Sunday, May 5, 2024

Our world is burning

“We must change almost everything in our current societies. The bigger your carbon footprint, the bigger your moral duty. The bigger your platform, the bigger your responsibility.”

Exit in disgrace

Trump has taken shame to a new low, a depth only achievable by someone with zero sense of shame and thus no behavior brakes.

Human violence: Pervasive, multi-dimensional and extinction-threatening

Violence is pervasive throughout human society and it has a vast range of manifestations. Moreover, some of these manifestations – particularly the...

Living together in peace

On our small but beautiful Earth, made small by technology, made beautiful by nature, there is room for one group only: the family of humankind.

This must be a dream!

As long as a majority of us keep thinking that it is OK to have this Military Industrial Empire, and it only needs a bit of tweaking, are falling for the hype and spin.

Meet Swampzilla: Indispensable’s duopoly-killing ‘monster’ meme

When voters enter the polls in 2018 and 2020, they need to be thinking of Swampzilla.

The fix is (always) in

When will the majority of us, the good and decent and truly patriotic folks, be the role models for the others among us who still believe in this fairy tale?

Crisis means danger and opportunity

The present crisis will undoubtedly lead to great change, but will it be takeovers by neo-fascist leaders such as Trump? Or will the change be social reforms?

Counter-coup

Our democracy is already badly eroded under Trump and his confidence in his ability to grab what he wants is either met by serious nonviolent resistance or he may well pull it off.

Is remote work as sustainable as we think it is?

The positives of remote work do tend to outweigh the negatives in regard to environmental sustainability.