On social nit-pickers
2023-05-03 13:45 Some ones which can cause trouble to others is what I call social nit-pickers.  Not nit-pickers which are social, but people behaving as nit-pickers towards the private lives of others.  At best they ...
Why millennia old ideas still matter
2023-04-28 11:29 In the last blog posts I have explained some thoughtless ideas: 1. Hierarchism is the belief that the best for someone is also the best for everyone he or she has power over. 2. The myth of ill will...
The unexpanded circle
2023-04-26 11:35 “The expanding circle” is a concept coined by Peter Singer.  This is about people coming to care about more and more throughout history.  We have cared about our own clan since prehistorical times.  L...
The myths of universal ability and homogenous evilness
2023-04-24 11:03 It is bad enough to grow up without being able to learn other points of view.  When state societies developed the situation became even worse.  Superiors could lose their direct contact with their own...
Hierarchism and the myth of ill will
2023-04-19 13:46 I have previously mentioned population growth as consequence of the development of agriculture.  This did not only result in the spread of agriculture over the world.  Population density also increase...