Creative thinkers are often detached from social constraints. Some people detached from social constraints are psychopaths. And so, is the video-gamer in your basement on the verge of a scientific breakthrough or his next kill?
Thoughtlets
Thoughtlets .xx.
Do I deny that there are people not worth talking to? Certainly not. I’m only cautioning you not to be one of them. … Read More ›
Thoughtlets .xix.
The common name for diplomacy is the Golden Rule, and we learn by experience that its employment is one way to avoid a bar fight. Self-defence is what we tend to use after we’ve already lost a couple of teeth…. Read More ›
Thoughtlets .xviii.
Words such as ‘matters’, ‘dangerous’, and even ‘good’, require an indexical, by which is meant these words require a to or a for. Once you flesh in the indexical you open questions such as why, how, and so what? Some… Read More ›
Thoughtlets .xvii.
Dear Chris Cuomo (CNN), a.k.a. The Great Interrupter, Let your interviewee finish a sentence.
Thoughtlets .xvi.
If the world is going to hell in a handbasket, you’ll at least be close enough to listen to your co-travellers. And you might be in for a surprise. It’s as likely that they’ll blame you for their predicament as… Read More ›
Thoughtlets .xv.
Some believe that politically powerful people are actually shape-shifting reptilian aliens bent on dominating humans, a.k.a. Lizard People. Before you mock these believers, check your own metaphysical commitments. You might find some cause for humility.
Thoughtlets .xiv.
Dear News-Media folks, It’s hard to take you seriously when you report Tweets. It appears that Tweets are to journalists as seeds are to chickens, fodder for mindless feeding frenzies.
Thoughtlets .xiii.
Dear News-Media folks, You need to lose the following annoying cliches: ‘double down’, ‘walk it back’, and ‘going forward’.
Thoughlets .xii.
Members of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, or VHEMTers, certainly don’t think the death of 7.8 billion people over the next hundred years is a natural disaster. For them, it’s a cause for celebration! But only so long as no… Read More ›
