Articles in the Society Category

Save Us from Ourselves
Posted in Society on 24 September 2008

Our current word mirrors what’s happening inside of us. We make the world as we feel, believe, and think within. There is no need to talk since it’s all in our actions (and lack of them). The show is quite spectacular but at the same time a bit sad, too.
It does not take a rocket [...]

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Short Insights, part 2
Posted in Personal, Society on 15 September 2008

- Happiness is living without expectations.
- You can own silver and gold but never any fiat currency issued by someone else.
- Life is what happens when you jump out of your mind and use your senses.
- Time is the sequential experience of movement in consciousness.
- We seem to rely on systems, not people.
- No system [...]

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What’s Wrong with Us (and the World)?
Posted in Society on 11 September 2008

Human mind is quick to lay judgment and find external parties to blame. There always needs to be someone or something to take the guilt of any undesired action or circumstance. It does not even matter whether the actual claim has anything to do with the reality. The purpose is to move on and get [...]

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Social Welfare by Government Actions?
Posted in Economics, Society on 14 June 2008

The purpose of this essay is to address the role of government for private market and to find out the extent and the scope that government’s involvement with private establishments can be justified by economics. It seems to be assumed that government has a fundamental and necessary role in the business of private enterprises. This is not merely an assumption—it is the current paradigm and dogma.

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Illusion of Right Action
Posted in Personal, Society on 24 January 2008

We seem to be very efficient, but unfortunately this does not mean that we are doing the right things. Saving the environment is the next new trend. Everyone wants to get involved and be part of the latest fashion. But below the hood not much have changed after all. The methods are the same and [...]

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Society for Dummies
Posted in Society on 23 January 2008

How can you set-up a society like ours in case you want to repeat the current model from scratch? The instructions are very simple but do not expect people free willingly to align with your system.
Give people an illusion of control but take away their power. Centralise decision-making power away from local level where it [...]

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Short Insights
Posted in Personal, Society on 15 January 2008

“Politics is not about public interest but someone’s special (economic) interest.”
“Life is about giving, and the rest is taken care of.”
“Nothing has any meaning except the one we give to it— everything simply is.”
“Humbleness is all it takes.”
“The impossible happens when the possible is ignored.”
“If you don’t know what to do, meditate.”
“The (future) wealth is [...]

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Appreciation
Posted in Society on 15 September 2007

We take things for granted. Sun will shine in the morning, subway will transport you to your destination, people will sell you the goods and services you need and so on. Everything we have experienced in the past will be at our reach also tomorrow. All this is true in the short term and provided [...]

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Peace
Posted in Featured, Personal, Society on 16 August 2007

Everybody talks about it and still we don’t seem to get our house in order.

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The Formula of Politics
Posted in Society on 22 July 2007

Why is politics often associated with corruption, dishonesty, and shallowness? You may be surprised to notice that there is a common denominator underneath that we have often forgotten or just haven’t bothered to think about at all.
Franz Oppenheimer once described the only two ways to work in a society. The first is based on voluntary [...]

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