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HAROLD JOHNS ~ THE POWER OF STORY ~ 2022

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~ WAAS-WATSWAT-A-WATSWTO-TCOCWNTCOS ~ We Are All Story – We Are The Stores We Are Told – And – We Are The Stories We Tell Ourselves – To Change Our Circumstances We Need To Change Our Story

~ TWIOBISBS-ETYTIFBS ~ The Wiring In Our Brains Is Shaped By Story – Every Thought You Think Is Framed By Story

~ SCHASCK ~ Stories Can Heal And Stories Can Kill

~ ASAI-ASHP ~ All Stories Are Important – All Stories Have Power

~ EIAPS-IPAOMT-IWDTOSILWTES-WANLT ~ Economics Is A Powerful Story – It Permeates All Of Modern Thought – If We Don’t Tell Our Story In Line With The Economics story – We Are Not Listened To

BRIAN WATSON ~ HEADED INTO THE ABYSS ~ 2019

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~ C-I-NGTSTLO-2100-PNE-20170-NALIAFTYWTE-MOUAT-TTW-AGTBPO-CAD ~ Civilization – Is – Not Going To See The Light Of – 2100 – Perhaps Not Even – 2070 – Not At Least In Any Form That You’d Want To Experience – Most Of Us Alive Today – Throughout The World – Are Going To Be Part Of – Collapse And Dissolution

~ WMCCAFD-TA-AA-POCMTWCITAMOOD-B-WWNDS ~ We Might Change Course Away From Disaster – There Are – After All – Plenty Of Constructive Measures That We Could Implement To Address Most Of Our Difficulties – But – We Will Not Do So

~ ASOMAT-TS-G-A-TAU ~ All Sorts Of Madnesses Abound Today – Throughout Societies – Globally – And – They Afflict Us

~ TW-H-C-A-H-I ~ Today’s World – Hyper-Connected – And – Hyper-Interdependent

~ MVTUTTAS-TT-O-T-ITB-FTOT-B-TANS-I-TA-C/O/I/H/D/S/L/I/E/R/U ~ Many Voices Tell Us That Things Are Simple – That This – Or – That – Is To Blame – For This Or That – But – Things Are Not Simple – Instead – They Are – Complicated / Overlapping / Interrelated / Historical / Dynamic / Simultaneous / Logical / Illogical / Emotional / Resolvable / Unresolvable

~ O-I-A-E-S-A-TCFTC-WBAMFIHTFU ~ Our – Imagination – And – Emotional – Selves – And – The Contest For Their Control – Will Be A Major Factor In How The Future Unfolds

~ OCADEEO-UP-A-BUBP-WA-S-F-D-A-BI ~ Ordinary Citizens Are Dividing Against Each Other – Using Politics – And – Being Used By Politics – We Are – Splintering – Fragmenting – Deteriorating – And – Becoming Impotent

~ FTLT-WDAA-NMCTP-TWNEFP ~ For The Longest Time – We Didn’t Assign Any – Negative Monetary Costs To Pollution – There Was No Explicit Financial Penalty

~ T-GE-I-MAS ~ The – Gig Economy – Is – Mostly A Scam

~ TEIDW-I-WE-ITF-B-NAD-A-TPWO ~ The Economy Is Doing Well – If – We Essentially – Ignore The Future – Both – Near And Distant – And – The Path We’re On

~T-I-AAF-A-NN ~ Technology – Is – Always A Force – And – Never Neutral

~ EJTR-HJ-A-IHE-JTWMNDCB-DBM-WSBVT-AI ~ Even Jobs That Require – Human Judgement – And – Interpreting Human Emotion – Jobs That We Might Not Dream Could Be – Done By Machines – Will Soon Become Vulnerable To – Artificial Intelligence

~ C-C-A-P-W-SNNWTMW-AFTCTMT-RAP ~ Currently – Corporate – And – Political – Winners – See No Need Whatsoever To Mess With – A Formula That Continues To Make Them – Rich And Powerful

~ D-G-W’-II-U-AU-A-AOI-IIUTMUI-I/I/S-S/S/D/A/C-W-AP ~ Data – Gets – “Weaponized” – It Is – Used – Against Us – And – Against Our Interests – It Is Used To Make Us Into – Impulsive / Impressionable / Status-Seeking / Silly / Distracted / Acquisitive / Consuming – Web-Addicted People

~ D-IUT-M/C/D-B-OM-A-OB ~ Data – Is Used To – Modify / Change / Direct – Both – Our Moods – And – Our Behavior

~EANETL-C-KT-T-DS-HB-H/B/HFR/C ~ Enterprises Are Not Eager To Let – Customers – Know That – Their – Digital Systems – Have Been – Hacked / Breached / Held For Ransom / Compromised

~ N-D-C-CTTW-T-H ~ Now – Digital – Computerized – Connected To The Web – Therefore – Hackable

~ MAM-WBR-AC-‘L’-HTDTJ ~ More And More – Will Be Replaced – As Computers – “Learn” – How To Do Their Jobs

~ WAP ~ Without Anyone’s Permission

~ WI-DAU-T-ITEO-TI-A-IRI-E/M/H/W ~ What Is – Different And Unprecedented – Today – Is The Existence Of – The Internet – And – Its Role In – Enlarging / Magnifying / Hardening / Weaponizing

~ WAB-L-T.D-M-E/R-A-MEDBMTSRLOOA ~ We Are Becoming – Less – Tolerant / Discerning – More – Emotional / Reactive – And – More Easily Distracted By Matters That Should Receive Less Of Our Attention

~ PTTEOTI-IWFMDF-P-W-BOA-V-T-FEO-T-STP-A-T-BITN ~ Prior To The Existence Of The Internet – It Was Far More Difficult For – People – With – Bizarre Or Antisocial – Views – To – Find Each Other – To – Sell Their Propaganda – And – To – Be In The News

~ TROTIIC-E/S/TDAAA/TGU/TL/TT-P-W-FALVORAF-A-NTEOS-O-D-O-OVT-TO-TEC-O-T-TIOO-WAACOU-TA ~ The Role Of The Internet In Connecting – Extremists / Sociopaths / The Dangerously Angry And Alienated / The Grossly Uneducated / The Lost / The Traumatized – People – Who – For A Large Variety Of Reasons And Forces – Are – Near The Edge Of Sanity – Or – Desperate – Or – Otherwise Vulnerable To – Their Own – Throbbing Emotional Condition – Or – To – The Influence Of Others – Who Are Also – Consciously Or Unconsciously – Thrashing About

~ HWU-HCT-TOT-A-TEOE ~ Heavy Web Users – Have Come To – Think Of Themselves – As – The Equal Of Experts

