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Philosophy

Evolving DNA, Life, Instinct and Ancient Voices

Evolving DNA, Life, Instinct and Ancient Voices

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Philosophy

Energy, Atoms, Life & Batteries

In the beginning was energy.  Maybe it was matter, or something else.  For simplicity, let’s assume we started with energy.  The universe experienced the Big Bang.  Energy is converted into matter, or at least a lot of it was.  Energy becomes matter.  Energy is matter and matter is energy.  E=MC2, So the science goes. The […]

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Philosophy

We Live in a Virtual World

We live in  a virtual world today.  What we need physically are provided for by machines and a few humans.  All basic human needs are fairly inexpensive and easy to acquire. We spend most of our day in front of computers, glued to our phones, talking to dots & colors on computer screens and phone […]

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Economics

Introduction to the Theory of Money Part 1

Money and currency is our medium for the exchange of goods and services.  In the US, we use dollars.  It is printed and regulated by the US Government.  It is divisible, scarce, durable, portable, difficult to counterfeit, universally accepted, and stable. The value of a nation’s currency is correlated to its scarcity and wide acceptability.  […]

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Philosophy

Bureaucrats and Bureaucracies

We associate a bureaucracy with words like stodgy, slow, formal, inefficient,  procedural, wasteful, and expensive. Where do we find bureaucracies?   Usually in large companies and organizations.  In government offices on a local, city, county, state and federal level.  There may be less obtrusive bureaucracies in smaller establishments. What do bureaucrats and bureaucracies do?   They have […]