my attempt at a cartoon; AI generated, prompt and annotations mine| how to save the world
AI-generated recent ‘photo’ of ‘me’, writing. Looks a lot like me, yet somehow not like me at all.| how to save the world
Human behaviour, even at its worst, doesn’t seem all that difficult to explain. Our behaviour seems to be entirely the result of our biological and cultural conditioning, given the circumstances of the moment. Our biological conditioning seems to drive us to maximize our physical pleasure and minimize physical pain. Our cultural conditioning would seem to drive us, similarly, to maximize our emotional and intellectual pleasure and minimize our emotional and intellectual pain. And all of tha...| how to save the world
photo of my friend Mike’s new shirt, courtesy of his partner Angelina| how to save the world
Now that the collapse of our political, economic, social and ecological systems is accelerating, the signs of this collapse, including scapegoating, corruption, and social disorder are becoming more obvious. This is the seventh of a series of articles on some of these signposts.| how to save the world
C’mon Dave. I’m over here trying to be the bad ass, tough guy, nazi doomer… and you’re proving me out to be a phony, lol. I just got done crying like a baby while reading your beautiful 2005 eulogy for Chelsea.| how to save the world
AI image of billionaires Musk, Buffett, and Bezos as slumdogs from Gokul Pillai’s instagram| how to save the world
If you think the evidence that we have no free will is faulty or flimsy, or if you have a strong religious or moral sense of personal responsibility, you are likely to find this article annoying; you might even not want to read it. The very word “responsible” is triggering for a lot of people. I’m not trying to convince anyone of anything, just trying to get straight in my own mind why I’m coming to believe that the guilt and shame I feel over my actions, and my inaction, in a world f...| how to save the world
image by AI; my own prompt| how to save the world
Category Archives: Illusion of the Separate Self and Free Will | howtosavetheworld.ca