~ T-I-O-SMAC-C-VAP-O-YP-MT-A-MIHFTTD-A-HS-A-WC-O-A-BP-T-C/A/C/M-A-E-TLDOO-MS-YP-ABE-TTOTLA-‘B’ ~ The – Interwovenness – Of – Social Media And Commercialization – Changes – Values And Perspectives – Of – Young People – Manipulates Them – And – Makes It Much Harder For Them To Develop – A – Healthily Skeptical – And – Wise Critique – Of – And – Balanced Posture – Toward – Commercialization / Advertising / Consumption / Materialism – And – Even – The Larger Design Of Our – Market System – Young People – Are Being Encouraged – To Think Of Themselves Literally As –”Brands”

~ AJIT-GE-T/I/WB/UU ~ A Job In The – Gig Economy – Temporary / Insecure / Without Benefits / Ultimately Unsustainable

~ OC-F-P-F-A-CAU-A-F-CAE-A-BR ~ Our Capacities – For – Patience – For – Accepting – Complexity And Uncertainty – And – For – Cooperation And Empathy – Are – Being Reduced

~ WL-QT-IOL-WAL-T-CAA-F-DAC-RAI ~ With Less – Quiet Time – In Our Lives – We Are Losing – The – Capacity And Affinity – For – Deep And Critical – Reflection And Introspection

~ WW-I-TP-TB-S-W-F/F/S-I ~ WebWorld – Is – Training People – To Be – Satisfied – With – Fast / Fragmented / Superficial

~ WHE-‘C’-A-ASNOC-AT-AAOC ~ We Have Elevated – “Convenience” – And – A Simple-Minded Notion Of Convenience – At That – Above All Other Considerations

~ ITLTP-F-40Y-STR-STCW-A-F-S/P/A/I-TIWYG ~ If You Lie To People – For – 40 Years – Screw Them Royally – Steal The Country’s Wealth – And – Feed – Suspicion / Paranoia / Anxiety / Ignorance – This Is What You Get

~ MO-HWHTO-T-E/T/D-R-TAT-MC-BTSOOW ~ Media Outlets – Have Worked Hard To Obscure – The – Economic / Technological / Deregulatory – Realities – That Are The – Main Culprits – Behind The Struggles Of Ordinary Workers

~ OI-OC-O-APS-CF-SWEO-WWBATA-T-M-IAT-P-WH ~ Only If – Ordinary Citizens – Of – All Political Stripes – Can Find – Solidarity With Each Other – Will We Be Able To Address – The – Most – Important And Threatening – Problems – We Have

~ WLBN-A-WS-IAC-WCCD ~ We Live By Narratives – And – We Seek – Integration And Coherence – We Can Connect Dots

~ WW-SU-AF-CAD-F-II-HW-A-S-B-T-ASS-T-CATAOS ~ WebWorld – Seduces Us – Away From – Confusing And Difficult – Fare – It Is – Hard Work – And – Sometimes – Boring – To – Adequately Study Something – To – Consider All The Aspects Of Something

~ T-EQOE-AA-IT-I ~ The – Essential Quality Of Ecosystems – Above All – Is Their – Interconnectedness

~ RS-A-S-CDS-MM-HOR ~ Rising Seas – And – Salt-Contaminated Drinking Supplies – Massive Migrations – Hordes Of Refugees

~ F-OE-TS-A-OE-ES-HNR-TT-MPR-OT-P/B/C-W ~ Fundamentally – Our Entire – Technological System – And – Our Entire – Economic System – Have No Relationship – To The – Most Primary Realities – Of The – Physical / Biological / Chemical – World

~ TF-WHMR-F-PTB-EM-D/F/E-~ The Future – Will Hold Many Reasons – For – People To Become – Even More – Depressed / Fearful / Emotional

~ IA-FAD-W-FAE-WCTDTRTP-E-WBT-P-S-B ~ In A – Frightening And Deteriorating World – Fear And Emotions – Will Come To Dominate The Responses That People – Everywhere – Will Bring To – Planetary-Scale-Breakdowns

~ WIMC-I-TTIOATPOTP-WQONRWU-HM-PAW-WG-A-TDTWWU-I-BAC-OT-B ~ What Is Most Critical – Is – The Total Impact Of All The People On The Planet – What Quantity Of Natural Resources We Use – How Much – Pollution And Waste– We Generate – And – The Degree To Which We Upset – Important – Balances And Cycles – Of The – Biosphere

~ V-NB-I-B-B-G/A/D ~ Victimized – Not By – Immigrants – But – By – Globalization / Automation / Deregulation

~ HNOP-W-B-FTF-SC-A-ED ~ Huge Numbers Of People – Will – Be – Forced To Flee – Societal Collapse – And – Ecological Devastation

~ OESNTBMS ~ Our Economic System Needs To Be Made Sustainable

~ TI-A-M-NOWTGF-A-NOWTH ~ This Is – A – Message – No One Wants To Give – And – No One Wants To Hear

BARRY SCHWARTZ ~ WHAT TO DO ABOUT CHOICE ~ THE PARADOX OF CHOICE ~ 2004

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~ CWTC-WMD-WCIOL-RM-A-FO-TAE-T-LMOOPUB ~ Choose When To Choose – We Must Decide – Which Choices In Our Lives – Really Matter – And – Focus Our – Time And Energy – There – Letting Many Other Opportunities Pass Us By

~ BA-C-NA-P-SOE-DADTAUTY~ Be A – Chooser – Not A – Picker – Shorten Or Eliminate – Deliberations About Decisions That Are Unimportant To You

~ SM-A-ML-TCAY-GAA-D-W-D-S-F-WI-‘GE’ ~ Satisfice More – And – Maximize Less – Think Carefully About Your – Goals And Aspirations – Develop – Well-Defined – Standards – For – What Is – “Good Enough”

~ TA-T-C-OMO ~ Think About – The – Costs – Of – Missed Opportunities

~ MYDN-WWCCOMAD-WALSWT ~ Make Your Decisions Nonreversible – When We Can Change Our Minds About Decisions – We Are Less Satisfied With Them

~ PA-‘AOG’ ~ Practice An – “Attitude Of Gratitude”

~ RL ~ Regret Less

~ AA-DRE-A-HECWT ~ Anticipate Adaptation – Develop Realistic Expectations – About – How Experiences Change With Time

~ CE-OEOEISIBHICWOE ~ Control Expectations – Our Evaluation Of Experience Is Substantially Influenced By How It Compares With Our Expectations

~ CSC ~ Curtail Social Comparison

~ LTEC ~ Learn To Embrace Constraints

BARRY SCHWARTZ ~ THE PRICE OF MAXIMIZING ~ THE PARADOX OF CHOICE ~ 2004

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~ IYA-S-TNO-AO-NNHASIOY-D-M-WYEAO-A-I-GE-T-MYS-YLNF ~ If You’re A – Satisficer – The Number Of – Available Options – Need Not Have A Significant Impact On Your – Decision Making – When You Examine An Object – And – It’s – Good Enough – To – Meet Your Standards – You Look No Further

