Do we naturally form hierarchies?
This is an important question for anyone that wishes to live in an egalitarian society. If we naturally form hierarchies equality can only exist for a short time or by suppressing our natural instincts. And to suppress our natural instincts goes against one of the fundamentals of equality. Freedom! While reading up on this [...]
Are there values we all hold dear? From Botswana to Vancouver are all humans bound intrinsically together by one goal? If we are to have a cohesive peaceful and sustainable planet we must have! But many have given up on this “Utopian” idea they would prefer to “crises manage” and “minimise harm” from our conflicts [...]
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Free will is the expression of values created by imagining possible outcomes way before we are presented with choices. And much of this creation may occur while we sleep. While reading an essay written back in the 1960′s by philosopher and author Iris Murdoch I came to a bit of an epiphany about imagination. I [...]
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Within this question are other questions that have been asked by people for millennia. What is the meaning of Life? What amounts to a good life? Is there a reason for life? Why am I here? I think that for people to go about existence, and be happy and fulfilled we must have some shape, [...]
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In previous posts I have talked a lot of Fluidity (see link below). At this juncture I want to expand a little more on what Fluidity is and from which it was born in my mind. For it is a product of my mind, I don’t deny this nor brag about it, to write of [...]
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The words equality and freedom have been massively misunderstood. Yet they are simple, and profound. I will deal with equality first for people have a great problem with this word, they think it means we are all the same. It does not. It means no-one is born with power over another’s life and no-one is [...]
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Watch these videos from Jeremy Rifkin who speaks sense, and this sense is common, it feels right! Also read : Fluid Society – egalitarian pluralism The evolution of co-operation and forgiveness
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In 1996′s ANU (Australian National University) philosopher David Chalmers took on what most philosophers, particularly in Australia, had been ignoring. The big question of consciousness or as he put it why it feels like anything to have a brain. Philosophers had pretty much handed over the problem to scientists, neurologists, psychologists and biologists, abdicating their [...]
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While reflecting through my journal (crazy writer types keep journals) I came across some thoughts on the self and the idea of a higher being I thought insightful enough to transcribe. Excuse the tangents and chaos for I think there is some gold in my musings. April 2011 Why are we here? Interesting insights [...]
Continue reading …Not long ago leisure was held in greater esteem than work. Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, De Tocqueville and more recently Barry Jones all saw work as a necessary toil but something to be avoided, it was leisure not work that lead to great insights, true understanding and wisdom. From the quiet contemplation of one’s surrounding, the [...]
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