0 thru 9

:grin: Excellent! Glad to add something useful. (That video is excellent imho. Made using AI, but it flows with a unified purpose and color theme. It ...

Did someone say dark side of the moon? Sorry, it may have just been the echoes… https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kGLo8tl5sxs

Can’t imagine, don’t want to imagine… but that scenario has to be taken seriously as a very real possibility.

:100: :smile: :up: Yes. Very well said, completely agree. Thank you very much for your post.

Oh I think I see what you are saying: civilizations are unsustainable because of their size. Cultures are at least potentially sustainable. Is that th...

You mentioned that you voted ‘other’ in the poll. Could you possibly elaborate on that? :smile:

Ok, that’s fine. Fair enough. The larger point of ‘what can we learn from them?’ is what I began to address in this post.

:nerd: :up:

Haha, very good. :blush: The moral of that story: don’t be so damn tight-assed and tense while trying to run everything. Life will become enjoyable ag...

How so? Because they didn’t have pyramids? Because they are saddled with the pejorative ‘primitive’? You asked for an example of a balanced civilizati...

:up: Yes, that is a large part of the situation. It’s as though as relatively small group of power-hungry beavers have dammed the river almost complet...

Question: what could we possibly learn from people such as the Australian Aborigines? Their culture (before European colonization) was radically diffe...

Thanks for your reply. :smile: I’m most familiar with our current civilization naturally, and even so it still makes my head spin. But as an example o...

:flower: Thanks for your post! (I hope you don’t mind the formatting. I’m trying for a less ‘block of text’ look to the post. It was discussed here). ...

Crikey, that’s very inspiring. Really I’ll try to use the suggestion, just not in the Shoutbox (whoops) lol. Anyway, life is a poem… or a long pointle...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YKvJvObDhbI This video is interesting, amazing, funny, weird, disturbing. All the things i look for in someone I’m datin...

Bwahahahaha! :lol: I pay $20 for my romantic partners. I don’t need nothin fancy for those 5 minutes of heaven. (In before Hanny :snicker: ) Dares? Ho...

Hmmm… yes. Good point. An 18th century treatise on taxation perhaps? :snicker: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse4.mm.bin...

:joke: tee hee hee! Fair enough. I wouldn’t do it in the Shoutbox. Not needed for short and conversational comments probably. (If needed at all, that ...

Ok thanks. :pray: Not a huge deal, just a passing thought. I don’t remember this being discussed. I’ll look for any relevant threads to see if there’s...

So… you don’t like it?? :lol: Any names you could share so I could look at this in action? Thanks!

:up: Ok thanks for the feedback! I hadn’t noticed anyone doing that. (But then again, I stay away from logic, mathematics, and quantum theory threads)...

On the topic of post formatting… here’s a recent post from me where I tried something slightly different: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/co...

:smile: Thanks very much for your thoughtful replies, they’re much appreciated! Without any replies, this discussion becomes just me talking to myself...

Here’s an article about CBD and drug testing. I was thinking of my previous comments recommending CBD from whole hemp flowers. I still think it’s a po...

Thanks for your reply! :up: My take on the LOTR and its possible implications for us… It seems to be that ‘thinking precedes doing’. Humans have many ...

Yes, I see and agree with your point. The situation overall has reached a point of gridlock/logjam, and stagnation. After that comes the rotting. Whic...

I sometimes imagine that each of my fingers has their own consciousness and personality. What do the fingers think of themselves, and each other? To t...

I think I’m understanding your point. I could blather on, but I’ll let that noted Yin-Yang master Lao Tzu substitute in response because he blathers q...

Please elaborate! (Assuming you mean ‘the actual game-plan real politic’ of WC? And not the countless philosophies that have sprouted from within… and...

Thanks for sharing that! Reminds me of the saying ‘too many chiefs, not enough Indians”. I guess when the regular folk have a deficiency of money and ...

Thanks for your message. I’ll check out Mann and Hagens. :clap: Ok, I’ll bite lol… Just for fun… how is the philosophy of LOTR “reactionary”? (I take ...

Thanks for your reply. Yes, my suggestion is an speculative attempt using imagination to ascertain the ‘foundational ideas’ of our culture. Thoroughly...

:up:

:100: :up: Thanks for that! Couldn’t have said it better myself, so I won’t try lol. If nondualism were wine, we could use a drink right about now. Ma...

:snicker:

:100: Oh yes, definitely too much Yang. You are correct. Climate change / global warming fits right into that diagnosis. Such as imbalance affects eve...

:up: Yes, thank you. I think Jesus’s words and teachings were conveying a paradoxical, mystical, and non-dualistic message… in about the simplest way ...

:100: :up: Meanwhile, the general public becomes less and less able to do anything substantial in protest. And we become more and more angry and divid...

:smile: :up: Thanks for your reply. I’d agree with those statements. Do you have a favorite book / author that has tackled this extremely broad subjec...

Thanks for your reply. Wait a minute lol. Who said anything about civilization being compelled to be any certain or particular way? Civilization can b...

I’m intrigued! Sounds like a must read. Anyone who’s read it… what grabbed you about the book, in a nutshell?

:up: Yes, well said! Thanks. That reminds me of a quote: D. T. Suzuki, the eminent scholar of Zen Buddhism, one day made this sarcastic comment on the...

Maybe outdated and a bit of a cliché… but it’s a classic. Maybe it’ll give me inspiration about exactly HOW the idea of Yin/Yang can help… :chin: http...

Maybe… in a general type of way… in a New York state of mind? :monkey: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2F...

Here’s an excellent (and fair, I think) article about THC and driving. Includes video of stoned test monkeys drivers lol. (From www.cnbsjournal.com : ...

Dear Professor Chomsky, thank you very much for sharing your time and thoughts with us here. (How often does one see a Hall-of-Famer still hitting hom...

:up: Ok thanks. Started a new thread.

I didn’t know about this flap. Revived a zombie thread to discuss. I have a shelter in case the discussion goes nuclear lol.

What the serious fudge? I guess it doesn’t surprise me anymore, so much as boggle my mind… Bud Light brand loses billions in value due to simple ackno...