Tag: social dynamics

(Spoiler alert!) I went to see the new Star Wars the day it opened.  I’d hear a lot of hype from both the so-called left and right about how feminist and multicultural the movie was.  Some were praising it.  Some were condemning it.  I wanted to see it for myself.  Here is my impression of…

If I cheat and you don’t cheat then I profit If you cheat and I don’t cheat then you profit So we both cheat, so we can each keep somethin’ But where did all the non-cheaters go? via The Planter’s Dilemma | Baba Brinkman.

It doesn’t matter who’s doing it or what label they stick onto themselves.  It doesn’t matter if they claim to be on your side, or doing something for your own good. Whenever someone quotes a set of statistics, and then claims that this justifies some inhumane action, or the passing of some inhumane law, especially…

A sad fact of human nature that I came to understand in elementary school is that there are two kinds of people: thinkers and non thinkers. Thinkers may run the range as far as levels of social dependence.  Some may understand a situation, but lack the courage to actively shape it.  They will conform to…