Why so few? The signifigance of the question “what is the most fundamental human characteristic: fear or laziness?” is that those two attributes and not any others are the most likely correct answers. Neither fear nor laziness will bring a person to their potential, but when you look at people and how they behave it’s [...]
…all? Humans, like other animals, act to fullfill their desires. Humans are unlike other animals in that they can consciously choose whether or not to pursue a certain desire, for whatever reason they want. They may pursue a set of rules by which to live: a morality. There is no one overarching morality to which [...]
Most of armed forces committed overseas, morale low, population mostly unarmed, wealthiest nation in world, allies alienated by cowboy foreign policy, and we’re in the middle of occupying another foreign nation, which makes it impossible for us to argue internatinal law or moral considerations. Don’t we owe China alot of money? What if we can’t [...]
Alex Jones was right when he described the two main political parties in the USA as “two management teams bidding for control of the CEO job of Slavery Inc.” I follow elections, not because I believe the results matter, but to see see what messages the manipulators think people will respond to, and which messages [...]
The meaning of tragedy in art: “No, sufferer, you are not alone.”
Time is finite and infinitely valuable. How a person uses her time ultimately reflects back on that person. So why should anyone spend their time reading this blog? ABG is Content-Focused Most blogs are results-oriented: the focus of the author is usually on what they wish and expect to get from their blog (e.g. attention, [...]
City Squares: The city’s simple geometric figures, squares and rectangles, vertical lines and nothing more interesting than that. No place for a mind to wander, certainly. With grey sky and empty sidewalks it becomes heavy and painful. Only the leaves in the trees to anchor the mind to life and reality. The Heart’s Eye: “Seeing” [...]