Transcend limitations, boundaries, and divisions
Nobody is a bigger supporter of energy efficiency than I am. Yet, it is urgent we understand that it is not a solution to our climate crisis. What is the efficiency paradox? The proposition was first put forward by William Stanley Jevons in his 1865 book The Coal Question. In it, Jevons observed that England’s [...]
0 Comment » A post from Greg Mankiw’s blog. Highlight: With this background, I can now state the proposed solution: Reduce the return to holding money below zero. Imagine that the Fed were to announce that, one year from today, it would pick a digit from 0 to 9 out of a hat. All currency with a serial [...]
This post is a rebuttal to all the right-wingers who get their world news from frontpagemag.com. I find no inherent value in diversity. I only value it as a tool for achieving real progress and social justice. Being a humanist, I’m much more interested in celebrating our similarities than differences. This website’s slogan, “Embrace Unity,” [...]
Decentralization is the key to the survival of humanity. This should be common sense. We all know that you shouldn’t put all your eggs in one basket. There are many examples one could point to. With industrial farming we are now beginning to realize that monocultures are especially susceptible to disease or changes in the [...]
Social Ecology is a philosophy which states that environmental, social, and economic problems all have the same root: namely, the way people treat each other. By this same logic, if we can establish new structures and norms by which to operate, we can alleviate many of these problems. There are a few different ways to [...]
The Washington Post reported that Sanjay Gupta has been approached to be the new Surgeon General. The notable thing about this pick is that he has spoken out about life extension research and the ultimate goal of biological immortality. Could this mean we will see a shift of focus away from disease-specific cures and toward [...]
Virtual Reality (VR) has advanced to incredible heights. For those who haven’t kept up with the gaming scene, the newest game renowned for impressive graphics is Fallout 3. Of course, graphics aren’t all that matters to gamers, which is why another one of the hottest games on the block right now is Spore, which looks [...]
Obama and the Democrats have come sweeping in. Now what? All those fundamental liberal democratic rights which we have been fighting to maintain throughout these past dark years of GOP dominance now suddenly seem in much less danger. A good portion of the disastrous policies of the Bush Administration have already been promised to be [...]
Public service is crucially important. One theory for why we have rampant political apathy nowadays is because people do not feel socially invested. It is a well-known human quirk that the more effort we put into something, the more of an interest we have in seeing it succeed. This is even true of relationships. For [...]
This post will be more personal than others on EmbraceUnity – Edward and I have often written in a collective voice, and I want it to be made clear that this in no way reflects the opinions of Edward or EmbraceUnity in general. In the past few months it has become increasingly clear to me [...]
