The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The hard problem: Tom Stoppard on the limits of what science can explain
Can evolution explain acts of kindness, and morality? We arranged a debate between a sceptical Tom Stoppard and the evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson. Stuart Jeffries acted as referee
selfishness beats altruism within groups, but altruistic groups beat selfish ones
What We Share: A Commons- Intergroup takes off in the EU Parliament
Sophie Bloemen of the Commons Network
EXTRACT
The intergroup can be understood as confirmation of the aspirations and discourse of the commons becoming a political force. In a way, the bottom-up movement is given a certain political legitimacy by the intergroup. . . . Commons thinking expresses a strong denial of the idea that society is and should be composed of atomized individuals living as consumers. Instead the commons discourse points to the possibility that people can live their lives as citizens, deeply embedded in social relationships. Moreover, that citizens’ active participation is important in realizing wellbeing and a well-functioning society. Read full article.
Correlating a Requisite Diversity of Metaphorical Patterns
Entuning the dynamic of cognitive eases and diseases
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From Newsmax; have not yet been able to verify:
U.N.: More Than Half of World's Countries Spawning Jihadists
A highly disturbing new report from the United Nations asserts that more than half of the world's nations are now producing jihadist fighters to join the ranks of terrorist organizations in the Middle East. More than 25,000 mujahideen have joined the al-Qaida network and the Islamic State (ISIS) in recent years, creating an “unprecedented” and long-term threat to international security, according to the U.N. The report, prepared by the U.N. Security Council's special permanent committee for monitoring Islamic violence, “amounts to one of the most bleak and comprehensive assessments of the global foreign fighter phenomenon compiled yet,” the Financial Times stated. The authors of the report said their findings are based on detailed evidence from 27 intelligence and security services from around the globe.
Here is some more on the decline of coal. This is largely a citizen action, and it shows what the concerted power of individual choice can accomplish. This is good news for the Earth and the beings that inhabit it.
The first story has been replayed by Georgi Stankov at the second link.
US Secretary Of State Kerry Reported “Gravely Wounded” After French Gun Battle
Georgi Stankov & Boyd Kraigher: Another Massive ID Shift on May 31, 2015
UPDATE 8: AP Provides Photo of Kerry Alive
Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to media as he is discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital Friday, June 12, 2015, in Boston. Kerry was released from the hospital after undergoing surgery on a broken leg sustained in a May 31 bicycle accident in France. (Elise Amendola / Associated Press)
Phi Beta Iota: We're glad he's alive. Badly handled across the board — the arrogance (or ineptitude, or both) of the US Government on this matter for the past two weeks has been beneath contempt.
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