Life as a paradox
Life is a paradox: Reproduction is superior to production Recurrence is better than occurrence Imperfect mother of perfect and failure father of success.
Progress as boom and burst
The paradox of life – progress as boom and bust – is not a paradox at all: think of a spiral loop that obeys both exponential laws and gravity!
DNA and danger
Fact: DNA is one of life’s blue-prints. Fact: Some DNA mutations lead to gifted humans. Question: Can mutations produce dangerous super humans?
Of eternity and illusions
Consider eternity: why should it not be desirable if every ending has a beginning? If it is true that we are but fleeting thoughts and sensations, does not that mean physical solidity is but an illusion?
Of human distances…and design
Among humans, it is amazing how short the distance is from civility to incivility; sanity to madness. Are we a product of good or bad design? I guess it depends on who the ‘we’ are, and what the time reference is.
New Years!
New Years! And the Earth will continue to spin…indifferently even as we pause before we leap across an imaginary line in space-time. Hope. Hope. Hope
Interest and happiness
Oh, what beauty: to be “interested in BIG things, and to be happy in SMALL things”
The search continues…
Stasis, steady state, predictable versus chaotic, dynamic, and unpredictable: the search for a happy middle continues
Wisdom
Wisdom is purchased through a currency called pain. No? When angry, speak with your lungs, think with your brain and act with your heart. So said Chebet Moikut – my mother
Violence
Does human-on-human violence serve the larger purpose of purifying the human gene pool? Is it the tip of the arrow of human evolution?
