Category: Modern Civilization
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No, I do NOT want to be a billionaire! (or Bruce Lee)
There is a great hype lately about how some new billionaire must be our new idol. And I totally disagree with that hype. Billionaires are not only overrated. They are constantly advertising all those things that should not be part of the principles in a man's life. To begin with, there is nothing wrong with being successful. I…
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Seek peace. Conquer the world.
Modern man wants to conquer the world. He wishes to control the universe. Because he thinks he knows himself. Because he believes the cosmos should bow to him. And the cosmos laughs. And man dies in agony. For there is nothing to conquer but yourself. There is nothing to control except your desire to control…
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The Boeing case: Not Boeing's fault! It is our ethics!
Last week several emails exchanged between Boeing employees were revealed, in which those employees seemed to know about the problems of the 737 MAX airplane and even ridicule the authorities and the airlines for believing them that there were no problems. The investigation is ongoing.One cannot of course know from now the result of the…
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Against Abortions - Summary of arguments
Modern civilization is the civilization of "rights". And this entails the non-existence of any "obligations". The abortions case is the best example illustrating such a way of thinking. Abortions are seen today as a "human right". Never before had anything so dark been painted with so glorious colors. Never before had such an unethical action…
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Destroyers of the Heavens... (Musk vs. Astronomy)
Some of you might have heard that the skies will never be the same again...If not, I would suggest you follow up the Space X micro-satellites story more closely. Elon Musks's company has decided to launch a constellation of 42,000 micro-satellites in the skies, so as to provide Internet services to everyone on the planet.…
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