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Psychopaths
Jul. 2nd, 2013 09:01 am“You’re four times more likely to find a psychopath at the top of the corporate ladder than you are walking around the janitor’s office.”
-- Robert Hare at The Daily Beast
-- Robert Hare at The Daily Beast
Jul. 2nd, 2013
Old Reader
Jul. 2nd, 2013 10:01 amGoogle Reader is now dead. Yesterday, faced with the prospect of getting all my blog feeds on an ad hoc basis, I ventured to give Old Reader a shot, and I am feeling very relieved. I think this is going to work.
I was going to better my odds with Old Reader by keeping porn feeds away from it, but I cannot see any prohibitions, and, well, I had to go for it. At least I am sticking to the safer, less controversial porn.
I was going to better my odds with Old Reader by keeping porn feeds away from it, but I cannot see any prohibitions, and, well, I had to go for it. At least I am sticking to the safer, less controversial porn.
Owww, he gave Kay the barbecue sauce. I didn't get any on grocery day, because I was counting on that bottle he got at H.E.B. So, I'll be playing it tight with the sauce I have. Pop also told me about the great bread rolls he got, but he obviously gave those to her as well before I could try them.
I never imagined that Pop's love life would be a problem, especially this late in the game. After mom's death, he spent practically the whole next decade in complete dormancy that it seemed like we just were not made for sex, but here we stand now: he's a player, in his seventies. He just isn't choosy, at all.
I never imagined that Pop's love life would be a problem, especially this late in the game. After mom's death, he spent practically the whole next decade in complete dormancy that it seemed like we just were not made for sex, but here we stand now: he's a player, in his seventies. He just isn't choosy, at all.
Fatalism can be fatal
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According to a Newsweek poll, 40 percent of people in the United States believe the world will end with a battle between Jesus Christ and the Antichrist. And overwhelmingly, those people also believe that natural disasters and violence are signs of the approach of the glorious battle—so much so that 22 percent of Americans believe the world will end in their lifetime. This would logically mean that concern for the world of their great-great-grandchildren makes no sense at all and should be dismissed from their minds. In fact, a recent study found that belief in the “second coming” reduces support for strong governmental action on climate change by 20 percent.
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There are other powerful forces weighing against action. There’s our love of technology, including our fantasies about inventing our way out of catastrophe, colonizing other planets, and re-creating species. Maybe our senator friend is onto something after all when he points to arrogance. There’s also greed, including our fear that living sustainably would involve living with less of the materialistic nonessentials that currently clutter our lives and fuel our obesity. And there’s the myth that we’re powerless to effect change. It’s not enough to believe that the world is being destroyed and that we humans are on our own with the plants and the other animals if we’ve fallen for the biggest scam governments pull on their people—the lie that says they pay no attention to us. History teaches the opposite. People’s influence on their governments is much more powerful than we usually imagine. It’s weakened primarily by people’s failure to do anything. Impotence is a self-fulfilling loop. Those longing for the end of the world are far from alone in imagining that we don’t have the power to make the world over ourselves. Nonetheless, among the things we should be doing right now is explaining to our neighbors that Jesus isn’t coming back.
-- David Swanson, "Why We Allow the Destruction of Our Planet" at The Humanist
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According to a Newsweek poll, 40 percent of people in the United States believe the world will end with a battle between Jesus Christ and the Antichrist. And overwhelmingly, those people also believe that natural disasters and violence are signs of the approach of the glorious battle—so much so that 22 percent of Americans believe the world will end in their lifetime. This would logically mean that concern for the world of their great-great-grandchildren makes no sense at all and should be dismissed from their minds. In fact, a recent study found that belief in the “second coming” reduces support for strong governmental action on climate change by 20 percent.
[...]
There are other powerful forces weighing against action. There’s our love of technology, including our fantasies about inventing our way out of catastrophe, colonizing other planets, and re-creating species. Maybe our senator friend is onto something after all when he points to arrogance. There’s also greed, including our fear that living sustainably would involve living with less of the materialistic nonessentials that currently clutter our lives and fuel our obesity. And there’s the myth that we’re powerless to effect change. It’s not enough to believe that the world is being destroyed and that we humans are on our own with the plants and the other animals if we’ve fallen for the biggest scam governments pull on their people—the lie that says they pay no attention to us. History teaches the opposite. People’s influence on their governments is much more powerful than we usually imagine. It’s weakened primarily by people’s failure to do anything. Impotence is a self-fulfilling loop. Those longing for the end of the world are far from alone in imagining that we don’t have the power to make the world over ourselves. Nonetheless, among the things we should be doing right now is explaining to our neighbors that Jesus isn’t coming back.
-- David Swanson, "Why We Allow the Destruction of Our Planet" at The Humanist
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