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Category Archives: संसार
Pay it forward
The expression “pay it forward” is used to describe the concept of asking the beneficiary of a good deed to repay it to others instead of to the original benefactor. The concept is old, but the phrase may have been coined by Lily Hardy Hammond in her 1916 book In the Garden of Delight. Continue reading
Posted in संसार, culture, Podcast
Tagged Awkwardness, Empathy, evolution, film, Kevin Spacey, love, Michael Norton, Money, TED, Vsauce, Wikipedia
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Should we tolerate the intolerant, the racist, or the violent?
Humans are social animals and it’s our natural instinct to be emphatic with others. It’s natural for us to bond by kinship. Unfortunately the same tribal instinct hampers our ability to recognize the essential and vital global brotherhood of man. We cling to nationality, religion, and many artificial walls we build around us that compromise our chances for long term survival . Continue reading
Posted in संसार, culture, Россия, Economy, Γαῖα, βιβλία, Podcast, research, Security, wikipedia, zeitgeist
Tagged Bible, Bill Warner, Black Pigeon Speaks, Canada, Christianity, Denmark, Europe, Fox News, free speech, freedom, Gun ownership, gun violence, hate crime, Islam, Israel, judaism, London, myth, New Jersey, Norway, Oregon militia, Pakistan, Palestine, Paul Joseph Watson, PragerU, racism, refugees, religion, Second Amendment, sex, sexism, Sharia, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Tea Party, terrorism, The Communications Act of 1934, The Islamic State, The Rubin Report, tolerance, violence, World War II, World War III
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power
Futurist Alvin Toffler describes three forms of power and shows how these have changed over time. Violence The most basic form of power is violence, or physical forms of power. ‘Might is right’ is their watchword and it is close … Continue reading
Posted in संसार, culture, Economy, History, research, Security, wikipedia, zeitgeist
Tagged Alvin Toffler, Bertram Raven, coercive, expert, human behavior, influence, John R. P. French, knowledge, legitimate, Persuasion, power, referent, reward, social communication, Social Influence, social psychology, violence, wealth
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Christians Acting On Climate Change
Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action Preamble As American evangelical Christian leaders, we recognize both our opportunity and our responsibility to offer a biblically based moral witness that can help shape public policy in the most powerful nation on … Continue reading
Posted in संसार, culture, Economy, Γαῖα, βιβλία, zeitgeist, 共感
Tagged Bush, catholic, climate change, Climate change denial, climate summit, Ecological Crisis, encyclical, food, George Monbiot, Laudato si, New York Times, Pope, Pope Francis, propaganda, religion, Republicans, The Guardian, United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme
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Palestinian-Israeli conflict double standard
Posted in संसार, Security, zeitgeist
Tagged Cornel West, Democratic Party, DNC, elections, History, Israel, terrorism, The Majority Report, war
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Look refugees in the eye
By Jessica Chasmar – The Washington Times – Friday, June 10, 2016 Two North African asylum seekers have been charged with arson in Germany after they allegedly set fire to a shelter in the western city of Duesseldorf. German investigators … Continue reading
BOYCOTT ISRAEL
Posted in संसार, culture, Economy, Internet, Security, zeitgeist
Tagged Abby Martin, apartheid, BDS, BOYCOTT, Democracy Now!, Friedrich Nietzsche, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Max Blumenthal, Noam Chomsky, Palestine
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end of the world
Posted in संसार, 心
Tagged astronomy, Buddhism, Eschatology, Grave, Jon Kabat-Zinn, mindfulness, Wikipedia
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The grokking eagle 