If you know and follow Ayn Rand, even if you don't agree with her, you could enlighten yourself to Rudolf Steiner, who was first to promote the individual, as most important to society.
To me it is critical as we head to a society that wants to make everyone equal, ( impossible to do, by the way) at the cost of individuality. Remember the cowboy and Indian movies we all loved when we were young and still love ...I know many look for the Western movies on T.V. Why? We all love the individual hero who steps up to the plate!
The individual is born free, with certain unalienable rights to make decisions and create. Through the creations of individuals we came to form states and societies that have moral value. It is then up to us to live up to those moral values, within our ethical individualism. Many of our problems come from societal groups, not from particular individuals, and realization of this is a way to begin to solve problems.
Unfortunately, we are being overcome by those who view societal equality more important than individual rights. One has to come to the view of ethical individualism to understand that we will be a better society if we allow people to be free to create. After all, freedom ,at the birth of our nation made us the greatest country in the world. We are losing that lead, as we constrain ourselves with legislation, laws, bills, and all kinds of regulatory practices, that discourage business, and the ability to take our creations to the market, as people did in the 1950's and earlier.
You can not even get a fair trial in many of our states, it is incomprehensible, that you can sign a contract, and have it ignored by a judge, or not sign any contract, and have the judge ignore the fact that you do not have a contract, orally or in writing. There are some court cases going on for as much as 20 years, with an argument that has no basis in any contract. Can you imagine that? Just see the case that keeps popping up on Facebook as one example, of what one small business man can be up against.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game - Official Music Video
It is a shame what she is suffering, but what lovely arrangement and voice.
The Nature of Technology
Today there was an article in the Huffington Post, by an author who was wishing to slow down technology. It reminded me of a book I was reading about the nature of technology. I think that the person who wrote the article of course, wrote it from a selfish point of view. As he states, anyone that buys a new phone or other technical item, does not want to see the item updated within months, however, the pace of technology is that fast, I believe it is about 8-9 months.
The nature of technology is interesting, because it affects our history , our culture, our future and predictions of our future. As a consumer, you have to think, do I need this now, or should I wait 8-9 months for a better version. Remember the new innovations can help our economy climb out of this recession!
Right now the i-pad war is on, with new "i-pads" slated to begin hitting the market from other companies to compete with the Apple i-pad. The Playpad, will tie your cell phone by blue tooth, so you do not need to have a modem assigned to the cell phone and the playpad, you will be able to have one modem. This is a big improvement, and then, what I am waiting for ,is to take my Direct tv with me, rather than have a separate system in each location, such as a cottage at the beach and your main home, etc. The dreams are coming true, all the time. In studies of consciousness, we form our own worlds, could this be the hard proof?
The nature of technology is interesting, because it affects our history , our culture, our future and predictions of our future. As a consumer, you have to think, do I need this now, or should I wait 8-9 months for a better version. Remember the new innovations can help our economy climb out of this recession!
Right now the i-pad war is on, with new "i-pads" slated to begin hitting the market from other companies to compete with the Apple i-pad. The Playpad, will tie your cell phone by blue tooth, so you do not need to have a modem assigned to the cell phone and the playpad, you will be able to have one modem. This is a big improvement, and then, what I am waiting for ,is to take my Direct tv with me, rather than have a separate system in each location, such as a cottage at the beach and your main home, etc. The dreams are coming true, all the time. In studies of consciousness, we form our own worlds, could this be the hard proof?
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Sustainable Love - Tara Parker-Pope on Happy Marriages - NYTimes.com
Sustainable Love - Tara Parker-Pope on Happy Marriages - NYTimes.com
Here is an excellent article in the New York Times, Sunday January 2, 2011
Here is an excellent article in the New York Times, Sunday January 2, 2011
Inflated: How money and Debt built the American Dream
We have some complex problems to solve and directions to give to our elected officials, This is
an interesting book that attempts to cover a broad complex subject. I am particularly interested in his thoughts concerning,the fact that running a major war requires the need to raise debt. Debt in turn contributes to deficit spending, driving the underlying rate of inflation that steadily saps the puchasing power of the dollar.
Am I wrong in thinking this is true?
Anytime there is a war with the United States, the defeated country, gets all kinds of rebuilding at our cost. Look at the devastated cities in Europe and Japan, and how we rebuilt them after the war. Look at what is happening in Iraq. We are nation builders for all, but ourselves. Why? Why are our cities neglected? Our Army can go and protect the citizens of the countries in the middle east, but only our National Guard can protect us on the borders? I have lots of questions, and maybe not all the right answers, what about you?
It appears that we do not put our nation first. Am I wrong in this thinking, is this push still necessary in the Middle East, at the cost of prosperity to our nation?
an interesting book that attempts to cover a broad complex subject. I am particularly interested in his thoughts concerning,the fact that running a major war requires the need to raise debt. Debt in turn contributes to deficit spending, driving the underlying rate of inflation that steadily saps the puchasing power of the dollar.
Am I wrong in thinking this is true?
Anytime there is a war with the United States, the defeated country, gets all kinds of rebuilding at our cost. Look at the devastated cities in Europe and Japan, and how we rebuilt them after the war. Look at what is happening in Iraq. We are nation builders for all, but ourselves. Why? Why are our cities neglected? Our Army can go and protect the citizens of the countries in the middle east, but only our National Guard can protect us on the borders? I have lots of questions, and maybe not all the right answers, what about you?
It appears that we do not put our nation first. Am I wrong in this thinking, is this push still necessary in the Middle East, at the cost of prosperity to our nation?