There is a difference between breaking rules and breaking the law. Breaking the law is breaking a set of rules that lead to an enforced social consequence. The rules that I’m talking about however, are the rules that we create for ourselves throughout life. An example out be to say “bless you” when someone sneezes […]
Society & Environment
Relativity – Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
Relativity must replace absolutism in the realm of morals as well as in the spheres of physics and biology. -Thomas Cochrane The theory of relativity, put simply means that reality is subject to the eye of the beholder. How is this relevant to anything in our lives? Well, let’s use the glass being half full […]
Learn to Steal
If you steal from one author it’s plagiarism; if you steal from many it’s research. Wilson Mizner We’ve been taught that stealing is a “bad” thing. Well, what is good and what is bad is subject to interpretation. Stealing material is illegal and unproductive in most cases, but what if we steal mentally? What I mean […]
Scarcity is the Root of all Evil
You cannot advocate decency and ethics. You must design the conditions that eliminate the problems. In scarcity, people will tend to steal. If you make things available, people tend not to steal. ~ Jacque Fresco Let’s face it, the lack of something makes people want to take it is from other’s. Scarcity is literally the […]
The New Year Resolution
Resolutions shouldn’t only be reserved for a New Year – Amir Aribokill Don’t get me wrong, I’m not knocking New Year resolutions. If anything, I promote a resolution. But, I’d much rather make consistent small resolutions through out the year instead of a small lump of huge ones at the beginning. Coming up with small, […]
The Connecticut Shooting
The Emotional Tight Rope
“We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.” Jane Fonda Unfortunately, emotions are not something we can control. Just like the taste of our favorite food, we do not choose to be emotional about certain things. We have […]
Impractical Morals Fade
What we call “morals” is simply blind obedience to words of command. Havelock Ellis Values fade away if there isn’t environmental reinforcement. The best example I can use is stealing. Most people would say “stealing” is wrong, but what if someone is near death and steals food in order to survive? Morals are only walls that […]
Barack Obama Wins Four More Years as President
I don’t really get into politics, but it looks like it was a close one. Barack Obama wins all the battleground states and found his way to victory over Mitt Romney. Obama Wins With the devastation of super storm Sandy, many people struggled to go out and vote. The determination was definitely evident in the voters who […]