~ B-IYA-M-EO-HTPTSYI-ET-O-A/R/S-C ~ But – If You’re A – Maximizer – Every Option – Has The Potential To Snare You Into – Endless Tangles – Of – Anxiety / Regret / Second-Guessing

~ TTFSWF-OBC-I-A-T-SS-MO ~ The Task For Someone Who Feels – Overwhelmed By Choices – Is – Apply The – Satisficing Strategy – More Often

~ IIALET-DWSI-GE-S-TIIT-DWSI-TB-M ~ It’s A Lot Easier To – Decide Whether Something Is – Good Enough – Satisfice – Than It Is To – Decide Whether Something Is – The Best – Maximize

BARRY SCHWARTZ ~ THE PARADOX OF CHOICE ~ 2004

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~ WPHNC-LIAU-ATNOACI-TA-C/L-TVB-A-PAP-B-A-TNOCKG-NA-O-HA-MOO-BTA-WBO-ATP-C-NL-L-B-D-IMEBST-T ~ When People Have No Choice – Life Is Almost Unbearable – As The Number Of Available Choices Increases – The Autonomy / Control / Liberation – This Variety Brings – Are – Powerful And Positive – But – As – The Number Of Choices Keeps Growing – Negative Aspects – Of – Having A – Multitude Of Options – Begin To Appear – We Become Overloaded – At This Point – Choice – No Longer – Liberates – But – Debilitates – It Might Even Be Said To – Tyrannize

~ TFT-SCIG-DNMT-MCIB ~ The Fact That – Some Choice Is Good – Doesn’t Necessarily Mean That – More Choice Is Better

~ ITCPW-‘FF’-A-RE-TWBATA-‘FT’ ~ If The Constraints People Want – “Freedom From” – Are – Rigid Enough – They Won’t Be Able To Attain – “Freedom To”

~ A-H-AOO-MDC-B-IFAIITETGIMAD-S-CDNTD-A-DBTP ~ A – Huge – Array Of Options – May Discourage Consumers – Because – It Forces An Increase In The Effort That Goes Into Making A Decision – So – Consumers Decide Not To Decide – And – Don’t Buy The Product

~ A-LAOO-M-DTA-O-WPAC-TA-TAOSOT-UO-DFTPDFT-CO ~ A – Large Array Of Options – May – Diminish The Attractiveness – Of – What People Actually Choose – Thinking About – The Attractions Of Some Of The – Unchosen Options – Detracts From The Pleasure Derived From The – Chosen One

~ DT-IC-BWI-IS-? ~ Does This – Increased Complexity – Bring With It – Increased Satisfaction – ?

~ FOEI-I-OOTBFOC-IEATOS-DOA-AAT-WWBATGTTD ~ Filtering Out Extraneous Information – Is – One Of The Basic Functions Of Consciousness – If Everything Available To Our Senses – Demanded Our Attention – At All Times – We Wouldn’t Be Able To Get Through The Day

~ EOUIFTSFOT-MAM-O-I-AEAOL ~ Each Of Us Is Forced To Sift For Ourselves Through – More And More – Options – In – Almost Every Aspect Of Life

~ P-WMCOTDOTL-B-P-AW-T-STL-T-POOT ~ People – Want More Control Over The Details Of Their Lives – But – People – Also Want – To – Simplify Their Lives – The – Paradox Of Our Times

~ IT-EOD-EIYKWYAH-YMEU-PSM-F-SOW-S ~ In The – Era Of Deregulation – Even If You Keep What You’ve Always Had – You May End Up – Paying Substantially More – For – Same Or Worse – Service

~ OA-NC-DMER-A-CMIRFF ~ Once Again – New Choices – Demand More Extensive Research – And – Create More Individual Responsibility For Failure

~ KYG ~ Knowing Your Goals

~ WWRATPQOOPE-IAEDBTT:HTEFATP(BOW)-A-HTFWTE-A-WROTSLTROOHTEF ~ What We Remember About The Pleasurable Quality Of Our Past Experiences – Is Almost Entirely Determined By Two Things: How The Experiences Felt At Their Peak (Best Or Worst) – And – How They Felt When They Ended – And – We Rely On That Summary Later To Remind Ourselves Of How The Experience Felt

~ TAOFOTI-CLPA ~ The Absence Of Filters On The Internet – Can Lead People Astray

~ BOOAAMATUFM-WATAMF-TD-CUT-MD-T-VRWFIL-A-T-CT-SVBC ~ Because Our Own Actions Are More Available To Us From Memory – We Assume They Are More Frequent – This Distortion – Causes Us To – Miscalculate Dramatically – The – Various Risks We Face In Life – And – Thus – Contributes To – Some Very Bad Choices

~ WYH-T-SS-E-Y-LAL-YAIMBT ~ When You Hear – The – Same Story – Everywhere – You – Look And Listen – You Assume It Must Be True

~ A-TSTBLWCDTA-BIB-TAT-A-O-CP ~ Anchoring – There Seems To Be Little We Can Do To Avoid – Being Influenced By – The Alternatives That – Anchor – Our – Comparison Process

~ II-T-FOTC-TAOPOI-A-IT-AWWC ~ It Is – The – Framing Of The Choice – That Affects Our Perception Of It – And – In Turn – Affects What We Choose

~ OSIGTY-IY-OIBPOYE-EAAVFM-GIUWEAL ~ Once Something Is Given To You – It’s Yours – Once It Becomes Part Of Your Endowment – Even After A Very Few Minutes – Giving It Up Will Entail A Loss

~ CW-BWD-ACUOYG-A-T-FC-YMMI-B-TGO-CTAB-A-TGO-CSTIGE ~ Choosing Wisely – Begins With Developing – A Clear Understanding Of Your Goals – And – The – First Choice – You Must Make Is – Between – The Goal Of – Choosing The Absolute Best – And – The Goal Of – Choosing Something That Is Good Enough

~ IY-SAA-OTB-YAAM-TATMITBA-S-T-SFSTI-GE-A-NWATPT-TMBSB ~ If You – Seek And Accept – Only The Best – You Are A – Maximizer – The Alternative To Maximizing Is To Be A – Satisficer – To – Settle For Something That Is – Good Enough – And – Not Worry About The Possibility That – There Might Be Something Better

~ FAA-A-CTOW-B-A-C-I-C-T-FAA ~ Freedom And Autonomy – Are – Critical To Our Well-Being – And – Choice – Is – Critical – To – Freedom And Autonomy

~ T-M-C-E ~ Too-Much-Choice – Effect

~ MH ~ Measuring Happiness

~ ECWM-H-OC-AWI-TAOC-MNCTDYM-B-IUWGYA-MRA-OTFIOTD ~ Every Choice We Make – Has – Opportunity Costs – Associated With It – Thinking About Opportunity Costs – May Not Change The Decision You Make – But – It Will Give You A – More Realistic Assessment – Of The Full Implications Of That Decision

