sustainability Simple Thoughts on Social Sustainability - Happiness, Ecology, and Capital In this post I present a sketch of the roots of many problems our society faces and describe what's necessary to best improve human wellbeing for as long as possible.
philosophy How do we know what we know? What can we reasonably say about the nature of reality?: Absolute relativist determinism against absolute relativist postmodernism? How do we go about discovering the nature of reality? If the answer was clear, philosophers wouldn't still be arguing about it. Still, some things can be said.
For You: A Short Letter About Our World We need to create more public discussion about the future and the idea of fundamental economic change. We all care about our future and the planet, so you should seriously consider these ideas.
Brief Thoughts About "Natural Rights" Natural or not, what does it mean to have "Rights"? I explain what I think those are and why you should care!
Brief Thoughts About Human Nature Many people claim to know what human nature is and is not. They say we are forever restricted by greed and selfishness, our tragic flaw. I'm not so sure.
Homelessness: The Hole That Just Gets Deeper A few months ago I was driving home from a relative's house and merged onto a busy interstate highway. I was traveling Southbound in the left-most lane when suddenly the traffic stopped. I
Will Private Production End? A global socialist economy is necessary to overcome the barrier presented by the development of capitalist competition itself.
People Say Nothing Lasts Forever. I Disagree. We've all heard it before: nothing lasts forever. From material things, to people and relationships, business deals, good and bad times alike, everything has its end. You can examine that what's born is
A Simple Explanation of Anti-Capitalism Communism and communists are typically feared and despised in America today, but haven't always been. Some of the most worldly and thoughtful people have supported some form of anti-capitalism in the past; Einstein,
Countering Criticism of Climate Catastrophe and Communism There's a VICE news article talking about an academic paper that allegedly sent a bunch of its readers into despair. It spoke of impending societal collapse, so I was excited to read it
Mental Health: Where's the Problem? -Published by a guest writer-Between 2000 and 2016 death by suicide in the United States increased a whopping 30%. The rate increased by about 1 percent per year from 2000 through 2006 and
Brief Thoughts About Morality Morals - a set of beliefs held about what is good or bad. What is right and wrong to you? What makes an action good or bad? How do you justify the decisions you make?
A Few Words About Real Democracy "Most of the things worth doing had been declared impossible before they were done." - the things worth doing conflict with those in power, and seem unrealistic even by those in favor - the necessity of radical change has to outweigh the fear of failure - hope and strength are what we need.
A Potentially Revisionist Historical Materialistic View of Technological Advancement Classical Marxism views the progression of capitalist systems as increasingly detrimental to the condition of the working class. This is due to a few a simple reasons. As productive capacity increases, the capitalist
