High-speed rail is nice, but there are obvious challenges associated with it here in America, e.g., obtaining the required easements and dealing with what I know to be the considerable resistance from the airline industry. We may need to accept …
High-Speed Rail May Not Be for the United States Read More »
What Sophocles said here was widely accepted in the U.S. when I was a young man, say 50 years ago. Today, you’ll find shockingly few Americans who actively live according to this rule. This is why, to take an example, …
Does exporting humankind’s woes to another planet seem like a reasonable idea? Do we really want greed, fascism, war, poverty, ignorance, racism, tribalism, the rationing of healthcare, and xenophobia on Mars? What would this accomplish of any value?
I boycott Home Depot and Walmart, but I happily shop at Costco. My reasoning is at left. They treat their employees fairly, they don’t gouge their customers, and they often do something nice for the world.
There is a reason that the United States doesn’t resemble Sweden, and that is it’s harder for billionaires to become multi-billionaires. Life in America is deeply rooted in corruption, in which rich people buy favorable legislation from Congress. This type …
Life in Sweden Bears Little Resemblance to What We Have Here in America Read More »
At left is a quote from 19th Century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. With all this pessimism, I think I would call him more “disturbed” than “insightful.” Long-time readers know that 2GreenEnergy tries to maintain a certain level of optimism (even …
If you tried to list all the elements of hypocrisy associated with the commandment “Thou shalt not kill,” you’d be busy for a very long time. War, the death penalty, genocide via bombs or starving out entire populations, refusing women …
Anyone who lets a philosophy destroy his perception of the world is an idiot. A possible exception to this is Schopenhauer’s statement (which I paraphrase): We live our lives in such a way to distract us from the fact that …
In my recent post: What Can We Learn from Emerson? I wondered why I have a lower opinion of the world and the people living on it than I did a decade ago, and I contemplated what that says about …
What Can We Learn from Emerson? — Another Thought Read More »
Many of us have come across this quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson, but have we really thought about it? I hadn’t until just now. I’ll admit that I have a lower opinion of the world and the people living on …
