There are so many things for me to apologize for, being the usual sort of hypocrite one finds in the world (judging others for behavior that I'm guilty of myself, not liking to admit that I don't know something or that I'm wrong, you know, the usual). In this case I would like to apologize... Continue Reading →
News Flash
I've been having a hard time recently, mostly to do with the state of the world. I was almost able to feel better after a couple of days in the mountains, mostly because there was no network up in the hut. No news. No constant beating myself over the head with the latest depressing information.... Continue Reading →
As Philosophy Goes
My now favorite podcast, Philosophize This! has moved on to Augustine of Hippo. Stephen West treats him as a philosopher (and not as a saint, the podcast being strictly interested in the development of philosophy and not religion). He explains the long and winding route Augustine took to becoming a Christian and his development of... Continue Reading →
Capitalism
This was part of my big realization last weekend, thinking about why people are so unhappy today when everyone around me (in Europe at least) is pretty well-off, if taken historically. Just for example, in most of the western world today, poor people are overweight (from unhealthy, bad food) but in the past, and in... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 