An acronym that describes our Internet-dominated era: Digital Information Age of Rumors, Reality-tv, and Home-shopping Easing into the Apocalypse. Or ...
Individuality/collectivity and similarity/differences are the Yin/Yang of our existence, and maybe all of nature's. In nature, the balance point is ge...
In addition to the previously mentioned MasterDebater, the random name generator has spit out the following: alienlifeform, gogo bootz, Magilla Gorill...
Everyone's situation is different. But what helped me (to be overly simplistic) was to scrape off layers and layers of personae. In other words, i had...
I genuinely hope you are right... for everybody's sake. You presented in general more of a best case scenario, maybe I'm looking at worst case possibi...
Identity. Very important question. And like many such questions, the first answer that may pop into mind is "what's the big deal?". Because it is so n...
Thanks for your reply. That would be an interesting debate. I would say that at best, the technology is only as beneficial, smart, and good as the peo...
Regarding the question, the definite and extremely conclusive answer is absolutely and positively NO. It is matter-of-factly impossible and inconceiva...
Thanks for your post! Welcome to the forum. Or welcome back if you were at the old PF, or if you are an alter-ego of a current member! :D j/k This was...
(Y) Yes, thank you, and amen. Living in the USA, I am so tired of hearing true patriots curse and revile Allah, and say "God bless 'Merica" in the sam...
In advance of trying, that is. Good. Neatly done, and self-absolved. That leaves more time to do many other things. X-) Is a culture that works for it...
Healthy self-skepticism is a rare and wonderful thing. I value it greatly because of its realness and ability to stay grounded. But on the other hand,...
Those that have abandoned the strategy of "stomp on those below your level, out-shine those on your level, and kiss up to those above" may very well h...
(Y) Ahh, nicely worded! That "your" in the question makes a huge difference. Without it, it is a trite cliche, if not possibly trolling. With it, it h...
About the difference in amount of work between this tribe and our civilization, two main differences come to mind. The role of money and the relations...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p1NamQj-E9I (Y) From what I understand, even at the time the movie was made (1980), the San people were already being fo...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=njvmSCG1qes Tribe of "Bushmen" are in this movie. I think the English language would be more interesting if clucks and c...
I'm devastated. Stealing one girlfriend, sure. Two, well it happens. But all three? You sir, have the ethics of Mogolian post-modern nihilist! Well, I...
Regarding Agustino's eloquently worded original post, I would agree with (or at the very least not disagree with) nearly all of it. A person, taken in...
This morning's traffic 'copter report... traffic is flowing smoothly, except for the backup at Center Rd and Ninth St. where a fender bender has cause...
Gut-wrenching story. Like a Shakespearian tragedy, or something. In an instant, with a bad choice, their lives are defined forever even if they escape...
I think i may know what you are getting at. But at second glance of RN's quote, i think it is actually a fair request to the original poster to define...
Interesting thread for sure. Hopefully later i will contribute. But for now, may i offer an alternative to "Prutopia"? How about "Practopia", perhaps?...
Interesting, thank you for sharing that. Even though i might quibble somewhat about antibiotics being the top discovery in the last hundred years (I'd...
Interesting, thanks! Could you possibly say more about Wilber in relation to the current ecological situation and related topics? I think i see what y...
That is one thing i learned during my job as a delivery person. I love dogs dearly, and generally would not hurt a fly and am pacifist vegetarian. But...
About being in the flow, in the zone, and trying to stay there as much and often as possible... I think I know what you mean. Sometimes it just comes ...
(Y) Thanks for your reply. Yes, those examples are eerily familiar. Have not read Wright's book, but i appreciated Jared Diamond's Collapse which seem...
Progress, or at least the idea of it, seems like a mixed bag. The old joke is "Q: Are things getting better or worse? A: Definitely!" Of course, techn...
Didn't want you to feel left out! Also, it's a toxin, not a poison. Botox actually. In 4 or 5 years you will look 10 years younger. So you got that go...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLhbb3wdghNhR99HBjowo1vjWYLJKBQUlD&v=KKvvOFIHs4k Don't be so certain! You have been injected with a poison that takes...
So it seems the general consensus is that philosophy as a whole (including logic) is NOT considered science, not even related. Though at one time it w...
This quote from The Story of B by Daniel Quinn: “Every creature born in the living community belongs to that community. I mean it belongs in the sense...
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