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Category: Social Contract

Social Contract

Victory Defeated US: How Winning Became the Ultimate American Problem

7 Jan 2021
I am not much of a Republican or a Democrat. My ideology is at times offensive to both party lines and so I could not imagine success representing Americans with…
Social Contract

Thumbs Up, America

7 Nov 2020
Sorry, friends. I am going to be a downer today. I mean, I'm a downer every day but I try to take measures to conceal that from others. Those closest…
Social Contract

My Truth and The Truth

28 Sep 2020
We are currently attending a training through work that discusses multiple aspects of communication. One of the concepts that arose during the training is the need for people to speak…
Personal…

The Fog of War

23 Sep 2020
We face a lot of problems today. Some are holdovers from prior generations, others are unique to the modern world. A major part of me still believes that people, in…
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Definitions and Labels

31 Aug 2020
I felt compelled to write today based on two events. First, the #IStandWithJK hashtag reappeared on social media, and it brought up discussion about one of her tweets in particular:…
Personal…

Another Appeal Against Late-Stage Capitalism

20 Aug 2020
In the past I have tried to dance around the language of economics a bit. Any critique of capitalism seems to confirm that the critic is a Marxist/socialist/communist. The philosopher…
Social Contract

Dunning-Kruger Is My Middle Name: Empathy, Knowing How Much I Don’t Know, and Struggling in a World of “Experts”

8 Jul 2020
Where even to start? There is the mask requirement debate or the "Karen" response or the even broader state of discourse. There is the snowflake versus the deplorable. There is…
#HeForShe…

Harry Potter and the Constant Controversy

29 Jun 2020
It happened again. This time Stephen King responded to something of Rowling's not realising people saw a transphobic tone, Rowling responded with high praise, someone else asked King for clarification…
Social Contract

Children Are Not the Future

7 Jun 20208 Jun 2020
Earn good grades and stay out of trouble. That gets you into a good college. Do well in college. That gets you a good job; ideally, it gets you a…
Personal…

Society Treats Individuals Differently – It Cannot Treat Them Discriminately

30 May 2020
Humans were once hunters and gatherers. If the food became scarce in one region, the humans would have to move to another to feed themselves. This process changed during the…

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