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Review: Humanity: The World Before Religion, War, and Inequality

Note to readers: this is my review from 2018. This book is vitally important to understanding our past and where we’re headed. Barry Brown was a genius and a friend. He passed away in 2020 but his legacy lives on through his work. RIP In his groundbreaking work, Humanity: The…

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Review: Humanity: The World Before Religion, War, and Inequality
Review: Humanity: The World Before Religion, War, and Inequality
Politics

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Apr 7

Enough Science, Gimme Some Truth: Part II

By Jason Holland and William Hawes “…the uncontrolled growth of technology destroys the vital sources of our humanity. It creates a culture without a moral foundation. It undermines certain mental processes and social relations that make human life worth living.” Neil Postman, Technopoly Continuing on the ideas presented in Part…

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Enough Science, Gimme Some Truth: Part II
Enough Science, Gimme Some Truth: Part II
Science

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Nov 23, 2022

Enough Science, Gimme Some Truth: Part I

By Jason Holland and William Hawes “I’m sick and tired of hearing things From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics All I want is the truth Just gimme some truth” John Lennon, “Gimme Some Truth” Science is a sacred cow. People tend to get real punchy when you blaspheme a sacred cow. …

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Enough Science, Gimme Some Truth: Part I
Enough Science, Gimme Some Truth: Part I
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Apr 24, 2022

History Returns Again in Ukraine

After the 2014 coup and eight years of fighting between the Ukrainian military and Russian-backed separatists, history has once again exploded and returned to the stage in Ukraine. As Westerners with governments who act blatantly hostile and belligerent to Russia, we should ask: was Russia provoked, and if so, how? …

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History Returns Again in Ukraine
History Returns Again in Ukraine
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Mar 11, 2022

The Gods that Failed: Diagnosing the Dying Religions of Conservatism and Liberalism

Published 3/11/2022 Beliefs are very hard things to let go of. When one’s entire life becomes devoted to upholding and maintaining a faith, the utter failure and disintegration of that belief system can become unbearable. In order to cope, many people indulge in escapist fantasies. …

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The Gods that Failed: Diagnosing the Dying Religions of Conservatism and Liberalism
The Gods that Failed: Diagnosing the Dying Religions of Conservatism and Liberalism
Politics

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Oct 27, 2021

Capitalism Is Not Your Friend

“The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e. the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force.” –Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The German Ideology “If you stick a knife in my back nine…

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Capitalism Is Not Your Friend
Capitalism Is Not Your Friend
Capitalism

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Jun 27, 2021

The Rise of the Terminally Online: Digital Subjectivity and Simulation of the Social

“Americans, rich or poor, now live in a culture entirely perceived through simulacra-media images and illusions. We live inside a self-referential media hologram of a nation that has not existed for quite some time now. Our national reality is held together by images, the originals of which have been lost…

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The Rise of the Terminally Online: Digital Subjectivity and Simulation of the Social
The Rise of the Terminally Online: Digital Subjectivity and Simulation of the Social
Politics

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Dec 16, 2020

Democratic Party Fascism: 2020 Edition

Now that Joe Biden will be America’s next president, it might be worthwhile to take a closer look at some of the choices for his cabinet, White House staff, and national security positions. There are some real crazies here, as we shall see. As we dig deeper and deeper, what…

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Politics

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·Oct 18, 2020

You Might Be Extremely Online

Social media addiction is a real thing with real consequences

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You Might Be Extremely Online
You Might Be Extremely Online
Social Media

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Oct 8, 2020

Nobody for President: Voting Legitimizes a Fraudulent Democracy

By Jason Holland and William Hawes Here’s a bit of food for thought about why you should not, we repeat, should not, vote for anyone in November. Now, unlike the rabid pro-voters, there is no intention on our part to “vote-shame” those that choose to vote. If you really feel…

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Nobody for President: Voting Legitimizes a Fraudulent Democracy
Nobody for President: Voting Legitimizes a Fraudulent Democracy
Politics

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William Hawes

William Hawes

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Author of the ebook Planetary Vision: Essays on Freedom and Empire. Visit my website williamhawes.wordpress.com

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