From Robert Reich: The right wing is dominating on TV and social media, reaching tens of millions of people and feeding them baseless conspiracy theories and propaganda. Stay informed so you can debunk these lies in real time, and beat …
Category: Sustainability
Want an Easy Life? I Have Some Bad News for You
Interesting thought here, but it’s one that I dispute. For simplicity, let’s say that there are two types of people: good and bad. There is no way for good people, those of conscience and decency, to have “easy lives” on …
Tagged with: making the world a better place
Kind People
Mixed in with all the garbage in our world today is the trend we see toward kindness. I just came across this gem. Achieving a sustainable culture is built on the assumption of kindness to others. People who are indifferent …
Dealing with Doctors Who Spread COVID Misinformation
California is implementing a law under which doctors who spread misinformation about COVID can be disciplined, and predictably, the MAGA crowd is apoplectic, calling it a violation of free speech. Of course, most people with MD degrees are intelligent folks …
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Speaking Out About the Long-Running Oppression of Women in Iran
Anyone looking for a little inspiration may find it in this work from Joan Baez calling for justice for Iranian women. Brings tears to my eyes. Based on the lives of many artists, of which Baez is just one, those …
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Library of Things
At a conference on sustainability a few years ago I learned that, on average, a cordless drill is used for nine minutes between the time it comes off the shelf at the hardware store until finds its way into a …
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Who Cares About the Ukrainian People?
Here’s a good example of the appeal to hatred and indifference to human suffering that lies at the very core of the Republican Party platform.
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Focusing on Virtues
Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor from 161 to 180 CE, was an adherent of the Stoic philosophy, which I would summarize as valuing our limited time of Earth, and making ourselves the best people possible by focusing on long-term virtues rather …
Tagged with: long-term sustainability
Demons on the Inside?
I can’t imagine Freud really said this. Obviously, I can’t read others’ thoughts, but it strikes me that people who behave with compassion and reason are less likely to have “demons” inside than those who are overtly irrational and mean.
Tagged with: compassion and reason
Is the Value of Education Questionable?
The sentiment expressed at left makes sense to many of us, but, upon reflection, it comes from two completely disparate camps: the opposite ends of the IQ bell curve. We happily grant that people like Mozart, Einstein, Monet, and Mark …
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