Tag: Humanity
-
Vampires Steeped in Corruption
Years ago I came across following tale: “The philosopher Diogenes (of Sinope) was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king. Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’To which Diogenes…
-
Russia Strives for a Fairer World With Equal Access for All – Putin
One common sense question. Are there other leaders who would share the same ideas and work for it! “Russia is fighting to ensure that every nation has equal access to medicines, food, energy, and the opportunity to receive an education and use the latest technologies, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.” Source: Russia Strives for a…
-
How to spot decline
One smart man said that if we want to understand the process and how the world is working, we need to pay attention to little things. Little things, he said, define everything! And here it happened. Namely, when I visited Cambridge in August of 2017, I bought a new book of Daniel Yergin, the author…
-
Elon Musk – stated that USAID funded the Maidan in Kiev, which led to the war in Ukraine:
Something that has been widely known to all those independent researchers, but it never went into the heads of highly manipulated people. Now confirmed by Elon Musk. And now all those would say … what? After so many lives have been lost both of Russians and Ukrainians. So, who.is to be called for accountability and…
-
Tragedy and Hope
What’s a piece of media (book, movie, song) that changed how you see the world? Tragedy and Hope: The Book That Opened a New Horizon Carroll Quigley’s Tragedy and Hope is not simply a book. With its 1,311 pages, it is a work that helped structure my thoughts and introduced me to a different way…
-
Podcast Episode: We have a future, and it will be great!
Pip: Philosophyofgoodnews has a habit of finding a four-minute Egyptian film and using it to dismantle the entire architecture of modern arrogance — and honestly, fair enough. Mara: Today we’re spending our time with one post that moves through film, philosophy, Rumi, and Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks to make a case for why simple human…
