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Understanding each other
I want to organize a series of conversations. Dialogs, even. Two opposing viewpoints, me in the middle.
The idea is to let one party speak, while the other two listen and genuinely try to understand …
BAMN
"By Any Means Necessary". What does that mean? It sounds like violence to me. I'm not a fan of violence. I do not think it solves the problems.
And "No free speech for fascis…
Alan Watts: Confusing symbols with reality
Love caveatemp's comment on this video:
"You may have been high but you've never been Alan Watts drinking green tea in the bushes high."
ROTFL :)
An alternative view of the Trump situation
I'm one of those people that first of all didn't think Trump was going to get elected, until I went upstate on November 7th and saw the large number of lawn signs for Trump, and virtually none for Hil…
A strong middle class
This is one of the biggest stories of our time: the middle class… especially the lower middle class… is being decimated.
A strong middle class has long been the hallmark of mode…
My current project: Politics 2.0
I've written a page about my current project, which I've dubbed Politics 2.0 for now.
The Righteous Mind
I'm reading Jonathan Haidt's book The Righteous Mind, and it's helping me understand conservatives a lot better.
Haidt breaks down the five innate moral "taste receptors":
- care/harm
- fairness/chea…
LindzonPalooza and learning programming languages
Brad Feld a few years ago:
I spent this weekend at LindzonPalooza. Once a year Howard Lindzon gets together a bunch of his friends at the intersection of financing, tech, media, and entrepreneur…
Quote: Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln:
As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it …