So when I think about equalitarianism as a political doctrine, I typically immediately think about three things. This video: Explanation of who is killing who: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2012/10/01/this-land-is-mine/ Second, (more…)
Big Sur’s Old Coast Road, endings, awareness, inequality, obsession, and humility.
Big Sur was a special place in my upbringing, but so was it in my life, at all stages. So I take my ex-wife’s family (first wife… we’re fine, not sure what’s wrong with her she still adores me) down (more…)
Robocop and The Wire aren’t too different, you and I: How each deals with the dark side of The American Dream, and the collapse of city governance.
Dan Harmon is right. A film lazily titled “Robocop” should be a disaster. A forgettable B-film that is best for Mystery Science Theatre 3000. But that’s not what happened, and here we are. Re-watching (more…)
Charlie Chaplin’s 1940 speech from “The Greatest Dictator” is prescient, brutally self-aware, and more relevant than ever.
Again… this is 80 years old, this year of 2020. —— I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone (more…)
REPRINTED WITHOUT PERMISSION: Henry Rollins: America’s Real Safety Net Is Drugs, Alcohol, Cheap Food and Free Porn
(this was in the LA Weekly. not many people read the LA Weekly. just about as many people as my blog.) — Henry Rollins: America’s Real Safety Net Is Drugs, Alcohol, Cheap Food and Free Porn THURSDAY, (more…)
Reframe your ideas of meaning & purpose. =)
Meaning and purpose isn’t quantifiable like mass or gravity. It can’t be measured…. it’s completely human defined, and as subjective as that makes it, it’s totally individual. I think I stopped (more…)
Why Mars?
Carl Sagan said it best: https://vimeo.com/108650530 tl;dr – we’re finite, the earth is finite, and we’ve evolved to survive at all costs. It may look like an odd step, going to another planet in our (more…)
Will in utero targeted genome editing, like Crispr, wipe out genetic “issues” like alcoholism, or propensity for violence?
I am speaking about the ethics involved, not just the science, ie where is the fine line of gene editing in utero? Everyone gets hyperbolic about Crispr allowing people to tailor children to their exact (more…)
A September 11th hotel story. Life Story. Thoughtful memories.. I will update!
I was at a 1000 room hotel in LA. Sept 11 AM had a literal 1000 check outs, and 1000 check ins that day. We had people sleeping in lobby, our bar, all restaurants. I sent people home, assuming further (more…)
To Work……… “An Horatian Notion by Thomas Lux”
The thing gets made, gets built, and you’re the slave who rolls the log beneath the block, then another, then pushes the block, then pulls a log from the rear back to the front again and then again (more…)