Facebook is the most interesting social experiment in history, for thousands of reasons. Mass psychology and the formation of social beliefs held by many people fascinate me, and both are implicated in Facebook discussion on an individual level amassing to a Mandelbrotian scale. You can comment, I can like that comment, add to that comment,…
DetailsI often forget, when arguing with someone who believes physical force is the answer to many of the problems our society faces, that the reason I argue is to educate myself and others. It can be very difficult to remember this fact when people wish to cage you for a certain behavior, execute some other…
DetailsMore of a long-time-coming collection of verses and articles, I thought today might be a good day to reflect on the following… Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. – Proverbs…
DetailsI, like many potential voters my age, am frustrated. I am frustrated with a system that disallows meaningful dissent except by way of voting for a man who is 95% identical to his “radical” “opponent.” I am frustrated with those who believe there is a large difference between the two candidates, but more than that,…
DetailsI wonder often why it is my generation does not care about the telltale signs of a dying world. Whether it be our economic situation, our foreign policy, our cultural sin, or the themes of our personal sin, I ponder daily the future of humanity and how wrong the world is. I simultaneously cannot see…
DetailsToday’s second reading was James 5:1-6: Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up…
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