In Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, Basil Hallward paints Dorian Gray and Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton. Dorian is fascinated with Lord Henry’s hedonistic view of beauty for beauty’s sake. Dorian decides to meet up with Lord Henry, but the latter is late as is his fashion. Eventually he arrives. “So sorry IΣυνέχειαΣυνέχεια ανάγνωσης «The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing»
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“War is Only an Invention; Not a Biological Necessity”: An Adaptation
Margaret Mead was an American anthropologist. She was born in 1901 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and passed away in New York City, New York in 1978. You can say she was the anthropological version of Neil deGrasse Tyson in the ‘60s and ‘70s – introducing anthropology to the mass public. I was first introduced to herΣυνέχειαΣυνέχεια ανάγνωσης «“War is Only an Invention; Not a Biological Necessity”: An Adaptation»
Reformulating the Social Contract
We can talk about civilisation from numerous perspectives. Perhaps most encompassing of all is the theory of the “cradles of civilisation”. Currently there are six: 1) Mesopotamia, 2) Ancient Egypt, 3) Ancient India, 4) Ancient China, 5) Caral-Supe, and 6) Olmec. But what exactly is this cradle? Per deductions and descriptions, there were urban settlements,ΣυνέχειαΣυνέχεια ανάγνωσης «Reformulating the Social Contract»
The Fate of Humanity and The Prisoner’s Dilemma
Belief is conviction. Fate or destiny is a destination predetermined by a greater force or principle. Willpower is then subordinate to this greater force or principle. I am not entirely convinced it is so clear-cut. When I step back and examine causes and effects, departures and destinations, I am more convinced of probabilities and possibilities.ΣυνέχειαΣυνέχεια ανάγνωσης «The Fate of Humanity and The Prisoner’s Dilemma»
The Tragedy of the Commons: Beyond Zero-Sum
There is only so much water. Everyone wants some. And not only some, but all of it. It is in the pursuit of self-interest. But not only self-interest, but the interests of family, friends, or community. Competition is inevitable. Everyone fights for this resource, they have access, and each one gets a piece of it,ΣυνέχειαΣυνέχεια ανάγνωσης «The Tragedy of the Commons: Beyond Zero-Sum»
The Best of All Possible Worlds?
Daily writing promptWhat advice would you give to your teenage self?View all responses My teenage self asked questions just as my adult self. My teenage questions were not fully answered, nor were my adult questions. The young often think the world revolves around them, and some adults never shook the idea. However, it eventually becomesΣυνέχειαΣυνέχεια ανάγνωσης «The Best of All Possible Worlds?»
Virtual Patriotism and the Sociology of Space
Daily writing promptAre you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you?View all responses Time, place, and space are rarely neutral. While the theoretical physicist qualifies the spacetime continuum as a neutral fact, he is a social being and as such space, time, and place means more than a neutral fact to him. More thanΣυνέχειαΣυνέχεια ανάγνωσης «Virtual Patriotism and the Sociology of Space»
The Power of Priming and the Arts
Looking around myself and within myself, I cannot help but notice what is called in psychology “priming”. Quite simply, “Priming is a phenomenon in which exposure to one stimulus influences how a person responds to a subsequent, related stimulus.” [1] For example, someone primed with the words “bread”, “juice”, “milk”, and “so_p”, may more quicklyΣυνέχειαΣυνέχεια ανάγνωσης «The Power of Priming and the Arts»
The Caged Bird Sings
I am a new writer here and extend the greatest thanks to the readers and site administrator, Peftasteros of GUCHELLAS Global Union of Citizens, for patience with the test posts. This will be my first post and it is difficult to decide where or how to begin. My background? Purpose? Methods? Who is the audience?ΣυνέχειαΣυνέχεια ανάγνωσης «The Caged Bird Sings»
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