What is old is new again some day.  Thus, we read all the very-old-seeming antics of two-dimensional characters in the bible, with their strange, pointless ways and words and downfalls.  I remember discussing this thing called, "hubris," in religion classes, for which God was always punishing people.  I never could tell the difference between ( Read more... )

Nothing ever repeats.  The good example is that history is said to never repeat - but it often "rhymes."  In other words, patterns reoccur which resemble each other, but which are far from identical.  This also happens in economics.  In behaviour.  In fact, I am intending to write a post about repetition in people and nature - both necessary, but ( Read more... )

Narcissism is a distinct psychological classification, showing a variety of characteristic beyond the whole, "that's me in the mirror!" thing, such as a compulsion to control or reject relationships based on a selfish point of view. An inflated sense of self - which is actually relative to society and to economic opportunities. I suspect that most ( Read more... )