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September

I hold the notion that the left is too mentally unstable to push for social and economic reforms. Can you change my mind?

September 12, 2022

By B

I hold the notion that the left is too mentally unstable to push for social and economic reforms. Can you change my mind? Unstable: No. Irrational: Yes. Irrational people use only their habit brain (see image below). Habit brain people exclusively get their ideas from others. When they...

September

How do you look at the political world? What is your political personality? Why are ideologies considered important in the political World?

September 12, 2022

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By B

How do you look at the political world? What is your political personality? Why are ideologies considered important in the political World? Only freedom is important to me. I say this because I know my brain (yours too) is built in freedom. Politics is antithetical to freedom...

September

There’s nothing wrong with having bias or an opinion, but hidden bias misleads and divides us. Do you agree with this statement? Why?

September 12, 2022

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By B

There's nothing wrong with having bias or an opinion, but hidden bias misleads and divides us. Do you agree with this statement? Why? Yes. But this is only because people are using habit to come to conclusions. Habit is what you know or think you know (using...

September

What would someone who is socially and economically progressive but hawkish in regard to foreign policy be called?

September 11, 2022

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By B

What would someone who is socially and economically progressive but hawkish in regard to foreign policy be called? Broadly irrational. Idealogues are irrational (otherwise known as progressives). They think they know the truth. Hawkish individuals are projecting their knowledge of the truth. Civilization needs problem solvers and not...

September

Can the nature of human civilization facilitate global union or are there inherent drawbacks to humanity, necessitating either an ‘artificial’ intelligence or perhaps an inevitable cycle of catastrophic failures?

September 11, 2022

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By B

Can the nature of human civilization facilitate global union or are there inherent drawbacks to humanity, necessitating either an ‘artificial’ intelligence or perhaps an inevitable cycle of catastrophic failures? Civilization fails for only one reason: humanity’s capacity to reason collpases in entitlement. I say … Hardship produces reason;Reason...

September

How can social-political movements prevent extremism within their own movement?

September 11, 2022

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By B

How can social-political movements prevent extremism within their own movement? Society must focus on problem-solving; that’s how. Critically, problems must be objectively true (agreed as true) by ALL stakeholders. Problem-solvers are accountable for results, whereas ideological people are not. Ideological people are Utopian. Unfortunately, ideological people will...

September

How has the ‘progressive’ elites run the City of Los Angeles and the future into the dirt?

September 11, 2022

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By B

How has the ‘progressive’ elites run the City of Los Angeles and the future into the dirt? They (the elites) are idealogues (irrational) and not problem solvers (rational). L.A. needs problem-solvers. The population is also irrational, so they do not recognize the danger their city is...

September

What is the significance that democracies are corrupt and worn out?

September 11, 2022

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By B

What is the significance that democracies are corrupt and worn out? It means only that the people who run these “democracies” are corrupt and worn out. The same thing happens to companies. In the beginning, the entrepreneurs start the companies with meaningful customer problem-solving and value creation. However,...

September

Why aren’t my societal contributions a priority?

September 11, 2022

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By B

Why aren’t my societal contributions a priority? A priority to whom? I will assume you mean for recognition by others. Nevertheless, are you self-reliant and self-governing? If yes, then you are not a burden to society/civilization. This genuinely matters. If not, then your dependent behavior puts civilization and the freedom of...

September

How to Bring Down a Nation?

September 10, 2022

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By B

QUORA Step 1: Teach children WHAT to think rather than HOW to think. Encourage postmodern thinking (i.e., subjective truth is THE TRUTH) - A person who knows only what to think cannot problem-solve. Yet, nations and civilizations need problem-solvers. Moreover, in problem-solving, an individual’s thinking grows and...