Category Archives: Ethics

Traffic, and what it says about your city and its people

Posted on 2017/06/28 by

There’s a lot you can tell about a city by observing its traffic patterns and the habits of pedestrians on the street. In New York, for instance, the people are moving quickly – the vehicles as well. The walkers and … Continue reading →

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Telling Myself Stories About Myself

Posted on 2017/06/12 by

John Locke followed his assumptions (holding experience to be paramount) through to the conclusion that what makes us human is our collections of disconnected ideas – memories – that there is no self underpinning these memories. We’re bundles of ideas. … Continue reading →

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Antidisestablishmentarianism.

Posted on 2016/03/20 by

Antidisestablishmentarianism. I’ve always wanted to have use for this longest-of-words word. When I first overheard it spoken – probably by my elders in mere cynical derision of overwrought terminology – I was in the fourth grade. I understood only two … Continue reading →

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Were the U.S. (today) in charge of East Germany (in the `80s), Communism Wouldn’t Have Fallen

Posted on 2015/07/04 by

It’s Independence Day back in the states, but here in Germany, they don’t seem to celebrate it (not sure why yet, but I’m on the case). I had a worrisome thought tonight. I realized that oppressive communism as it functioned … Continue reading →

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“Kein Mensch ist Illegal”

Posted on 2015/07/04 by

I’ve been noticing graffiti and stickers bearing this slogan around town here in Dresden, and I did twenty seconds of web searching to figure out what it’s about. I had a half-understanding of this from just reading the text of … Continue reading →

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