Glen -
I understand that... though it IS my habit to acknowledge the things I agree on
to more starkly expose the ones I don't (or at least I try to do that).
With a happy side-effect that more people will like you as a result. One day,
I'll wish I had spent more effort with the soft
The late Christopher Hitchens, five years ago:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2011/09/simply_evil.html
<< I take this as a part vindication of the superiority of "our" civilization,
which is at least so constituted as to be able to learn from past mistakes,
Take a look: emergentdiplomacy.org, click on ECOS. I'd especially love
your feedback. I've been thinking about this since my TEDx talk a few years
ago, and now we're making it happen.
I'm a recent revolutionary since growing inequality, climate change, and
forever war are our biggest global
Merle, I posted so long ago I forget what I said. I’m not a revolutionary,
never was. I don’t like most revolutions since 1776. But I’m surely open to new
ways of approaching the problem.
> On Sep 13, 2016, at 3:15 PM, Merle Lefkoff wrote:
>
> Pamela, the present
Pamela, the present structures cannot be "reformed." We need a revolution
that allows new structures to emerge. Visit our website and read about the
ECOS gathering.
On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 6:25 PM, Pamela McCorduck wrote:
> I found that article on Enough with this Basic Income
More election system fodder. I love how both headlines imply (all)
democracy(ies) is broken. Reminds me of the old aphorism: better is the enemy
of adequate.
Can “sortition” sort out the problem of political ignorance?