I'm too lazy to update two of these, and I seem to have chosen my blog for the moment. If curious, please go there.

"[The United States] now stands as the only state on record which has both been condemned by the World Court for international terrorism and has vetoed a Security Council resolution calling on states to observe international law." - Noam Chomsky, "The New War Against Terror"

I am currently reading "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," by Douglas Adams (of the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy fame). Once again, he weaves an interesting story with wonderful characters, amusing perspectives and thought-provoking passages. I came across this one and though 17 years old, it is still quite relevant today ( Read more... )

Awaken
Hegemony asserts
Have a shower
People starve
Go to class
Guns sell
Eat pizza
Cancers grow
Watch primetime
Injustice occurs
Brush teeth
Remove responsibility
Sweet dreams

What is consciousness? I won’t be so presumptuous to think I know the full answer, nor have enough space here to communicate it if I did. But here are some recent thoughts, still in the developing stage of course. (Obviously, it really depends on how you define consciousness. Is it self-reflective ability? Is it a first person perspective/ ( Read more... )