It should be a wake-up call for everybody

People are so divided in this country — they’re so divided … and there’s so many people that love it, they love that we’re divided and they profit off it — off that division … and they stoke the fires … and they do it for their own profit … and it’s so fuckin’ gross.… Continue reading It should be a wake-up call for everybody

Every Point of View is Parochial

Nobody is “well informed“. If you believe to be well-informed and you are no longer a child, then it is now time for you to give up on that myth. Many people seem to think they are well-informed on account of paying attention to mainstream media (see also “Mainstream Milieus“). Of course the spinners of… Continue reading Every Point of View is Parochial

Relational Data-Based Logic & Meta-Physical Constraints

When I as author of a text choose a title for that text, then I become an author on a different level. The descriptors I choose describe other descriptions. On a gut level, we feel this by being aware that the choice of a title feels more significant than the choices of commas or similar… Continue reading Relational Data-Based Logic & Meta-Physical Constraints

Trustworthy + Distrustworthy

I’ve experienced a few fascinating experiences recently, one of them reminding me of the song “Thin Ice” (by Pink Floyd, from the album “The Wall”). As a teenager, I was very much “into” Pink Floyd — for example, I might have said something like “I am inspired by Floydian ideas”. I decided to watch the… Continue reading Trustworthy + Distrustworthy

Self, Words, The Word & Language Itself

Today I would like to tie together a few loose ends again, picking up one from last week, another from maybe a few months ago and perhaps a couple more along the way. Last week, I described an odd sort of dichotomy that can arise if someone views words separately from the persons who are… Continue reading Self, Words, The Word & Language Itself

Self Determination

Among the people I met up with in Porto last weekend (see chapter 21, “Social Business Regulation: Introduction & Socio BIZ Rule #1“) was a woman from Latvia who spoke really excellent English (probably because — as she mentioned in passing — she now lives in England). She noted that she feels it is wrong the… Continue reading Self Determination

Language & Community — Some More or Less Clearly Defined Definitions

I feel I need to make clear how I define some terms. Although I feel as though I use most terms in a very literal manner, I think some people misunderstand what I mean because these terms sometimes have connotations which differ significantly from the way the terms are (or “ought to be) understood in… Continue reading Language & Community — Some More or Less Clearly Defined Definitions

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