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What’s Wrong with People?

What’s wrong with people: greed, selfishness, violence, wars, lying, and all the rest, is just the over-the-cliff edge of human … More

controlling, greed, human nature, Jesus, lying, snobs, status, war, what's wrong with people

Ideas that propel history

History is Propaganda with footnotes.-Je’ I’ve been watching the History of Western Civilization. Often such documentaries make me cuss mentally because … More

American revolution, control, freedom, Hamilton, human nature, Jefferson

We Humans are Inventive Little Buggers

When you were a kid did you build things? Like throw a sheet over a table and call it your … More

human inventions, human nature, hunter-gatherers, kids, parenting, tribes

Simple, Beautiful, Profound

I cannot say it better than this. Made by young human in Iraq.  

empathy, human nature, sharing

Who put the empty milk carton in the fridge? Hitler!

What could be more natural than blame-storming? You notice something is wrong and you try to figure out who is … More

blame-storming, Churchill, Hitler, human nature, prescott Bush, ruling elite, villains

We Get By with a Little Help from Our Friends

Just a true story that happened yesterday which illustrates that most human beings are pretty decent. From my brother, Mark: … More

friends, generosity, help, human nature, real life samaritans

I Want My Crayons Back

When Queen Elizabeth asked her economists why none of them saw the crash of 2008 coming, they were taken aback … More

art-creativity, creativity, education, human nature, imagination

I promise you, this is an encouraging story

I promise you this is an encouraging story-just bear with me. Haiti experienced a devastating earthquake in 2010, which killed … More

beauty, flowers, Haiti, human nature, resilience

Art Versus Politics

Art is seeing through and making what we see visible to the rest of humanity. Politics is the process of … More

acculturation, artists, Gaza, human nature, Palestine, politics, street art

Triumph of the Human Spirit: Symphony in Hell

Do you like music? Who doesn’t? I find great music a bit overwhelming myself. I once went to hear the … More

human nature, music, spirituality-religion, Stalingrad symphony

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