Month: January 2024

A reader of my recent post, “Nation-States Are A Plague On Our Species” has posed this question: “So…my question is…how better to organize societies?” It’s sort of the who wants to be a trillionaire question. As I suggested in my response to Mark Schlack’s comment, the evolution of our existing —>> read more –>>

As I have argued regularly, we are in an era of neoliberal wealth supremacy. This is the most successful social movement of the last hundred years. For an introduction to neoliberalism, read my About Neoliberalism. If you are wondering why it is the most successful social movement of the last —>> read more –>>

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license Old media, meet new. Idrees Abbas/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images João Marinotti, Indiana University On Dec. 27, 2023, The New York Times filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging that the company committed willful copyright infringement through its generative —>> read more –>>

I have commented many times that atheists need to develop social platforms (not the web type), social groups, that provide a common space for atheists to come together and share. Every organized religion has some form of Sunday school to indoctrinate children. Parents and other adults enjoy the opportunities for —>> read more –>>

Organized Religion – My First Plague For many years, I have said, when confronted by religious people, that organized religions are a plague on our species. I am not really troubled by individuals who believe in some god. The universe is a big place, and our insignificance in it causes —>> read more –>>

I’ve long been troubled by ornamentation in and on buildings. My approach to architecture – built spaces – focuses more on the program for the structure and how occupants actually experience the structure. What life problems are posed to the architect? This is the program of uses that the building —>> read more –>>

Its the time of year for summations, usually for just the previous year. My selection of charts explains much of the past 45 years for the rich, middle-class, and poor in America. The Great Divide The dark blue line describes the growth in productivity. That is the dollar value of —>> read more –>>