The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Stephen Hawking Says We Should Really Be Scared Of Capitalism, Not Robots
“If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed.”
Phi Beta Iota: Hawking evidently has not calculated the true cost of shifting to a robot economy. He is right about the meta question – how we govern ourselves — with or without integrity — matters greatly.
Source: ARSOF Operating Concept 2014
Learn, grasshopper.
The Atlantic has published Ta-Nehisi Coates in two world-class articles, “The Case For Reparations,” which investigates the damage dealt to blacks through this country’s long tradition of housing discrimination; and “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration,” which examines the toll of white supremacy as American policy on black life in the United States.
Five Insights about Global Transformation from the Kosmos Study, Connecting for Change
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I want to flag and discuss two articles. The first, Saudi Royal calls for regime change in Riyadh, is a report in the Guardian by Hugh Miles. He describes the four immediate factors that have stimulated the now famous letters by the anonymous 3rd generation prince calling for the replacement of King Salman and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman: (1) the double tragedy at Mecca that killed 800 people, (2) the collapse of oil prices, (3) the war in Yemen which, according to Miles, few Saudis support, and (4) King Salman's elevation of his young son, the inexperienced and impetuous Mohammed bin Salman to the peculiar but powerful post of Deputy Crown Prince, making him second in the line of succession.
Continue reading “Chuck Spinney: Saudi Arabian Collapse — Bad Rulers, No Water? A Case Study…”
Why Are Hundreds of Harvard Students Studying Ancient Chinese Philosophy?
The professor who teaches Classical Chinese Ethical and Political Theory claims, “This course will change your life.”
Puett teaches that the heart and the mind are inextricably linked, and that one does not exist without the other. Whenever we make decisions, from the prosaic to the profound (what to make for dinner; which courses to take next semester; what career path to follow; whom to marry), we will make better ones when we intuit how to integrate heart and mind and let our rational and emotional sides blend into one.
Think, we should — with faith.
Major Shifts in Science Challenge Religions, and Especially Their Activists
“Pope Francis’ May 24, 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si, on the state of the earth’s environment and humanity’s responsibility for action, represents a growing transformational shift in the relationship between science, social justice, progressive secularism, and religious consciousness.
Continue reading “Yoda: Science – and Theology — Evolve Together [It Helps If Both Are Moral]”
