Category Archives: thinking in words

The Problem is Civil Obedience

Posted on February 18, 2018 by randomyriad

via Video: Matt Damon reads from Howard Zinn’s “The Problem is Civil Obedience”

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Thinking Cattywampus

Posted on February 10, 2018 by randomyriad

Here are some random slightly askew ideas to shift your point of view and maybe your approach to life. There are so many perspectives to consider if you just pay attention. “But what I really want is to have it … Continue reading →

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A Dangerous Woman

Posted on January 29, 2018 by randomyriad

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Rabble-Rouser with a Gentle Smile By Neil Gaiman January 25, 2018 IN MEMORIAM   The thing about Ursula K. Le Guin was that she didn’t actually look like a rabble-rousing, bomb-throwing, dangerous woman. She had a … Continue reading →

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The Opposite of Civilization

Posted on January 24, 2018 by randomyriad

It is a durable, ubiquitous, specious metaphor, that one about veneer (or paint, or pliofilm, or whatever) hiding the nobler reality beneath. It can conceal a dozen fallacies at once. One of the most dangerous is the implication that civilization, being artificial, … Continue reading →

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Quotes from the Tao Te Ching #5

Posted on January 11, 2018 by randomyriad

81    Telling It True True words aren’t charming, charming words aren’t true. Good people aren’t contentious, contentious people aren’t good. People who know aren’t learned, Learned people don’t know.   Wise souls don’t hoard; the more they do for … Continue reading →

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