I must admit that I find it disturbingly amusing to contemplate how people view the possibility of non-Earth (i.e., alien or extraterrestrial) visitors, especially how they maintain hope and optimism about the potential arrival of said aliens. Unless you learn from history, you are doomed to repeat it (a notion often attributed to George Santayana). […]
Read More →In these “modern” times there seems to be an overwhelming urge to divide American society-culture into divisive elements rather than regard it as in integrated whole. Let’s dive a little deeper. Think of these divisions: Economists want to talk about the lower, middle and upper classes and create financial layers everywhere. Racially and ethnicity-inclined folks […]
Read More →There are mentally-stimulating, thought-provoking, and often disturbing side effects to a continuous and non-stop exposure to global events via the Internet. It offers a very unsettling, uneasy, sometimes horrific, and confusing notion of what it means to be human. We are now exposed – through online news, social websites and many other portals – to […]
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