Archive for January, 2010
Pronoia Sneaks up on You from Everywhere
Posted in Music, Videos, tagged birds, Music, photography on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sooner or Later, the Abolition of Suffering Will Happen
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged abolitionism, bioethics, suffering on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Abolitionism is a bioethical school and movement which proposes the use of biotechnology to maximize happiness and minimize suffering while working towards the abolition of involuntary suffering.
Smart, Compassionate People Are Working on Solving Problems
Posted in Articles & Essays, Videos, tagged mexico, poverty on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Beauty on All Sides of Us
Posted in Images, tagged Art, earth, nature on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Humans Are Getting More and More Compassionate
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged compassion, empathy on January 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis” by Jeremy Rifkin
We are a fundamentally empathic species . . . Social scientists are reexamining human history from an empathic lens and, in the process, discovering previously hidden strands of the human narrative which suggests that human evolution is measured not only by the expansion of power over nature, but also by the intensification and extension of empathy to more diverse others across broader temporal and spatial domains.
More Proof of the Power of the Imagination
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged imagination, medicine, placebo on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
People You Don’t Know Are Carrying out Miraculous Feats
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged generosity, heroes on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Whoever or Whatever Created All This Is Definitely an Artist
Posted in Images, Web Sites, tagged Art, earth, nature on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Help Is Available Even when You’re Sleeping
Posted in Books, tagged dreams on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Secret History of Dreaming by Robert Moss
After escaping from slavery in 1849, Harriet Tubman helped organize the Underground Railroad and personally led 300 slaves to freedom. Few history books note that she relied on her dreams to provide specific information about where to find safe houses, helpers, and passages through dangerous territory.
Experts and Authorities Are Puzzled when Things Get Better
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged crime, crime rate on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Optimism Is for Radical Dissidents
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged optimism on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sooner or Later, Everyone Will Have Equal Rights
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged equal rights, gay marriage on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bigotry Continues to Fade
