Day: October 29, 2011

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

“Knowledge” is Usually Based on One or Two Carefully Invented “Facts”.

Any person’s opinions are invariably based on what are believed to be “facts”. We hear them frequently. “If levels of carbon dioxide rise above 350 parts per million, the earth is in serious trouble.” is such a “fact”. Another, “We have reached ‘peak oil’. There is no more. Our standard of living must decline.” Those […]
Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Shouldn’t We Aim For 50% Unemployment? Then, 60%? Then, More?

We all find some satisfaction with what we do. If we try to do our jobs better, we will be happy. The “snake” in that particular garden is automation. In the late 1700s, 80 or 90 out of every hundred people were in the food production business. Now, one person in a hundred produces enough […]