Leviathon - by Thomas Hobbes - (1651)

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I am posting this because I need to get it out of the way. Because my overloaded browser is acting up again. The fuck. Yesterday, I stepped on my computer glasses - and now I can't even find them.

This post is a follow-up to THIS.

Remember my recent post on consciousness? Or on Pynchon? I said that defined levels of "consciousness", socially, are ( Read more... )

This week's show.

Catholic Call Against Corruption - (stream / mp3)President Trump has signed the repeal of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s transparency rule that required extractive industries to reveal payments to foreign governments to prevent graft. Living on Earth Host Steve Curwood spoke with Catholic Bishop Oscar Cantú, who’s ( Read more... )

"Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in."

HDT

I wanted to go to some yard sales today, but people here shut them down by 2:pm on Saturdays, and don't hold them on Sundays.  That's really dumb because people like to shop after they recover from hangovers, too.  That's a large segment of the population, at least by weight.  I only found one that would work today, and left for it about 2:30pm.  ( Read more... )

Researchers warn against being overly influenced by others - 8/1/15

TEXT: ( Could the influence of others, and the resulting desire to be part of the ''in'' crowd, impede the ability to make wise decisions? )

The farther I get from people, the greater my company.

(Poor Richard's version: The farther from people, the greater the company).

"We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility." - Albert Einstein

"If you would learn more, ask the cattle, seek information from the birds of the air, The creeping things of earth will ( Read more... )

( Relevant to world affairs... )