Category Archives: 13: Values & Self

Guns, Germs, and Stealing Truth (3: A Russian Stronghold)

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Jim Edmonds

“Ukraine and its allies, including London, are threatening Russia for the last 1000 years, … to cancel our culture – they have bullied us for many, many years” – Yevgeny Popov, Russian Duma (“Parliament”) member, TV host (BBC News) This … Continue reading →

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Guns, Germs, and Stealing Truth (2: The Boer Stronghold)

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Jim Edmonds

““Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” – George Santayana There is no simple answer to our question of “Why do we see behaviors such as experienced with Sandy Hook?” (here) This will no doubt confuse and irritate … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Psyches: Putin (Russia) & Zelensky (Ukraine)

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Jim Edmonds

“The world is not the same today as it was last week” – The Atlantic “Ambition is a lust that is never quenched but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment” – Thomas Otway This is necessarily a long post, … Continue reading →

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Story (On Scripts, Life, and Politics)

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Jim Edmonds

“Story telling is the creative demonstration of truth.  A story is the living proof of an idea, the conversion of idea to action” – Robert McKee Story (Robert McKee, meuthuen paperback, 2014; hardcover, HarperCollins, 1998) (here) is described on its … Continue reading →

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The Route of Our Discontent – III

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Jim Edmonds

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose a response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom” – Victor Frankl “In our poor or lack of response lies our stagnation … Continue reading →

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Wit’s Progress

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Jim Edmonds

“Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit” ― Oscar Wilde This has been a year for the ages.  At times I felt myself at my wit’s end, probably along with you and nearly 8 billion other people. Shortly after my last post (eons … Continue reading →

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The Root of Our Politics

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Jim Edmonds

“Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.” ― Jean Racine In the last post a General Behavior Pattern of Emotions->(Thinking, maybe)->Behavior emerged which appears to be broadly applicable. One of those applications seems pretty much to be … Continue reading →

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The Unanticipated Consequences of Unfettered Emotions

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Jim Edmonds

“Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.” ― Jean Racine The chart in the previous post showed a general trend toward very negative emotions and behaviors among those having Closed Comfort Bubbles and Control issues.  It … Continue reading →

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The Affliction of Emotions

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Jim Edmonds

We have no problem in recognizing, or staking claim to the fact that we are highly evolved thinking beings (our conscious cognitive state) who also possess a strong free will (our conscious volitional state), both of which take significant time … Continue reading →

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The Jump From Benign Conspiracy Theories to Fake News to Hate Vitriol

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Jim Edmonds

On most occasions we would find something minorly amusing when the media presents us with a wacky conspiracy theory.  The Earth Is Flat 1 comes to mind, as possibly does The Moon Landing Was Faked.2  However, some conspiracy theories loom much larger … Continue reading →

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