Something Interesting: Recent Episodes
Albert Berg
Confessions of Saint Augustine: https://amzn.to/35c5qzE
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius https://amzn.to/3lZthcz
The Republic of Plato: https://amzn.to/33A3cKX
https://librivox.org/the-republic-version-2-by-plato/
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The Vulture and the Little Girl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_vulture_and_the_little_girl#/media/File:Kevin-Carter-Child-Vulture-Sudan.jpg
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Scientific Realism vs Instrumentalism
Saving the Appearances by Owen Barfield: https://amzn.to/3je6o3P
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Buy a Space Pen: https://amzn.to/33S7g9Y
Buy a pencil: https://amzn.to/3gNZtgZ
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Me and my son meet the dinosaurs: http://imgur.com/gallery/yAcEN0c | Banksy painting shredded at auction: https://youtu.be/eXKE0nAMmg4
Matthew 5:25
Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Matthew 5:39
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Roger Fisher's quote:
"My suggestion was quite simple: Put that needed code number in a little capsule, and then implant that capsule right next to the heart of a volunteer. The volunteer would carry with him a big, heavy butcher knife as he accompanied the President. If ever the President wanted to fire nuclear weapons, the only way he could do so would be for him first, with his own hands, to kill one human being. The President says, “George, I’m sorry but tens of millions must die.” He has to look at someone and realize what death is — what an innocent death is. Blood on the White House carpet. It’s reality brought home.
When I suggested this to friends in the Pentagon they said, “My God, that’s terrible. Having to kill someone would distort the President’s judgement. He might never push the button.”
Big Horns Intro 2 by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Big Horns Intro 2 by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: http://audionautix.com/
Big Horns Intro 2 by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: http://audionautix.com/
Hesiod's Works and Days is largely a work about agriculture, it opens with a bit of wisdom about two different kinds of strife, good and bad. Hesiod identified strife, not only as a negative, but also potentially as a positive, a way of inspiring people to try to be better than their neighbor, improving their lives in the process. The idea of this kind of good strife is found throughout the world, from the forces driving markets to be more efficient, to political strife, to the fascinating psychological effects of opponent processing.