why are we smashing our heads into the wall? — The reason I have my problems with academics is they are too narrow, too conforming in behavior. They seem quite unable to think outside of their tiny boxes. This eventually takes a toll on the integrity of their institutions. Thus, we find that either the radicals have a better product…

Keep da Cult’cha — Rejecting culture, we get crisis, because we need culture to live successfully and to be fully human. Yet culture is a topic never discussed… When humans reject culture they get crisis. Might it be possible to look at the topic of economics (in which I include the topic of capitalism)…

~humans and monkeys ~another Gainesville story — What if I write something — ? ~and convince everybody in the universe to like me. Let’s say I convince everyone that I am the best guy ever. This would fulfill my need to be liked. That will be a great day. It will probably be most enchanting to live like that, for…

Is knowledge of who we really are advancing or declining? Knowing who or what you are has to be either philosophy or science. The usual story we tell is that, since there is a 2,000 year history of this, some progress has to have been made. We should be getting…

The flow of freedom in our time — Some political opinions Is US/America very difficult — or is it easy? For a huge number of folks it is a comfortable, wealthy place. A place wherein large amounts of money are spent all over the place every day (this is resented by the Right). But I have a different…

A leetle short story — Poor Little Daisy has locked herself out of her apartment, with her shorty-shorts on. She has just used the Chevron (as in bathroom service). She is sitting outside the petrol station just now. For, a terrible thing happened to her ass, recently. So am I by the way. I am…