~ BFTC-T-O-I-MD-MP-UAI ~ Being Forced To – Confront – Trade-Offs – In – Making Decisions – Makes People – Unhappy And Indecisive

~ WST-DOBT-WWFG ~ We Seem To – Do Our Best Thinking – When We’re Feeling Good

~ PANA-TF-A-DS ~ People Are Not Always –Thinking First – And – Deciding Second

~ WIMEPIW-INN-WIMI-B-O-PIW-TITTV-TOAS ~ What Is Most Easily Put Into Words – Is Not Necessarily – What Is Most Important – But – Once – Put Into Words – Their Importance To The Verbalizer – Takes On Added Significance

~ B-D-B-GAB-IAFSMT-DG-F-B-F-B ~ But – Distinguishing – Between – Good And Bad – Is A Far Simpler Matter Than – Distinguishing – Good – From– Better – From – Best

~ WGUTT-AT-WSTTTFG ~ We Get Used To Things – And Then –We Start To Take Them For Granted

~ EAE-G-A-GEWP ~ Experiencing And Expressing – Gratitude – Actually – Gets Easier With Practice

~ T-C-O-HE ~ The – Curse – Of – High Expectations

~ T-C-O-SC ~ The – Curse – Of – Social Comparison

MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI ~ CONSEQUENCES OF FLOW ~ THE EVOLVING SELF ~ 1993

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~ C-PWHM-CC-TTA-A-TS-AUVEI-ATSPTTFT-TETW ~ Creativity – People Who Have Made – Creative Contributions – To – The Arts – And – The Sciences – Are Usually Very Eloquent In – Ascribing Their Success Primarily To The Fact That – They Enjoyed Their Work

~ PP-G-A/M/P-M-DS-F-FTA-OTWNPTTTL ~ Peak Performance – Great – Athletes / Musicians / Performers – Must – Derive Some – Flow – From Their Activity – Otherwise They Would Not Push Themselves To The Limit

~ TD-T-FOF-MT-OMOCA-MT-PT/PS/I-WT-BP-OT-DOT ~ Talent Development – The – Frequency Of Flow – More Than – Objective Measures Of Cognitive Ability – More Than – Personality Traits / Parental Status / Income – Was The – Best Predictor – Of The – Development Of Talent

~ P-WWETJ-WBMD-TTWA-E-AOB ~ Productivity – Workers Who Enjoy Their Jobs – Will Be More Dedicated – Than Those Who Are – Either – Anxious Or Bored

~ S-E-PWSMTIF-GRHS-E ~ Self-Esteem – People Who Spend More Time In Flow – Generally Report Higher Self-Esteem

~ SR-FHP ~ Stress Reduction – Fewer Health Problems

~ CA-ITS-TIE-WP-A-GI-QOE-A-HA-PH ~ Clinical Applications – Identify Those Situations – That If Expanded – Would Promote – A – Greatly Improved – Quality Of Experience – And – Hence A – Possible Healing

MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI ~ CHARACTERISTIC DIMENSIONS OF THE FLOW EXPERIENCE ~ THE EVOLVING SELF ~ 1993

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~ CG-OIDD-OKIHWOID ~ Clear Goals – Objective Is Distinctly Defined – One Knows Instantly How Well One Is Doing

~ OF-AD-A-RH-A-TAMB-OPATA ~ Opportunities For – Acting Decisively – Are – Relatively High – And – They Are Matched By – One’s Perceived Ability To Act

~ AAA-M-O-P-O-M ~ Action And Awareness – Merge – One-Pointedness – Of – Mind

~ ASO-PC ~ A Sense Of – Potential Control

~ LOS-C-TOEB ~ Loss Of Self-Consciousness – Transcendence Of Ego Boundaries

~ ASO-G-A-O-BPOSGE ~ A Sense Of – Growth – And – Of – Being Part Of Some Greater Entity

~ ASO-T-STPF ~ Altered Sense Of – Time – Seems To Pass Faster

~ EBA-WDFIOS ~ Experience Becomes Autotelic – Worth Doing For Its Own Sake

~ U-F-CBEIATA-D-RT-C-TLT-E-IO-H ~ Unfortunately – Flow – Can Be Experienced In Activities That Are – Destructive – Rather Than – Constructive – That Lead To – Entropy – Instead Of – Harmony

MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI ~ THE EVOLVING SELF ~ 1993

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~ ‘F’-AM-FHITW-EWME-LBCABAC-E-MS-WE ~ “Flow” – A Metaphor – For How It Felt When – Experience Was Most Enjoyable – Like Being Carried Away By A Current – Everything – Moving Smoothly – Without Effort

~ TKO-I-TGAOOS-A-TUO-WWAMO/WMDU/WGWDO-I-FOA-AUOOEP-WMTIAIDRITSUO ~ To Know Ourselves – Is – The Greatest Achievement Of Our Species – And – To Understand Ourselves – What We Are Made Of / What Motives Drive Us / What Goals We Dream Of – Involves – First Of All – An Understanding Of Our – Evolutionary Past

~ IIT-T-WSE-POD ~ It Is Together – That – We Shall Either – Prevail Or Disappear

~ BUH-HP-HDOTIRT-CCITE-WMFIP-T-AMR-T-T-IRC-DAITF ~ By Understanding How – Human Psychology – Has Developed Over Time In Response To – Changing Conditions In The Environment – We Might Find It Possible – To – Adapt More Rapidly – To – The – Increasingly Rapid Changes – Demanding Action In The Future

~ WPAHBOTI? ~ Were Past Ages Happier Because Of Their Illusions?

~ WITFOHTM? ~ What Is The Future Of Humankind To Me?

~ TCI-ATWS-AAPO-I-A-WW-I-V-A-WOL-TWM-TLOO-FAH ~ Truly Creative Individuals – Are Those Who Succeed – Against All Pressures Of – Instinct – And – Worldly Wisdom – In – Visualizing – A – Way Of Life – That Will Make – The Lot Of Others – Freer And Happier

~ C-CLETSOTD ~ Consciousness – Can Lead Either –To – Safety Or – Destruction

~ TTOI-H-INP-IINLPFM-T-BAS-I-OSHBTP-TB-LBIA ~ The Time Of Innocence – However – Is Now Past – It Is No Longer Possible For Mankind – To Blunder About Self-Indulgently – Our Species Has Become Too Powerful – To Be – Led By Instincts Alone

~ U-TCO-‘G’-A’B’-AOUFSP-A-GDTANI ~ Unfortunately – The Concepts Of – “Good” – And – “Bad” – Are Often Used For Selfish Purposes – And – Are – Given Definitions That Advance Narrow Interests

~ WLWCOTW-N-DOU ~ Whether Life Will Continue On This World – Now – Depends On Us

~ UWC-DYF-TG-SAH-?-WATONMF? ~ Under What Conditions – Do You Feel – The Greatest – Serenity And Happiness – ? – Why Are These Occasion Not More Frequent?

