn that Britain must drastically reduce its population if it is to build a sustainable society.
The trust will release research suggesting UK population must be cut to 30m if the country wants to feed itself sustainably.
Porritt said: “Population growth, plus economic growth, [...]
The growing expectation placed on schools and parents to boost pupils’ self-esteem is breeding a generation of narcissists, an expert has warned.
Dr Carol Craig said children were being over-praised and were developing an “all about me” mentality.
She said teachers increasingly faced complaints from parents if their child failed a spelling test or did not get [...]
A scientist known for his aggressive stance on climate policy made an apocalyptic prediction on Thursay.
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, said that if the buildup of greenhouse gases and its consequences pushed global temperatures 9 degrees Fahrenheit higher than today — well below the [...]
Of all philosophies available to us, there’s one that underscores just about everything we see each day. That philosophy is humanism. Developed in the Enlightenment as a secular outgrowth of Christianity, it is now the dominant assumption, shared in common by hippies, anarchists, corporate businessmen, big media, government and disillusioned underachievers on the internet alike.
Humanism [...]
Here at one of two Youth Challenge camps in Georgia, he rose at 4:30 a.m. each day, made his bunk with neat corners and sweated through an hour of calisthenics or running.
He has worn a uniform, marched in step with his platoon to the dining hall, completed 50 hours of community service, and spent long [...]