Showing posts with label the human condition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the human condition. Show all posts

Sunday, October 23, 2016

The ultimate ouput of the human civlisation

Human earthlings are peculiar creatures. They take this

this

and  this

And turn it into this

this and this.

Invariably into  this:

Sunday, October 9, 2016

Gender in politics: are female leaders patently beter than male ones?

Historically, most female leaders were veritable harpies, often outdoing their male colleagues  to  nastiness and cruelty: Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir, Christina Fernandez, Marine Le Pen, Yingluck Shinawatra, Condoleeza Rice, Madeleine Albright, etc. ad nauseam. The much-lauded Hillary's record too is that of a tough-balls hawk too. And don't even get me started on female role models in business. 

Gender is not a decisive factor when it comes to what  political decisions one will make. In fact, expecting "typical" feminine qualities, such as all-embracing peace-loving care, motherly loving, softness, etc., from female leaders is the worst kind of sexism. Assuming that female leaders would be somehow different from their male counterparts suggest that women intrinsically have a different "nature" than men. That kind of assumptions belong to the "Women are from Venus, men are from Mars" kind of tabloid literature. Gender in politics and generally in life is much more complex than simplistic dualisms. Gender equality is worth fighting for but let's see what kind of people we elect to govern us.

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Verbosity


Some earthlings don't know the difference between talking and not talking because they have never experienced the latter.

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Friday, April 24, 2015

Acknowledging suffering

Acknowledging the other fellow human being's suffering, past or present, is by far one of the most powerful things we can do. No analysing, explaining, or helping necessary.

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Reification

Collectively imagining things into existence is what earthlings mostly spend their lives doing.