~ B-N-L-T-CTM-MHBA-GPFS-T-SAFATHSCB ~ But – Nowadays – Learning – To – Control The Mind – May Have Become A– Greater Priority For Survival – Than – Seeking Any Further Advantages The Hard Sciences Could Bring

~ TMWKA-H-TMW-TMWRT-TFTWWETW-HS-P-B-I-B ~ The More We Know About – How – The Mind Works – The More We Realize That – The Filter Through Which We Experience The World – Has Some – Peculiar – Built-In – Biases

~ IWLO-IC-BDB-GI-T-HBAITP ~ If We Let Our – Individual Consciousness – Be Directed By – Genetic Instructions – That – Have Been Advantageous In The Past

~ E-AVAA-MEB-AT-ASOA-B-IIFTETFTB-FP-I-R-WTADH ~ Economists – Are Very Clever At – Modelling Economic Behavior – According To – All Sorts Of Assumptions – But – It Is Foolish To Expect To Find Those Behaviors – Functioning Predictably – In –Reality – Where The Assumptions Don’t Hold

~ C-IA-FC-T-N-C-PAC ~ Civilization – Is A – Fragile Construction – That – Needs – Constant – Protection And Care

~ ATP ~ Addiction To Pleasure

~ I-ER-I-D-SI-AECI-T-WOTB ~ If – Excessive Rationality – Is – Dangerous – So Is – An Excessive Confidence In – The – Wisdom Of The Body

~ OA-HS-TAT-A-F-TTM-T-TTS-F-E-A-T-D ~ Our Ancestors – Have Switched – Time And Time – Again – From – Trusting Their Minds – To – Trusting Their Senses – First – Embracing – Apollo – Then – Dionysus

~ CBD-CBE-A-ITANS-IA-M-C-W-TWCFS-R ~ Certain Basic Drives – Cannot Be Eradicated – And – If They Are Not Satisfied – In A – Meaningful – Creative – Way – They Will Clamor For Satisfaction – Regardless

~ WNA-AW-SOI-TSB-OAR-BOO-GI-CR-A-T-UDOTS-TDAC-Y-TNTBST-F-TSTB-TL ~ We Normally Allow – A Whole – Series Of Illusions – To Stand Between – Ourselves And Reality – Built Out Of – Genetic Instructions – Cultural Rules – And – The – Unbridled Desires Of The Self – These Distortions Are Comforting – Yet – They Need To Be Seen Through – For – The Self To Be Truly Liberated

~ OC-MAL-DNJ-CUI-TA-PO-AEAO-‘N’-ID-O-DTMSOI-CSHS ~ Of Course – Myths And Legends – Did Not Just – Convey Useful Information – They Also – Passed On – An Enormous Amount Of – “Noise” – Irrelevant Details – Or – Details That Make Sense Only In – Certain Specific Historical Situations

~ M-HG-B-TTA-CP-SA-T-COTU-A-TTWOLABTAE ~ Most – Human Groups – Believe – That They Are – Chosen People – Situated At – The – Center Of The Universe – And – That Their Ways Of Life Are Better Than Anyone Else’s

~TLTGWWOI-TCT-UR-OG ~ The Larger The Group With Which One Identifies – The Closer To – Ultimate Reality One Gets

~ TSF-RTC-I-ETT ~ The Step From – Relativism To Cynicism – Is – Easy To Take

~ G-AN-OLH-II-W-WA-TS ~ Genes – Are Not – Our Little Helpers – It Is – We – Who Are – Their Servants

~ SITTM-WRTWUB-HWA-MBCITB ~ Survival In The Third Millennium – Will Require That We Understand Better – How We Are – Manipulated By Chemicals In The Body

~ K-TOOM-A-BAOOB-IT-PFF ~ Knowing – The Origin Of Motives – And – Becoming Aware Of Our Biases – Is The – Prerequisite For Freedom

~ IISTFATCOTU ~ It Is Good To Feel At The Center Of The Universe

~ IIDTTTS-TPOTW-A-PBOC ~ It Is Dangerous To Take Too Seriously – The Picture Of The World – As – Painted By One’s Culture

~ EIWA-PW-V-ILT-BTOC-A-ET-HTT-‘O’ ~ Excessive Identification With A – Particular World-View – Inevitably Leads To – Blindness To Other Cultures – And – Eventually To – Hostility Toward The – “Other”

~ TWEHIA-OPDO-WIA-A-WICB? ~ To What Extent Have I Accepted – Other People’s Definition Of – Who I Am – And – What I Could Be?

~ TMTEBIWSOTS-TMVIB ~ The More The Ego Becomes Identified With Symbols Outside The Self – The More Vulnerable It Becomes

~ WCBF-U-WLT-POFOPA-A-RFEO ~ We Cannot Be Free – Unless – We Learn To – Protect Ourselves From Other People’s Ambitions – And – Refrain From Exploiting Others

~ T-MMHA-I-TRFAOP ~ The – Most Marvelous Human Accomplishment – Is – To Refrain From Abusing One’s Privileges

~ WACDAA-‘PM’-WCTK-ASOS-TMBTT-RE-OSET ~ Whenever A Cult Develops Around A – “Perfect Master” – Who Claims To Know – A Series Of Steps – That Must Be Taken To – Reach Enlightenment – One Should Expect Trouble

~ M-OTH-COA-WTT-RT-WIIGFUON ~ Memes – Once They Have – Claimed Our Attention – Will Try To – Reproduce Themselves – Whether It Is Good For Us Or Not

~ SB-A-E-WO-PE-I-BD-A-W ~ Step Back – And – Evaluate – Where Our – Psychic Energy – Is – Being Directed – And – Why

~ WITS? ~ What Is The Self?

