Things are looking pretty grim these days on the societal front. I certainly don’t need to go into the litany of bad news, virus issues, divisiveness, international tension, and on and on. The question is, can we find a way out of this mess? I don’t think we can find our way out of current…
Continue ReadingIn Babette’s Feast—a wonderful old movie—the out-of-town captain sits to dine with a motley set of locals at Babette’s cottage in a poor remote 19th century Danish village. As he begins eating, he is utterly shocked, and looks around at the others in disbelief. None of them realize that the meal in front of them…
Continue ReadingFor some time now it has looked like we are marching to an uncharted future brought on by advanced technology. But now we find that even today’s basic social order is turning upside down. Was the stability of Western society (at least) always an illusion? Here, we will discuss how social reality is a reflection…
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