Information is the single most valuable resource anyone can have access to. This is not just an opinion, but a simple fact. Material resources may have a varying value, depending on one’s needs, but without the proper information they qualify as nothing more than wishful thinking. So the true art of governing, the art of creating a […]
Humans are a creature of duality. Our understanding of the world is binary; we simply cannot accept anything without understanding its opposite. This is ingrained in our very nature. Even our definitions often require a description of the opposite. We don’t understand dark without light. We can’t have good without evil. Dry requires wet. There are very […]
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When I was younger, I used to go on a lot of wilderness trips, often involving white water canoeing and rafting. The rafting portion of the trips was usually involving a professional rafting company, which meant that there would be people along who were not part of the group I was in. On one of these trips, […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]eace. lentiful nature. No people yet. eople. Play well with nature. Low population. opulation grows. People don’t play well. Peace disturbed. These people prefer these people. Those people prefer those people. These and those pester each other. Pestering becomes power struggles. All people find they prefer profit. Power struggles and profit. Profit and power struggles. […]
I generally don’t judge people. In my mind everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and opinions, and I will respect their beliefs and opinions as long as they equally respect mine. I have no problem even discussing our differences, as long as we both are willing to hear the other side, and at least […]
“The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself“ -F.D.R. I am sitting her watching the news. I almost never watch the news. […]
This project of mine, admittedly a crazy idea from the beginning, has not really caught much attention yet. Maybe it is in how I am approaching it, or maybe the idea is just too out there. Or it could be that I am simply not patient enough. I was talking to a friend that I had not spoken to in […]
Today was a nice, warmish day, birds singing and the freshness of spring in the air, so I went for a walk. Photography is one of my passions, so I always make sure I take my camera with me on such excursions. As a result, my eyes wander around me a bit, looking for things that might […]
It has been my experience that the most successful people owe their success to a certain level of obsession. One must be willing to follow a dream despite distractions to make it happen. This often means giving up other things to make the dream a reality. The question often becomes not whether or not it […]
