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If Not the Heartland
Just a random question … If you’re not living in the “Heartland,” what body part exactly is your home located in? Does that part have no “heart”? Does the “Heartland” have no brain, hands, feet, stomach, mouth, genitals? Or is … Continue reading
On Discussing John Searle
The problem with your kind of thought, he said, is that it often leads to idleness; and what could be productive time, instead is spent in useless ponder, more or less, on how the world’s become the way it is, … Continue reading
Communication for a New Age
This is primarily an intro to several chains-of-thought that make up the bigger picture. They probably will not be chained together in this way once each of them has been fleshed out a bit more. Each historical age is determined … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, history, hypotheses, language, personal music, society, substance
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Random Thought
There is only one thought that is scarier to the industrialist than “Workers of the World Unite”. It is “Want What You Have”. Share This:
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Tagged advertising, commercialism, contentment, happiness, hypotheses, mass media, thought
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Rambling on Politics
Democracy is dependent upon a single, basic premise: that those with power as a result of wealth and social standing are willing to reject the advantage conferred by the possesion of this power and reject the use of any such … Continue reading
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An “A” Theory of American Politics Since the 60s
Guaranteed to offend everyone … but only intended half seriously. Kennedy proved that the rich are assholes. Johnson proved that politicians are assholes. Nixon proved that Presidents are assholes. Ford proved that Senators are assholes. Carter proved that the media … Continue reading
The School of Osmosis
OK, so I’ve been thinking quite a bit lately about knowledge, its accumulation, and how application of that acquired or accumulated knowledge can best be used to affect change in society. And here’s the thing — one of my father’s … Continue reading
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Tagged art, creativity, education, hypotheses, inspiration, learning, osmosis, schools
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