~ WWPAT-INTM-WAWWAT ~ What We Pay Attention To – Is No Trivial Matter – We Are What We Attend To

~ IIASTMAI-B-IE-T-B-IC ~ It Is Always Simpler To Make An Impression – By – Increasing Entropy – Than – By – Increasing Complexity

~ ITFP-IIETLT-EL-IRDNMSTGTTMOE-IODN-AAMOIAP ~ In The First Place – It Is Essential To Learn To – Enjoy Life – It Really Does Not Make Sense To Go Through The Motions Of Existence – If One Does Not – Appreciate As Much Of It As Possible

~ IWRT-MMOTO-A-IN-C-TTOO-PE-IT-BDTR-WMRLOARO-EUA-SOTOWC ~ If We Remember That – Memes Multiply On Their Own – And – If Not – Curbed – They Take Over Our – Psychic Energy – In Their – Blind Drive To Replicate – We Might Run Less Of A Risk Of – Ending Up As – Servants Of The Objects We Create

~ TFIIOH ~ The Future Is In Our Hands

DAVID GRAEBER ~ THE DEMOCRACY PROJECT ~ 2013

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~ PO-TV-P-S-MC-O-PP ~ Performances Of – TV – Pundits – Sado-Masochistic Celebrations – Of – Popular Powerlessness

~ MPAA-TTVMO-WS-P-ANLF-TFOIOC-BF-SS-A-TCO-CFI-EMT-WWIEBSSIE ~ Most People Are Aware – That The Vast Majority Of – Wall Street – Profits – Are No Longer From – The Fruits Of Industry Or Commerce – But From – Sheer Speculation – And – The Creation Of – Complex Financial Instruments – Elaborate Magic Tricks – Whisking Wealth Into Existence By Simply Saying It Exists

~ W-FHRM-I-CB-G-A-FI-TET-ALALPOC-F-DAD-ID ~ What – Financialization Has Really Meant – Is – Collusion Between – Government – And – Financial Institutions – To Ensure That – A Larger And Larger Proportion Of Citizens – Fall – Deeper And Deeper – In Debt

~ WA-T-RM-DA-E-TOI-I-TBS ~ When A – True – Revolutionary Movement – Does Arise – Everyone – The Organizers Included – Is – Taken By Surprise

~ TOOI-HH-TAH-TSWCTH ~ Transformative Outbreaks Of Imagination – Have Happened – They Are Happening – They Surely Will Continue To Happen

~ OTPOAWOAIPTFTYNQSWITTS ~ Often The Power Of A Work Of Art Is Precisely The Fact That You’re Not Quite Sure What It’s Trying To Say

~ PP:TITT-OF-TAAGT-SE-TKOSIWTC ~ Prefigurative Politics: The Idea That The – Organizational Form – That An Activist Group Takes – Should Embody – The Kind Of Society It Wishes To Create

~ TT-IW-T-TW-BHB-FC-A-DAP-TT-TCHCH * ~ This Time – It Wasn’t – The – Third World – Being Hit By – Financial Crises – And – Devastating Austerity Plans – This Time – The Crisis Had Come Home

~ AAC-I-WPUD-WTDWT-TARA ~ Appointing A Committee – Is – What Politicians Usually Do – When They Don’t Want To – Take Any Real Action

~ T-1%-W-TO-CTR-FHT-PS-W-A-HTIIOBO-LB ~ The – 1 Percent – Were – The Ones – Creating The Rules – For How The – Political System – Works – And – Had Turned It Into One Based On – Legalized Bribery

~ YAWTBATGHS-YDSTNOHEDB ~ You Always Want To Be Able To Go Home Saying – You’ve Done Something That No One Has Ever Done Before

~ VW ~ Vibes Watcher

~ WDWFDR? ~ What Did We Finally Do Right?

~ WDIW? ~ Why Did It Work?

~ WFBA-BO-NI-‘FOO’-WNHTRT-P-PB-T-DT-SQ ~ When Faced By A – Band Of – Nonviolent Idealists – “Forces Of Order” – Will Not Hesitate To Resort To – Pure – Physical Brutality – To – Defend The – Status Quo

~ LC-D-TAO-PSTE-A-AT ~ Local Courts – Declared – The Application Of – Pepper Spray To Eyeballs – An – Acceptable Tactic

~ AT-BOLAAD-I-TB-TAIOAL ~ And To – Begin One’s Life As A Debtor – Is – To Be – Treated As If One Already Lost

~ DINOH-B-D ~ Debt Is Not Only Hardship – But – Degradation

~ ILL-WS-SO-C-A-SS-WGTHTBRS ~ It Looked Like – Wall Street – Spending On – Cocaine – And – Sexual Services – Was Going To Have To Be Retrenched Somewhat

~ TOWSC-PHL-WT-WFTSFOTVPWHLHTM-A-WB-HF-TD-HJBO ~ The Only Way She Could – Pay Her Loans – Was To – Work Fulfilling The Sexual Fantasies Of The Very People Who Had Loaned Her The Money – And – Whose Banks – Her Family’s – Tax Dollars – Had Just Bailed Out

~ D-A-A-SF-TPATTR-A-W-T-FC-CFTPBTR-DTWETFS-GR-B-PAM-GI-A-AAR-WEGP-A-BTWEGHTB-W-T-A-RTALO-APH ~ Debt – And – A – Stolen Future – They Played According To The Rules – And – Watched – The – Financial Class – Completely Fail To Play By The Rules – Destroy The World Economy Through Fraudulent Speculation – Get Rescued – By – Prompt And Massive – Government Intervention – And – As A Result – Wield Even Greater Power – And – Be Treated With Even Greater Honor Than Before – While – They – Are – Relegated To A Life Of – Apparently Permanent Humiliation

~ IIC ~ Infrastructure Is Crumbling

~ B-R-‘CL’ ~ Bribery – Renamed –”Corporate Lobbying”

~ LB-IMC-PNFTAA ~ Largest Banks – In Many Cases – Paying No Federal Taxes At All

~ C-T-TVP-W-VTBTO ~ Cash – To – The Very Politicians – Who – Voted To Bail Then Out

~ AGOYP-HERTF-TDEWTWSTO-ATTR-A-GWTN ~ A Generation Of Young People – Has Every Reason To Feel – They’d Done Exactly What They Were Supposed To Do – According To The Rulebook – And – Got Worse Than Nothing

~ LMTAESOE-UBUBTPO-C/P/P-A-TGWTGTC-TPTCM ~ Little More Than An Elaborate System Of Extraction – Ultimately Backed Up By The Power Of – Courts / Prison / Police – And – The Government’s Willingness To Grant To Corporations – The Power To Create Money

~ E-SA-IP-B-GST-‘F’-P-WT-EV-IT-BS-WTMIP-I-E-CTBB-MAM-O-SE-‘S’ ~ Empires – Start As – Industrial Powers – But – Gradually Shift To – “Financial” – Powers – With The – Economic Vitality – In The – Banking Sector – What This Means In Practice – Is – Empires – Come To Be Based – More And More – On – Sheer Extortion – “Seigniorage”

~ CGD – WD ~ Circulating Government Debt – War Debt

~ ‘MC’ ~ “Mafia Capitalism”

~ TFT-MP-OATT-TW-DA-FC-AA-SN-BOE-T-SSS-REMWTTR-1%-A-OTETEMPBT-FSI-IN-BAAH-TRT-TCCH-IT-HBAWO-DI ~ The Formula The – Major Powers – Once Applied To The – Third World – Declare A – Financial Crisis – Appoint A – Supposedly Neutral – Board Of Economist – To – Slash Social Services – Reallocate Even More Wealth To The Richest – 1 Percent – And – Open The Economy To Even More Pillaging By The – Financial Services Industry – Is Now – Being Applied At Home – The Response To – The Crisis Coming Home – In Turn – Has Been A Wave Of – Democratic Insurrections

