Monthly Archives: October 2016

If You Don’t Get Even, You’re a Schmuck

Although I make a modest living in my one man software business, I am not what you would call a success in business, and certainly not in politics or war. And the reason, I believe, is that I did not … Continue reading

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Woke

Calling it a rigged system, as have such diverse voices as Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump, is putting it mildly. It is corrupt at every level. Wherever there is money and/or power, there is systemic, ubiquitous corruption. The … Continue reading

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Earthly Powers

Got some free HBO from our beneficent cable provider. So I watched an episode of WestWorld on HBO. It’s the old sentient robot story. I liked it. It made many interesting observations about consciousness and sin, and it had fabulous … Continue reading

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Mimetic Desire

Richard, my Facebook friend, thought I might be interested in Rene Girard, because he writes about human sacrifice and scapegoating, things that often occur in communities and social media, and have been happening to me lately because of my support … Continue reading

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