Last night I went to a performance by a gospel music group. The most cynical definition of music is to regard it as a form of hypnosis. Religious belief and practice too, could be looked at as means of regulating crowd behavior, using the powerful tools of creeds, repetition, rhythm, behavior modeling, using up all of your waking moments ( Read more... )

Photographic post showing what typical families around the world buy and eat  every week. The pizza and chips in the American picture look accurate to me. Computer people especially,  like pre-fab meals. The Chad family seems to have two sacks of something dried:  flour or rice and beans, and a few condiments to go on top. Their total expenditure ( Read more... )