~ A-RR-MAOATLO-CS ~ A – Real Revolution – Must Always Operate At The Level Of – Common Sense

~ BI-MIP-B-DOMBSOR-T-CI-IT-T-CE ~ Buying Influence – Money Is Power – Bribery – Defines Our Most Basic Sense Of Reality – To – Challenge It – Is Therefore – To – Challenge Everything

~ YKYAITPOA-CPS-WTWDI-CCTBTPN-E-A-CW-PEAO-PD ~ You Know You Are In The Presence Of A – Corrupt Political System – When – Those Who Defend It – Cannot Call Things By Their Proper Names – Euphemisms – And – Code Words – Pervade Every Aspect Of – Public Debate

~ OTWAT-W-GPM-SATIT-P-WRTA-‘B’-A-IW-I-N-SB-HBR-‘F-R’-A-B-I-‘L’ ~ Once There Was A Time – When – Giving Politicians Money – So As To Influence Their – Position – Was Referred To As –”Bribery” – And – It Was – Illegal – Now – Soliciting Bribes – Has Been Relabeled – “Fund-Raising”– And – Bribery – Itself –”Lobbying”

~ J-F-PPP ~ Justifications – For – Preconceived Political Positions

~ EETCUWS-SRF-DWWHADTD ~ Economists Exist To Come Up With Scientific-Sounding Reasons For – Doing What We Have Already Decided To Do

~ M-O-IA ~ Manufacture – Of – Intellectual Authority

~ CTTAAML ~ Cynicism Taken To An Almost Mystical Level

~ A-ES-BO-TMO-G-A-FI-W-MITIP-WITUT-MMM ~ An – Economic System – Based On – The Marriage Of – Government – And – Financial Interest – Where – Money Is Transformed Into Power – Which Is Then Used To – Make More Money

~ HHST-VIO-W/S/DP/WL-COE-IBUB-A/P/P ~ History Has Shown That – Vast Inequalities Of – Wealth / Slavery / Debt Peonage / Wage Labor – Can Only Exist – If Backed Up By – Armies / Prisons / Police

~ WRDCAF-WRAWTD-IAB-T-SOP-STST-RTDS ~ When Regimes Do Crumble And Fall – When Revolutionaries Actually Win The Day – It’s Always Because – The – Soldiers Or Police – Sent To Shoot Them – Refused To Do So

~ WT-N-FMI-HFIAAAA-ROB-IH-IF-BRF-TFASTHOOAPS ~ While The – New – Free Market Ideology – Has Framed Itself Above All As A – Rejection Of Bureaucracy – It Has – In Fact – Been Responsible For – The First Administrative System That Has Operated On A Planetary Scale

~ AFIM-OD-V-I-BAP-TIWHIHAB-TPTOTS ~ Aside From Its More – Obvious Disadvantages – Violence – Is – Boring And Predictable – This Is Why Historically It Has Always Been – The Preferred Tactic Of The Stupid

