The Nature of True Freedom II: Harmony of Interests
I provide an economic and commerce-based perspective, suggesting that true freedom might reside in something called the “har…
The Nature of True Freedom I: Balancing Personal Rights and Collective Responsibilities
I propose that true freedom requires a balancing between a concern for individual personal rights and a concern for collecti…
Dancing with the Internet and Other Human Embedded Technologies
This is the first in a series of recorded interviews concerning the impact of emergent technologies on the way in which we t…
Memory and the Internet
We are ready to introduce a new character into this dance that we are choreographing regarding memory. This new character is…
From Learned Helplessness to Hope: A Case Study
For the LGBTQ+ youth, it is not enough to examine hope on the individual level. It should be linked into a broader context …
Creating What People Want in Dayton, Ohio, But Don’t Think They Can Have
“Re-Imagining America” is a response to a widespread experience that somehow “America has left itself behind” and is buildin…
Is Experiencing the Overview Effect a Human Right?
Since the mid-1980s, I have been conducting research into the experience of astronauts when they view the Earth from space a…
The King is Dead….Long Live the King: A Theory Concerning the Current Wave of Authoritarianism
Although we in the 21st Century have given ourselves permission to rule ourselves, apparently, we don’t feel entirely up to …
TRUST AND SELF GOVERNANCE
For the sake of the virtue and history that drives us, I will posit that there is an ideal co-existence and that its possibl…
HOW CONNECTEDNESS HELPS BATTLE 21st CENTURY AUTHORITARIANISM
Authoritarianism is in essence toxic tribalism and rises up in times of unprecedented and often unwanted change. Some people…