2004
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Satisfaction
“I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” like the Rolling Stones used to sing. Still we are after the pleasures of life endlessly. In a way it’s funny that we are after the image in our mind we have perceived in the past. We got satisfaction from an occurrence and now we cannot get it back. We [...]
The European Dream
Jeremy Rifkin‘s latest book, The European Dream: How Europe’s Vision of the Future is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream, takes a strong stand where he states that American dream is worth dying but European worth living. He questions USA’s superpower status in the economy and compares the Old Continent with US and surprisingly the east [...]
Zen Thoughts
Who thinks if there is no thought. Who is aware when we’re dreaming. Today’s thought.
Motives
It is easy to act outright. It takes more nerve and courage to question first and evaluate the motives of one’s actions. And it’s almost extreme to make up one’s main after all those steps and being able to act rationally against one’s first hunch… Yesterday I had a good conversation about ownership. These days [...]
Truth
Like it’s said we are our worst enemy. To be more specific – it’s the truth. The truth about ourselves. We cannot stand it. This applies to people, states, governments, organisations and ideologies. Through out the history people have been killed for their point of views. No matter whether it has been Socrates, inquisitions in [...]