I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself. Oscar Wilde Recently there has been a few noteworthy boycotts attempting to punish disagreeable speech. The new CEO of Mozilla, Brendan Eich, resigned because of an outcry against him. He donated money to…
Author: Robert Emond
Philosophy is Not a Single Player Game
While I’ve been sitting here for a couple of hours trying to write my next philosophical article for the blog, I came to realize that philosophy is a team sport not a single player game. There is a reason Socrates and Plato had people around. In a group it was easier to work on expanding…
The Meaning of Life
What is the meaning of life?
What a Piece of Work is Man
how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving, how express and admirable in action, how like an angel in apprehension, how like a god! – Hamlet, Act II, Scene 2 When you look up at the Milky Way you see millions of stars. Then think about how you are one person…
The Shared Delusion of Money
The lack of money is the root of all evil. -MARK TWAIN, Mark Twain’s Notebook I was explaining Bitcoin in an econ class the other day, and that drove home an idea that I’ve been thinking about for a while. That is the value of our money is based on a shared delusion. The delusion…
All That Lives Must Die
Thou know’st ’tis common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity. Hamlet, Act I, scene 2 Death. Americans in the last part of the 20th century feared it more than anything (and we Americans are a very scared group of people). We fight it and hide from it and send all thoughts…
The Spiritual Poverty of the Rich
The 1% are in the news, and everywhere you turn people are talking about them (mostly themselves talking about themselves). The greed and selfishness they exhibit is staggering and disheartening: The latest is the idea that rich should have more say in government than the poor, put forth by a crazed rich white dude, “You…
I Was Your Bitch, Fear, But Now the Tables are Turned
“Fear is the mind-killer“, fear has kept me from writing from my heart and soul for years now. “Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration“, fear of failure, fear of success, fear of no one listening, fear of too much popularity, fear of sounding stupid; has kept me from starting this blog about religion…
