20 Articles

Thursday, August 13, 2009
Clash of Realities
(3 comments) Musings on the developing clash between American 'consensus trance reality' and natural reality.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Crisis and Opportunity
(1 comments) Looking for the 'bright side' of the accelerating existential crises of our species.

Saturday, August 1, 2009
Of Microbes and Men
Long term learning at life's microsocm and its macrocosm both involves structure.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Consider the Ant
(1 comments) Essay on emergence comparing and contrasting two very different, but also similar types of complex socities-those of humans and ants.

Monday, July 27, 2009
Pi in the Sky
(2 comments) Explanation of how a geosynchronous orbit microwave reflector power system would work.

Sunday, July 26, 2009
Ten Millennia Ago a Seed Was Planted
(1 comments) Poetic statement of my anthropological,and historic beliefs interpreted through systems theory.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Mind and Organization
(5 comments) Effects of cognitive capabilities on resultant societal organization.

Monday, July 20, 2009
Mind and Organization
Assessment of the relationships between our minds and our degree of social organization.

Monday, July 20, 2009
The Future Isn't What it Used to Be
Musings on why the future that seemed so close 40 years ago when Apollo 11 landed on the moon didn't come to pass--and how possibly it still could.

Saturday, July 18, 2009
Consciousness and Complexity
Assessment of our future possibilities based upon our cognitive abilities as a species.

Monday, July 28, 2008
2008: Year of Emergence
(1 comments) Assessment of 2008 Presidential race from a systems theory perspective.

Sunday, June 15, 2008
Does the 2008 US Presidential Race Really Matter?
(13 comments) Assessment of the 2008 US Presidential race from a systems theory perspective.

Thursday, January 10, 2008
Proof Certain
Irrefutable analysis of the vote discreprency between Clinton and Obama in NH. NOTE:This is SATIRE!

Saturday, December 29, 2007
2012
(4 comments) Reflections on the meaning of 2012 in fact and fiction.

Thursday, October 25, 2007
The Burning Time
(1 comments) My impressions of the Southern California wildfires burning all around me as I write.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Denial, Deception, and Delusion: American Politics versus Reality
Listening to the empty blather of the American presidential candidates, one would assume that the long golden era of post-WWII prosperity stretches ahead of us as far as eye could see. But nothing could be further from the truth. Our nation, its people, and most critically its leaders, are living in a state of denial.

Saturday, September 22, 2007
Peak Oil and The Fermi Paradox
Peak oil and the Fermi paradox.

Thursday, August 9, 2007
Our Future Can't be Like Our Past

Saturday, July 7, 2007
Transforming Civilization: Gods, God, Emergence, and Transcendence.
(4 comments) Learning lessons from history. Religion, systems theory, and confronting the existential problems of our present.

Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Misunderstanding Global Warming: Alexander Cockburn versus Global Warming.
(16 comments) Review, analysis, and debunking, of Counterpunch article of April 28, 2007 by Alexander Cockburn, Counterpunch editor, claiming that global warming due to human caused CO2 emissions is nonexistant.