Stares at the World

Tagged: Psychology

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Society

On the Character of Conspiracy

A Moral-Cognitive Theory of Power How deep does the rabbit hole go? This seems to be the seminal question of our time. That conspiracies exist is self-evident. In the immortal words of Col. Gathers, “By the time God crapped out the third caveman a conspiracy was launched against one of them!” It is part of man’s nature to form groups, to create exclusive collectives, and to organize plans for mutual benefit. While it might be comforting to believe otherwise, there is no fine line demarking this quotidian form of socializing from more ominous confederacies. Criminals and businesses alike require oaths...

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Society

Why the Political Left is Losing its Mind

The political divide between the Left and the Right in America (as well as all other Western nations) is growing wider by the day.  This should be a major concern to everybody; first of all, because an inability to communicate makes violence inevitable (and we’ve certainly been seeing a growth in intra-American violence lately) and second, because an inability to communicate means an inability to coordinate.  The Democrats and the Republicans are not the only actors on the stage: while these two halves of the body politic fight amongst themselves, other interests – foreign, corporate, criminal – can take advantage...

Society

Defeating the Codependent Within

If we are going to examine the mistakes of others, it should be with the goal of amending the mistakes which we make ourselves. Men and women have been set up to be adversaries; it’s crucial that we learn to become partners.