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Putin’s Not the Problem

Posted on July 20, 2017 by FlywheelDecember 16, 2021
Putin's Choice 2016

If Wikileaks and the Russian government had been promoting stories about pee tapes instead of Podesta, Donald Trump would not be President today.

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Posted in Politics | Tagged Donald Trump, Election Reform, Russia, Vladimir Putin

Leaders That Gary Johnson Could Admire

Posted on November 1, 2016 by FlywheelNovember 1, 2016
JohnsonAndPutin

Imagine Gary Johnson had a second chance to answer the question, “What world leader do you admire?” Published at SecularProgress. com

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Posted in Diplomacy, History, Politics | Tagged Gary Johnson, Libertarian, Syria, Vladimir Putin

What Gary Johnson Should Have Said About Aleppo

Posted on September 16, 2016 by FlywheelNovember 2, 2016
Aleppo

Photo from Haaretz There’s an old saying that war is God’s way of teaching geography to Americans. These days, even that may not be enough. Now, because of Gary Johnson’s Aleppo gaffe, that city has become a little more familiar … Continue reading →

Posted in Diplomacy, Freedom, Interests, Politics | Tagged Aleppo, Gary Johnson, Syria

Big Data in the Context of Big History

Posted on August 20, 2016 by FlywheelAugust 20, 2016

This is a presentation I gave at an Institute for General Semantics Symposium in 2013. I definitely need to improve my story telling skills and narrative movement. But I’m still fascinated by the material. … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Data, Big History, General Semantics, Terrence Deacon

Purple Capitalism

Posted on July 31, 2016 by FlywheelNovember 13, 2016
Purple Capitalism

Purple Capitalism and Social Justice Capitalism offers real opportunities to advance social justice. Across America and across the world, capitalist-driven innovation and entrepreneurship has generated profound benefits for human well-being. Yet, it’s also true that unbridled capitalism can lead to … Continue reading →

Posted in Interests, Secular Progressivism | Tagged capitalism

Crooked Sky

Posted on July 21, 2016 by FlywheelJuly 21, 2016

Posted this on FB not long ago, and now I’m cross-posting here. Things are moving fast on this planet. If we intend to get smarter about where we want to go, it’s important not to forget where we’ve been. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Justice, Politics | Tagged blacklivesmatter, Circle of Compassion

Big History Project Contest

Posted on August 8, 2015 by FlywheelAugust 8, 2015

I submitted a video to the “What Does it Mean to Human” contest sponsored by the Big History Project. Unfortunately, I didn’t make the cut for the top 25. That suprised me, because I thought had done a pretty good … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Abby Lammers, Big History, Circle of Compassion

John Green knows what it means to be human

Posted on June 11, 2015 by FlywheelJune 11, 2015

I’m a huge fan of the Big History Project, and just got the email about their new contest. It’s focused on getting people to create videos to answer the question, “What does it mean to be human?” There were three example videos, … Continue reading →

Posted in Inclusive Morality | Tagged Big History, Bill Gates, John Green, vlogbrothers

I’m not the Secular Progressive Reporter

Posted on June 3, 2015 by FlywheelJune 3, 2015

There’s a website at http://paper.li/SecularProgress titled, “The Secular Progressive Reporter.” It runs unattended, aggregating content from preselected categories. @secularprogress ticks out updates. The Secular Progressive Reporter has no authority over this blog, I’m someone else… Craig Simon, @gitis on Twitter, SecularProgress on YouTube, and aliased … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion | Tagged Closer to Truth, Pantheism, Reason, Secular Progressivism, Spinoza

Cracking the Nutshell on Free Will by Percent

Posted on March 27, 2015 by FlywheelJune 3, 2015

Dolors, the physicist/mathematician/philosopher who posts as Cracking the Nutshell on YouTube, publishes more content than I can regularly follow, but this morning I watched one that was so good, I felt motivated to comment. She’s also a respectful critic of … Continue reading →

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