MICHAEL SHERMER ~ THE SCIENCE OF GOOD & EVIL ~ 2004 ~ 999

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~ TBA-FFMA-OCPAMPHDBF-MP-R-MR ~ To Be A – Fully Functioning Moral Agent – One Cannot Passively Accept Moral Principles Handed Down By Fiat – Moral Principles – Require – Moral Reasoning
~ M:RAW-TAB-ITCOTROASG ~ Morality: Right And Wrong – Thoughts And Behaviors – In The Context Of The Rules Of A Social Group
~ E:T-SS-O-A-TA-M-TAB-ITCOTROASG ~ Ethics: The – Scientific Study – Of – And – Theories About – Moral – Thoughts And Behaviors – In The Context Of The Rules Of A Social Group
~ LBTW-S-ECR-FT-POBF-HDVMO-BC-T-FG-A-T-A-EX-A-A-OV ~ Long Before There Were – State-Enforced Constitutional Rights – For The – Protection Of Basic Freedoms – Humans Devised Various Mechanisms Of – Behavioral Control – To – Facilitate Goodwill – And – To – Attenuate – Excessive Greed – Avarice – And – Other Vices
~ T-RF-O-H-VAV-SAS-IF-IA-COAIP-O-MAI-B ~ The – Religious Foundation – Of – Human – Virtues And Vices – Saints And Sinners – In Fact – Is A – Codification Of An Informal Psychology – Of – Moral And Immoral – Behavior
~ HAA-HS-PS-AAS-RAM-AA-SS-T-ET ~ Humans Are A – Hierarchical Social – Primate Species – And As Such – We Need – Rules And Morals – And A – Social Structure – To – Enforce Them
~ RMS-SATEI-J/C/I-A-MO-EMS-SATEBIP(TMROOPS)A-TOMO~ Religious Moral Systems – Such As Those Expressed In – Judaism / Christianity / Islam – Are – Millennia Old – Evolutionary Moral Systems – Such As Those Expressed By Indigenous Peoples (The Modern Remnants Of Paleolithic Societies) Are – Tens Of Millennia Old
~ W-Q-ADF-H-Q ~ Why – Questions – Are Different From – How – Questions
~ AHSACH ~ All Humans Share A Common Humanity
~ WCCA-MS-TIN-DA-N-IR-A-PM-FAAOS-TP-EE-A-A-RBFB-SASOM-SAM-UAY-E-AETW-ET-W-BAS-O-MOTS-A-O-AS ~ We Can Construct A – Moral System – That Is Neither –Dogmatically Absolute – Nor – Irrationally Relative – A – Provisional Morality – For An Age Of Science – That Provides – Empirical Evidence – And – A – Rational Basis For Belief – Such A System Of Morality – Suggests A More – Universal And Tolerant – Ethic – An Ethic That Will – Ensure The – Well-Being And Survival – Of – All Members Of The Species – And – Of – All Species
~ M-ITEDO-HS ~ Morality – Is The Exclusive Domain Of – Homo Sapiens
~ AA-I-HA-A-JTTS-A-ITOT-CIAGS ~ All Animals – Including – Human Animals – Are – Just Trying To Survive – And – It Turns Out That – Cooperation Is A Good Strategy
~ IATTSOPP-R-HASAAIO-SO-A-BC-TROPMS-A-TPONO-BACRO-R-L-O;T-C-S-SAM-N-A-WT-IOW-L-C-T-I-S-SAT ~ In Addition To The Sanction Of Political Power – Religion – Has Also Served As An Institution Of – Social Order – And – Behavior Control – The Reinforcement Of Positive Moral Sentiments – And – The Punishment Of Negative Ones – Became A Central Role Of – Religious – Leaders – And – Organizations; They – Codified – Subjective – Social And Moral – Norms – And – With The – Invention Of Writing – Literally – Canonized – Them – In – Sacred – Scrolls And Texts
~ TWO-GAM ~ The Wedding Of – God And Mammon
~ B-SS-‘LTN’-M-O-IF/EF/C-‘O-G’-WTBDWC-TWT-CWF-DBWWC ~ Before State – Societies – “Love The Neighbor” – Meant – One’s – Immediate Family / Extended Family / Community – “Out-Groupers” – Were To Be Dealt With Cautiously – Trust Was Tentative – Conflict Was Frequent – Death By War Was Common
~ M-A-T-MN-150 ~ Morality – And – The – Magic Number – 150
~ LO-SGS-A-RTTCCO-HM-AT-HADEB-ITOT-150-IRTNOLD-C/G/GC-A-PC-WPIFG-AT-B-O-H-G-P ~ ~ Limits On – Social Group Size – Are – Related To The Carrying Capacity Of – Human Memory – And Thus – Have A Deep Evolutionary Basis – It Turns Out That – 150 – Is Roughly The Number Of Living Descendants – Children / Grandchildren / Great-Grandchildren – A – Paleolithic Couple – Would Produce In Four Generations – At The – Birthrate – Of – Hunter-Gather – Peoples
~ WGGL-TSISG-W?-TAI-MD-A-BC-OGE-200P-A-HS-INT-ETROC-A-TDWO-WITSGCBDWT-IPC-A-SP ~ When Groups Get Large – They Split Into Smaller Groups – Why? – The Answer Is – Moral Discipline – And – Behavior Control – Once Groups Exceed – 200 People – A – Hierarchical Structure – Is Needed To – Enforce The Rules Of Cooperation – And – To Deal With Offenders – Who In The Smaller Group Could Be Dealt With Through – Informal Personal Contracts – And – Social Pressure
~ IOTPTGO-R-YNTK-WBNS-A-WYWTTSY-TIIGTTSAOP-MCKA-G-ATO-SC-TC-CN ~ In Order To Play The Game Of – Reciprocation – You Need To Know – Whose Back Needs Scratching – And – Who You Will Trust To Scratch Yours – This Information Is Gathered Through Telling Stories About Other People – More Commonly Known As – Gossip – A Tool Of – Social Control – Through Communicating – Cultural Norms
~ M-S-A-B-WI-CI-ES-B-R-REAT-SS-T-ETROHI ~ Moral – Sentiments – And – Behaviors – Were Initially – Codified Into – Ethical Systems – By – Religion – Religion Emerged As The – Social Structure – To – Enforce The Rules Of Human Interactions
~ W-BAT-GWT-CAS-RDATP-SI-TF-CAG-ITSB-EAAS-D-EGAS-P-COC-A-RTLOCTTGT-SE-S-RR ~ ~ When – Bands And Tribes – Gave Way To – Chiefdoms And States – Religion Developed As The Principal – Social Institution – To Facilitate – Cooperation And Goodwill – It Di So By – Encouraging – Altruism And Selflessness – Discouraging – Excessive Greed And Selfishness – Promoting – Cooperation Over Competition – And – Revealing The Level Of Commitment To The Group Through – Social Events – And – Religious Rituals
~ PC-WPMB-NS-NC-A-MS-WAA-PSB-CS ~ Paleolithic Communities – Were Primarily Molded By – Natural Selection – Neolithic Communities – And – Modern Societies – Were And Are – Primarily Shaped By – Cultural Selection
~ IIAMAPO-HN-TBMAIITB-H/H/J/IL ~ It Is As Much A Part Of – Human Nature – To Be Moral As It Is To Be – Hungry / Horny / Jealous / In Love
~ TNCWGOWWAATDO-ALLTBEIYABTDY-LANLITBTL ~ The Normal Cues We Give Off When We Are Attempting To Deceive Others – Are Less Likely To Be Expressed If You Actually Believe The Deception Yourself – Liars Are Not Liars If They Believe The Lie
~ T-COMP-EAAFO-SC-TE-TSOIWG-A-TSOHGT ~ The – Codification Of Moral Principles – Evolved As A Form Of – Social Control – To Ensure – The Survival Of Individuals Within Groups – And – The Survival Of Human Groups Themselves
~ TM-O-PE ~ The Myth – Of – Pure Evil
~ TIN-SF-OOTRO-T-KL-O-N-A-HB-TWCC-E ~ There Is No – Supernatural Force – Operating Outside The Realm Of – The – Known Laws – Of – Nature – And – Human Behavior – That We Can Call – Evil
~ TCS-‘E’-DNLUTADUOTCOEB ~ To Call Something – “Evil” – Does Not Lead Us To A Deeper Understanding Of The Cause Of Evil Behavior
~ ITWNH-TWBNE ~ If There Were No Humans – There Would Be No Evil
~ WETB-M-B-HTCTB-I-SOTT-ISC-WSP-WDAOOUTIAGS-WDOA-CAOV ~ We Evolved To Be – Moral – But – Have The Capacity To Be – Immoral – Some Of The Time – In Some Circumstances – With Some People – Which Direction Any One Of Us Takes In Any Given Situation – Will Depend On A – Complex Array Of Variables
~ FW-HUA-A-FW-IFO-D-A-MC-FOTCW ~ Free Will – Holds Us Accountable – Abandon – Free Will – In Favor Of – Determinism – And – Moral Culpability – Flies Out The Courtroom Window
~ FW-AA-UF-WNAAIYDH-FW-GT-EG-A-SB-TGAWI? ~ Free Will – As A – Useful Fiction – Why Not Act As If You Do Have – Free Will – Gaining The – Emotional Gratification – And – Social Benefits – That Go Along With It?
~ CWCAESWR? ~ Can We Construct An Ethical System Without Religion?
~ IIAHLOM-TB-GFIOS-T-FTCIMB ~ It Is A Higher Level Of Morality – To Be – Good For Its Own Sake – Than – For The Consequences It May Bring
~ PMP:AFMPIMCMOTT-Y-FETAFTWDOH-B/C/C ~ Provisional Moral Principles: Applicable For Most People In Most Circumstances Most Of The Time – Yet – Flexible Enough To Account For The Wide Diversity Of Human – Behavior / Culture / Circumstances
~ B-CMBAS? ~ But – Can Morality Become A Science?
~ EUSCSAU ~ Even Unattended Stimuli Can Subtly Affect Us
~MJ-IN-CR-II-IE ~ Moral Judgment – Is Not – Calculatingly Rational – It Is – Intuitively Emotional
~ CB-PAPRIO-MI ~ Cognitive Biases – Play A Powerful Role In Our – Moral Intuitions
~ PE-A-PJ-ATBWCD-ALAHC-STWM-PTIMB ~ Provisional Ethics – And – Provisional Justice – Are The Best We Can Do – As Long As Humanity Continues – So Too Will Morality – Provisional Though It May Be
~ WCAPBM ~ We Can Also Practice Being Moral