Monday, March 1, 2021

A Long Goodbye

My daughter had her first ovulation about 12 days ago. I know because it was painful.  I think she had an ovarian cyst rupture, common at first ovulation. She had no idea. 

All her life Ive rubbed her tummy when it hurt - it always worked. She was really hurting and when i was finished she fell asleep in my arms. Probably for the last time. 

I love her so much. 

Our Survival

I love the replies to scientists on twitter. Astrophysicists posit big ideas such as a universal theory of physics and people who have done no formal homework give answers in 280 characters or less and actually feel proud. Solve that and we may just have a chance. 

Put another way mastering bullshit should have been Piaget’s 5th stage of childhood development. Coupled with political correctness where ‘ everyone is entitled an opinion’ (informed or not) and the recipe for our specie’s demise stews. 

Sunday, February 28, 2021

Our Survival

The era of attorneys running congress should have ended with the industrial revolution.

The world has become too complex for them.

Our existential threats too global, too complex, and too far in the future, for legal-minded, short-sighted, political survivalists, to properly address - let alone understand.

We need a new form of congress 


Friday, February 26, 2021

A Letter To Mr. Franklin

Given how deeply ingrained football is in American culture let me start gently - Don’t you think football is dead? 

Ok, maybe not gently.

The severity of CTE is really not one for one with the number of concussions one suffers. Ive notice this seems to be the dividing line in many people’s minds. Maybe if we can get rid of concussions we can get rid CTE. Except, no. 

If simply playing the game with one’s brain as a peanut bouncing around inside a skull, it bouncing around inside a helmet, can lead to CTE, is there hope? 

Acceleration/deceleration injury seems to be enough. 

If that’s true - it’s a sad day for football. 

And it’s a sad day. 

Its over. All the technology in the world wont stop CTE. It’s over. 

Sorry 

Sunday, February 21, 2021

Shame, As a Legacy

Dying does not give one’s legacy a pass. This man was evil. He culled hatred, divisiveness, and human suffering as a means to enrich himself. He harmed as a way of life. He was a monster. 




Sunday, February 7, 2021

Creators of Universes or Perish

“God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?”    
                                                                                                                                         Friedrich Nietzsche
 
The answer is yes. Our greatest evolutionary step, our next step, is to become gods. Creators of universes. That or we perish.

Precious Life

Imagine

A world where life has no need to kill other life in order to survive. A world where all of life obtains the sustenance and energy it needs directly from its inert surroundings.

A world where diversity and survival would not require murder. Life need not eat life.

A world where eco-population balance results from cooperative efforts instead of competitive ones, and the survival of all, depends on the survival of individuals. 

Imagine