Maximize free will
In my writing, I use a phrase “Anglo moral nihilism,” and it’s a term to describe the attitude I’ve come across so repeatedly in the “capitalist” west. How can people lead the nation who don’t even appreciate nature? “Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.” – Ronald Reagan, 1981 “A tree is a tree. How…
November 8, 2011 Oakland, Calif. – A once obvious assumption for some, but recently under attack from Fox News is the thought that buying American actually helps America. John Stossel quotes a supposed “economist” named Henderson who urges us to “buy things where they’re cheapest. That frees up more of our resources to buy other…
October 3, 2011 WASHINGTON DC – In a bipartisan effort to reverse the nation’s chronic unemployment problem, lawmakers in Washington today announced a plan to add 500,000 jobs to the economy by 2012. “Technology has killed more American jobs than any other factor, including all combined outsourcing losses. It’s time we take a stand against…
August 18, 2011 Awareness without action is useless like a soldier without his weapon. But action without awareness is as dangerous as firing a weapon with closed eyes. True progress occurs if, and only if, awareness and action are combined. Warren Buffet has an opinion about…
April 17, 2011 “It’s probably too much to say that it’s a jobless recovery, but it’s certainly a recovery with not enough jobs… Especially because of youth unemployment… There is now a risk that this will be turned into a life sentence, and that there is a possibility of a lost generation,” said Robert Zoellick,…
A call for a nationwide project to establish industrial robotic manufacturing as the foundation of the American economy
Febuary 13, 2011 Part 2 of 5 in a series describing the Pythagorean perspective of Economics and Society Foundation It is a common misconception that economics is simply about money. Money is only useful when it is being handed from one person to another. Without people, money is nothing. So it is intrinsically crucial in…
2/2/2011 Part 1 of a 5 part series introducing the Pythagorean perspective of economics. At no point is the intention to imply that this series will fully encompass the discussion of economics on Pythagoreanism.com. Overview: This article is the first in a series on economics, the state of the American (and more generally, the world)…
Published: January 18, 2011 Part Three of a Three Part Series Roadmap of article: This analysis discusses the role of student debt in the education system. It argues that we should change the current law so as to allow student loans to be forgiven (or discharged, synonymously) through bankruptcy. There are three primary premises which…
Pythagoreanism illuminates certain good and bad aspects of our world that most people don’t notice. Pythagoreanism is a part of the birth of Western Buddhism. Our society and our economy are evolving. Pythagoreanism is a part of this evolution. This birth, unsurprisingly, is occurring online. Pythagoreans do not meditate to work better, we work to…