I highly doubt that either of these proposals are anything new, though they are new to me. I'm sure they've been thought up and discussed by many people before. My hope is that in discussing the two proposals I can better understand the conflict between Gaza and Israel-the motives, merits, and predicaments of both sides.

PROPOSAL #1: BUILD GAZAN ( Read more... )

Okay, sorry if I got anyone's hopes up as I think this is kind of lame myself...

I was reading an article about Israel's  Facing Tomorrow conference basically, they're getting a bunch of famous and a bunch of smart people together to talk about their role in the future and the future's role in their country. Later, that day I logged back in to live ( Read more... )

Make me stay. If anyone is still out there let me know. I have an idea for this group.

( on intimacy )

Why write in online journals?
I realize now that anything and everything that attracts me to psychology is this dynamic between fact and conventional wisdom. I remember my first semester in college, Psychology 101, I kept seeing this ongoing debate between heredity and environment with no mention of free will, which makes sense in a science-oriented ( Read more... )

Why write in online journals?
The second incident that caused me to realize my motive in journaling was my challenge to a friend's heterophobic, racist, sexist language, specifically this sentence: "Fuck them in their straight white male talk ( Read more... )

Why write in online journals?
I recently became aware of my central motive in keeping and participating in online journals: to challenge conventional wisdom. I suppose I've known this all along but never have I explained it so concisely. Two incidents brought this to light ( Read more... )

Why write in online journals?
In July of 2001, I made the big decision to cut against the tide. I quit art school, a rather high profile art school in New York, after just one year. I couldn't rationalize the value of the 15,000 extra dollars a year it was costing my parents to send me, though they, themselves, were more than willing ( Read more... )

You can only pass a few concepts down to your only child before your influence is forever removed - what is your legacy ( Read more... )

A Call to No Moderation - for debate

Because this community is an intelligence rating community, it does not need a moderator and would be better off without a moderator.The role of a moderator is to regulate and censor the interaction between members of a community. For example, the government is the moderator of its citizens and parents are the ( Read more... )