Check out on an interesting article on cultural mores on sex called My Strange Relationship With Sex. An Indian epic, the Mahabharata, has a story describing a wise prince who was given a riddle by a Sphinx-like demon. The demon asked, “What is the greatest mystery in the world?” The prince answered, “The fact that we all have [...]
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I am huge fan of increasing connectivity between people; E-mail, the internet, cell phones. It’s like adding additional neurosystems to the planet. I was under the impression that the cell phones in Europe are better and cheaper the in the United States because that’s what someone from Europe living in the U.S. told me. Then I [...]
I have thought a long time about how a country like the United States could take the lead in improving the situation in other countries in a way that would actually improve things for other people. Here is my current best idea for how this might be done: The US President picks trouble spot in [...]
It’s time we start to acknowledge that the old school way of solving problems is not enough. Information needs to be shared so we can come up with and acknowledge new ideas. Some of the new ideas that civilization needs to adopt already exist but they have not spread. The seeds are planted, it is [...]
It is possible to completely change a society in a single generation. The nation of South Africa is an example of sweeping changes in a short period of time. Many religions are in currently in need of broad changes in thinking and practice. There is now some evidence that some of these religions may be [...]
I remember studying history during my school years and my father constantly repeating “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it”. I have never liked studying history from school approved text books. History books are written by the winners. Despite assertions by Andrew Keen, author of “The Cult of the Amateur: How [...]
Here is fascinating web site on Weather Modification by Indigenous people: Indigenous Weather Modification From the FAQ page: …any belief based on ignorance, including belief in outmoded paradigms, is of little value compared with knowledge derived from experience. For example, the materialist reductionist scientific paradigm was undermined by Einstein nearly 100 years ago and yet [...]