Category: Modern Civilization
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SMS texting overtakes talking - Would Socrates agree?
Research in UK shows that SMS texting overtook talking for the first time [1]. For thousands of years, most people thought writing was the “higher” form of communication. But Socrates, Jesus and Buddha knew better. Talking is more immediate and surely our modern civilization cannot stand that. So go on! Text all you want! Who…
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Animal lovers = Animal haters? The safari hypocrisy.
I was recently watching a documentary about Tanzania. There was a woman who had traveled this far to enjoy nature and see the animals of this strange exotic country. The woman conducted a safari and went through a restricted wild area in a jeep. While watching the wild animals with binoculars she expressed her admiration…
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Work hard, but for what? Psychology guide for modern workers.
Modern-day people work hard. They have to meet deadlines. They have to deal with pressure. They have to deal with crazy demands, to meet insane requirements, to deliver crazy delivarables. How can someone cope with all these without having to go to the psychiatrist? Well, philosophy is always a much better medicine than anything else.…
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Be an atheist - It is in fashion!
Be an atheist! Be a materialist! It is in fashion! Now is the time! It is in fashion not to try to understand, but simply accept the merits of technology without knowing who you really are. It is in fashion to just claim powerfull when you are not (call me Incompleteness Theorem). It is in…
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Peoples, TV, killing, "not-knowing"...
When Louie Psihoyos asked people in Japan if they knew about the slaughtering of dolphins that Japanese fishermen conducted (see "The Cove" for that), no one "knew"... Well, but then again people there believe that mercury poisoning in Minamata was a random disease, that it was good to have nuclear plants near the coast or that…
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