Ontology
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(cross-posting) Note: Continuing humanities teaching and research after the discontinuation of grants
I do not think individual humanities work needs to stop with the removal of grants. Yes, clearly communities and community culture will be hurt. However, individuals can continue privately, to...
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Note: Idealism in an Era of Consequences
Attempting to maintain a frame of optimistic idealism seems rather heroic in this age of absolute consequences. It is not that the idea of contemplating utopia serves only as denialism...
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Memo: Tom Stoppard meets Star Trek (cross posted)
I had an idea for movie that is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (play: 1966, film: 1990), which was written by Tom Stoppard and is a play that was made...
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Collective Ethical Patience and Problem Solving in a Capitalist Society (Part II)
Ethical patience, as I wrote about from the perspective of science fiction, is not an abstraction. It does indeed go against everything we were taught about the civil rights movement....
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Note: Capitalist Evangelism
Those traditionally oppressed by capitalism just want to navigate to a system where they can be capitalists themselves. It is evangelism in it sharpest form. Segments of the population seem...
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Collective Ethical Patience and Problem Solving in a Capitalist Society (Part I)
It can at times be very difficult to retain an ethical view of the world when the wealthy and privileged, on both the left and the right, are open when...
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Short Memo: (Expanding a repost) – Considerations for Seeing an Unseen God
I miss praying. It was very centering. Very calming. But I now follow a God who has never been seen or written about. Any attempt to create a spoken prayer...
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Excessive forgiveness is a great lie in theology. Forgiveness comes with a sobered evaluation of oneself.
You don’t have to forgive yourself. That is really not a thing. People say that it is and will even try to convince you that it is something that must...
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Note: A Truism from Trek about Theology
This just a short note based on my own experiences and my strong interest in Star Trek. There is a line of dialogue that a brilliant writer, Robert Hewitt Wolfe,...
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Reposting: Theory of Monetized Empathy
Theory of Monetized Empathy – states that people are more likely to be oppressed by other people if they lack financial well-being. Intersectionality still applies. This is a holistic theory,...