A lot of sense in there Nanook. Some may quibble you should have replied to the threads, but content is more interesting to me. I'm not a believer in us all becoming rich in the material sense - more that I think this would happen in spirit if we could get rid of material serfdom.
On Feb 11, 1:15 pm, Nanook <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Sorry for not jumping in more often. Too much going on. But I think the new > discoveries I've made shed a lot of light on all of these points. So, I > suggest taking a look at my website:http://a3society.organd follow up with > the books if you read things you like. > > In short, as Don says, western society has failed to face up to human nature. > Try reading my discussion athttp://www.a3society.org/7%20Deadly%20Sins And, > please note, the term 7 deadly sins was NOT originally a religious phrase. It > was an ancient observation about human nature. Second, the discussions under > the Language tab describe how the human process of learning language explain > the circus we see in political campaigns. The Democracy and Government tabs > explain why governments are falling apart, and the pages on Plural Democracy > and fixing democracy provide solutions. > > Unfortunately, the point Arcytas makes below about human not being able to > solve problems is so true. And the main culprits are the Single Sentence > Logic problem and the Multiple Religions Problem. Both are discussed on the > Language tab. > > Be well, > > Nanook > > On Feb 10, 2012, at 10:10 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Today's Topic Summary > Group:http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye/topics > > Science and the modern economic plight [7 Updates] > Science and the modern economic plight > Don Johnson <[email protected]> Feb 09 11:31PM -0600 > > Ah arch, you are wallowing in frustration yet again. Kick that black dog in > the nads. The metaphorical one and not the happy, frolicking drooling > one. That one you can scratch behind the ears. One day you must come to > terms with the simple fact that human beings are irrational and selfish by > nature. I hope I get a chance to read that article in the Economist but > since I'm well aware of our Statist direction here in the USA it probably > won't hold much news for me. (plus I'm lazy and probably inept as well) > What makes the current situation easier for me to bear is I'm mostly > concerned with only "local" issues. Very local most important and then > branching out in importance so that my level of compassion for those in > Darfur or Ethiopia and even Syria is near non-existant. I can't be > bothered. I'm more worried about improving my lot and believe you me I'm > getting a bit tired of hearing all about the troubles around the world on > NPR with not NEAR enough attention being payed to our troubles at home. All > that said I'm fully aware things are better here in America and even better > here locally in the Houston area then they are most other places. Our poor > are rich compared to other places. My knowledge of Britain is limited but I > would assume it is much the same there. If you're poor and avoid the drugs > you can live a pretty decent life and never have to work in our country. I > don't see that as possible if we didn't grease the skids for the rich to > make more money. The trick is too give the new kids a chance to become rich > as well. As you have noted this is becoming less likely due to Statism. The > super wealthy are bribing their way to permanent dominance. They do this by > influencing regulation. Makes me crazy every time some new regulation > that's suposed to "protect the consumer" does nothing of the sort. Lies and > more lies. Still looking out for number One here. > > I do wish everyone else well however. Especially you and everyone else on > this forum. Cheers all. > > dj > > -The idea of taking on the burdens of the whole world scare me. We do > enough, too much really, already. I don't want a world government and > listening to Obama and Mrs. Clinton and pickyourUNdelegate that's what they > all want and actively pursue. Speaking of Hillary has anyone else noticed > she's looking rather.....medicated lately? Sleeping with Prince Valium > perhaps? Oxycotin maybe. Ah well, we all get older and I noticed I look > pretty shitty myself lately and all I abuse is caffeine. > > Allan H <[email protected]> Feb 10 09:49AM +0100 > > Yes on you are right ,, the question is why are not > these bribers being prosecuted. > oh yes I for got almost all of congress is involved. including the present > Republican Candidate. They have made him one of them and is solidly in > their pocket.. > Allan > > -- > ( > ) > |_D Allan > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. > > Allan H <[email protected]> Feb 10 09:53AM +0100 > > Neil I think it is important bring what the problems are in simple clear > statements instead of long and non rememberable statements. > What I do not understand in his statement is : Knowledge with out Concience. > Allan > > -- > ( > ) > |_D Allan > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. > > archytas <[email protected]> Feb 10 05:25AM -0800 > > The lesson from science is that bullshit can be deconstructed to find > out what we might really base argument on. In economics this leaves > us with more or less nothing to say and people can't see that as a > benefit. Science is now showing that most people are so useless at > problem solving they can't do stuff orang-outangs can. With this kind > of 'ability' its perhaps not surprising we vote for GOP and the rest! > > rigsy03 <[email protected]> Feb 10 07:11AM -0800 > > It takes hard work to be/stay wealthy. > Define pleasure- individual or cultural. > Education builds character supposedly. > Define business versus huckterism. > Science is indifferent- can be good or evil. > What religion? > Politics has become a wasteful, dishonest game. > > Gandhi reintroduced home weaving, plus non-payment of taxes, general > strikes, non-violent demonstrations (satyagraha) and there was some > improvement- maybe strengthened by Indian participation in WWII for > the Brits...but was killed by a Hindu so the nation was not unified- > plus think of the slaughter in the partition- India and Pakistan- > which still is a thorny problem. The entire Middle East and North > Africa are a mess and very dangerous. The Green Zone may not last in > Iraq, for instance. Really- very stupid American policy since the Gulf > War or back to the 1840's for the Brits in Afghanistan (a total > wasteland). Good reads are The Blue Nile and The White Nile by Alan > Moorehead- or Something of Value by Robert Ruark (?). Anyway, I don > think the internet is going to solve humanity's problems- there is too > much smoldering resentment. What's our contribution? Weapon systems or > idiotic merchandise? Plus the displaced will flee to Europe and cause > more economic pressure, etc. I wonder if our goal is to destabilize > Russia and China? > > I am cooking Greek today- moussaka. A humble tribute. > > archytas <[email protected]> Feb 10 10:32AM -0800 > > Britain actually bombed Kabul as late as 1921 and prevented a secular > king who wanted to use the Turkish model to stabilise and modernise in > 1930. Science would seek to stabilise the population and provide a > war free environment for all. But most people won't make the effort > to understand. Gandhi ended up in some weird rationalisations of > sleeping with children to save the world through denial. > > Allan H <[email protected]> Feb 10 07:53PM +0100 > > Don't go blaming the borders of Pakistan and India on Gandhi. that honor > belongs solely on the shoulders of a Brit,, I see nothing wrong with home > weaving It helps the poor earn a living.. I have lost a lot of money > mainly to import problems.. so I could not receive my merchandise.. these > items I ordered were hand made in homes.. which people made about $1 US a > day making,, filling my orders,, yes I paid in advance so I was able to > make sure they could feed their families.. because the product could not > make it through customs. I am foolish I ate the financial loss. better me > than the poor. > > indecently on simple interest of which is offered today.. I would be making > some where between four and five times that I receive in retirement.. would > you care to show where your money came from?? and how you worked hard to > make it??? and how you have to work hard to retain it? > > Yes a large contribution of the western and eastern countries to the world > is weapons so they can make even more money from them and increase > poverty,, a great statement for advanced society isn't it.. > Allan > > -- > ( > ) > |_D Allan > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group > minds-eye. > You can post via email. > To unsubscribe from this group, send an empty message. > For more options, visit this group. > > Nanook > [email protected] > > http://bit.ly/WordClay-nappihttp://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/Nappihttp://A3society.orghttp://www.linkedin.com/in/brucenappi
