synthesis

Who knows? And yes, it is quite the paradox.

Up until a couple of hundred years ago, it was ALL about survival. It's just of late that people became obsessed with the delusional state of happines...

cp, I certainly don't want to rain on your parade, but yours' is one of the most interesting personal positions I've encountered vis a vis existence. ...

What kind of legitimate interest do you have in the survival of the human species? Twenty-five species disappear from this planet every day, so certai...

Yes, I am reading the sentence. What does that tell you?

That's an absurd statement. You need to study the human body.

Imagine believing that people see the color red the same! There are many reasons why this is not the case, but let's just consider some of the obvious...

Very nice! Thank you.

We're talking about the same things people have been talking about forever (albeit, the modern version, at times). If anybody ever figures out any of ...

It definitely has entertainment value, but after a few thousand years of it, what have we learned?

When your significant other comes up to you and looks at you in a certain way, need more be said? Either you kind of get this kind of thing or you don...

Philosophizing is people bullshitting (but they think the their BS doesn't stink). Life is about doing. That's the real philosophy.

Because it cost millions of lives. It really doesn't matter how you measure it, only that you apply it equally. Good makes bad. Bad makes good. One ca...

I guess it might depend on what period of time you reference, but to me (I am 66), a responsible adult is one who can make their way in this world ind...

OH NO!, you'd have to do everything yourself. God forbid. :) BC, isn't the point of living a adult life to become as independent as possible? Have you...

In the end, there will be an equal amount of good because the lessons learned by it will have saved millions. It's just how The Universe works.

"Collectively" doesn't work for me. Almost all good things that happen is because of individual compassion, and almost all bad things that happen are ...

This is a false statement because nobody can know the truth as it is not accessible by the human intellect. See above comment.

OK, let's say you and a blind person are in the same room with a bright light on. Does light and dark now exist at the same time? Give an example of a...

Keep in mind that there are tremendous dis-inflationary forces happening coincidentally which are balancing out the ledger sheet somewhat. Mining chea...

All opposites co-exist. You cannot have one without the other. Think about it.

Equal amount of good and bad in everything.

My compliments on the detailed post! I should have stated, "this foray into serious globalization," which will end just like other attempts...in a tri...

For me, the ideal group size is one. :) And I do believe you will find that the degree of insanity (demonstrated by group activity) is directly propor...

Isn't this the entire point of every social institution that ever was, that is, getting something for nothing (somebody else footing the bill).

WHAT?? The EU is a complete joke...one destined to failure from the start. Why would any successful country want to be part of that dys-functional dys...

The answer is ALWAYS more freedom and transparency. Those advocating the opposite are attempting to protect their dirty system.

Let's look at three periods, post WWII (say, 1950), the beginning of globalization and financialization (1980), and forty years later (2021). And let'...

Globalization is about two things and two things only, access to cheap(er) labor and new markets. If your neighbor across is having to eat cockroach s...

The guy is a billionaire. The fact that he took the time and went through the Hell that he did to do the whole presidency thing is telling. Who would ...

The winners were the (corporate) elite and the politicians, the losers, regular folks. Seems pretty interesting that Germany and Japan still kept robu...

Let's compare COVID to several events of the 20th century. WWI, the Spanish flu, WWII, the Soviet Union, and Communist China. Each of these events mak...

Tens of millions of people had their jobs outsourced over the past decades and nobody cared...until Trump came along. Trump is a complete dufus in man...

I believe the pandemic will be a little blip on the chart of progress. There will be a lot of good to come out of this, as well, so don't worry too mu...

Of course, this is why you read the book to the final chapter (to see how it ends). One might think that because there is such a tremendous amount of ...

When most people reference "collapse," they are referring to economics. Of course, social dis-integration is often on its coattails, but let's chat ab...

Hey Gus, I hate to be the one to break it to you, but the collapse already happened. THIS is the reaction to the collapse. The result of going 'agains...

The biological crisis is total BS, the political crisis is business as usual, and the economic crisis has been simmering in the cauldron for decades. ...

I have five children. It is the most difficult task/responsibility you can take-on, and because of that, it gives the most rewards. Many things in lif...

If you take a look at the folks that attended the most prestigious global universities and observe the mess they have made of this world, then you wil...

The problem is corruption. Redistribution works both ways (except the elite are rich enough to pay-off the politicians to create their loopholes (agai...

The push-back against the idea of people taking responsibility for themselves is truly incredible. This political climate has fostered a mentality whe...

There are many reasons why we cannot access reality, so it seems as if our minds have a mind of their own and just fill in the blanks, so to speak. Un...

Well, as long as it's ok. :)

I am sure RR was full of shit on many subjects, but on this one he was 100% correct. Government is the only institution that has the power to do truly...

Of course, it doesn't make a great deal of sense as it is.

Prognostication might just be the most absurd thing people attempt. Although we cannot even understand the simplest of things, there are those who bel...

Not necessarily, but that works. Our conceptual mind takes 'what is' and morphs it into 'what we think it is' or 'what we imagine it to be' or 'what w...

That's the difference between people who concentrate on what is happening outside of themselves v. those who seek their meaning from within. On the ou...

Your shit doesn't stink?