Wouldn’t It Be Cool If: Everything were more honest?
WIBCI: We knew which or how much of the content in; emails, websites, blogs, emails, books, articles, and emails were created by AI?
That way we could put as much effort into reading it as was put into creating it.
AI is Stupid
What do YOU think?… more “WIBCI Post #32”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from HISTORY?
In 1789 after the fall of the Bastille prison in Paris, the beginning the French Revolution, the key to the Bastille was given to the honored Marquis de Lafayette who was instrumental in the success of the American Revolution.
Over many months, this key was shipped overseas, passing through the hands of Thomas Paine, eventually being presented to George Washington. This key was displayed in Mount Vernon.
Lafayette, and many French people were influenced and inspired by George Washington and the American Revolution they helped win.
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If leaders today honored and unselfishly appreciated each other?
What do YOU think?… more “WIBCI Post #31”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If POLITICS learned from PHILOSOPHY?
In The Republic by Plato, Socrates discusses the four chief virtues necessary for justice to thrive in a city/State:
COURAGE, MODERATION, JUSTICE and WISDOM.
Take a present day leader and each of these four words….do YOU think they honor and exhibit these virtues?
What do YOU think of these four words?
Picture someone YOU admired as a kid, did they have all four virtues?
Do YOU?… more “WIBCI Post #30”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If POLITICS learned from LITERATURE?
‘The past is very strong, it is true, at the present moment… Behold, it is walking and advancing. It seems the victor; this dead body is a conqueror. He arrives with his legions, superstitions; with his sword, despotism; with his banner, ignorance… He advances, he threatens, he laughs, he is at our doors. Let us not despair, on our side…
What have we to fear, we who believe?
No such thing as a backflow of ideas exists any more than there exists a return of a river on its course.
But let those who do not desire a future reflect on this matter. When they say no to progress, it is not the future but themselves that they are condemning.’
-Victor Hugo Les Misérables
Seems like the world was out of control when Victor wrote this. Reminds me a bit about today. I do desire a future and have reflected on this matter. One issue I have is that I think ‘Progress’ differs to a lot of people. Having more than enough is NOT progress for me and seems to be the stem of all our evils.
What do YOU think?… more “WIBCI Post #29”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from HISTORY?
There is a saying: Bread and Circus. You may have heard this before, but think about it.
In Roman times this was a political tactic to give the populace enough food and entertainment so they were hungry, but not starving, and likewise, entertained/distracted from the toil of their lives just long enough so they weren’t worrying about surviving, but not enough leisure where they would begin to consider society as a whole. Bonus is, the status quo can continue on with whatever anti-humanity activities behind the curtain while throwing scraps of meat and spectacles from their cushioned boxes.
Can YOU relate this activity to today? Replace ‘Bread‘ with Opinions, ‘Circus‘ with Social Media, and consider the ‘status quo’ as the 1%ers. Can YOU relate this activity to today?… more “WIBCI Post #28”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If POLITICS learned from PHILOSOPHY and HISTORY?
Jean Jacques Rousseau believed that:
– a free society must be dominated by its middle class, when the middle class is flourishing it moderates the gulf between rich and poor. It forestalls the development of a two class society which can become a civil war waiting to happen.
Rousseau also believes, and history has taught us, that civil strife always takes liberty as its first casualty.
What do YOU think about the Middle Class?… more “WIBCI Post #27”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from POLITICS?
All the departments that are being closed, all the programs that are being defunded, and all the jobs that were lost……where is the $ that is saved/stolen/defunded going exactly?
Do YOU know where the $ went?… more “WIBCI Post #26”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If POLITICS learned from PHILOSOPHY?
‘First they ignore you,
then they laugh at you,
then they fight you,
then you win.’
-Mahatma Gandhi
If YOU are in the game, which stage are YOU at?
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from HISTORY?
‘When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.’
-President Richard Nixon before he was impeached and removed from office
What do YOU think?
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from POLITICS?
Here are my understanding of tariffs:
Country A puts a tariff on a product produced both foreign and domestic, let’s say Steel for example.
This hopes to promote more interest in the cheaper product produced domestically so the consumer can make a choice based on quality and price that favors the domestic producer.
When Country A puts a tariff on a product that is NOT produced domestically, let’s say Bananas for example….
As this product is not produced domestically and does NOT give the consumer a choice NOR favor the non-existent domestic producer, the consumer pays more for the product.
Lose/Lose
What do YOU think?… more “WIBCI Post #23”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from PHILOSOPHY?
John Lennon said:
‘When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I wrote down ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment and I told them they didn’t understand life.’
What do YOU think?
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from HISTORY?
‘History is written by the winners.’
–Napoleon
What do YOU Think? Why would this matter? What would be different if it was written by the losers?… more “WIBCI Post #21”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from LITERATURE?
WIBCI we knew the meaning of life while we were alive?
‘The misery with them all was, clearly, that they sought to interfere, for good, in human matters, and had lost the power forever.’
– Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol
aka you CAN’T take it with you. Hey -illionaires, you going out Marley or Scrooge?… more “WIBCI Post #20”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from HISTORY?
WIBCI we learned from the Death of Hypatia:
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from LITERATURE?
“There will be no loyalty, except loyalty towards the Party. There will be no love, except the love of Big Brother. There will be no laughter, except the laugh of triumph over a defeated enemy. There will be no art, no literature, no science.”
George Orwell, 1984
This doesn’t seem fun to you does it? Whom could such a time be good for? Remind you of anyone?
What do YOU think?
