In this essay, Beaver talks about the blurry line between education and indoctrination: Education is the cornerstone of any successful political upheaval. If a movement wishes for its ideas to actually change how society functions, it cannot merely limit itself to spreading its ideas amongst the adult population. Though it is how it will obtain … More Beaver Transcript – On Education
continued from part 1 Other than being designated as the bogey man creed, “Service to Self” does not get as much talk as “Service to Others”. Indeed, Service to Self is often just brushed upon quickly as The Thing To Not Do, and left along. In my view, there are times when a “Service to … More Service to Others Vs. Service to Self – A new age dichotomy – Part 2
If you have spent any reasonable amount of time reading on topics related to alternative spirituality online, it’s inevitable that you would come across the topics of “Service to Others” and “Service to Self” as creeds one would/should live by. Both creeds have fairly self-explanatory definitions, but the more interesting issue comes from the reasons … More Service to Others Vs. Service to Self – A new age dichotomy – Part 1
An amusing little comic I found off of 4chan on the nature of technology in this day and age:
The following is a short essay by Beaver on the subject of free speech. Free speech has turned into a very basic concept that people take for granted. It’s spoken of in the manner of a slogan, but rarely really investigated as to why it’s important or what consists of free speech. This essay provides … More Beaver transcript – On Free Speech
This is a very useful little document when you’re dealing with too much information from the media, like with the current events surrounding Syria. Before you go with the flow from whatever people are squawking about on social media, apply the questions on this list to the recent happenings first.
The below is some interesting insights from someone who had been in an abusive relationship with a narcissistic family member for years. I don’t know if I agree with every point raised, but it gives much to be mulled over: This reminds me of that thing people say about hate. Hate isn’t the opposite of … More The bonds that bind people, even in abusive relationships
Slightly longer essay from Beaver this week, but a pretty good one: This one is probably going to get the libertarians’ panties in a bunch, but bear with it. Before we broach this subject, we must define a few things. Namely what a nation is, what laws are and what a government is. Or rather, … More Beaver Transcript – On Nations
An amusing picture:
When the first emperor of China died, he named his first son, the crown prince Fusu as his successor. However the eunuch Zhao Gao (a palatial official and the tutor of the emperor’s second son), conspired along with the chancellor of the nation, Li Si and the emperor’s second son, Huhai. Their conspiracy was successful … More To call a deer a horse
Temple of Zagan 