Human Solidarity
Can the human community imagine and create a more constructive sense of solidarity when no obvious common enemy presents an imminent existential threat to civilization’s survival?
Can the human community imagine and create a more constructive sense of solidarity when no obvious common enemy presents an imminent existential threat to civilization’s survival?
Celebrate Our Differences Diversity is one of the most powerful forces driving the success of the Human Constituency. Diversity is part of our species healthy core. Diversity has been on the rise throughout human history. We’re learning to celebrate our differences. Geographical barriers and racism once served to preserve human diversity. The xenophobia is deadly. …
Vote-On Vote-On “Until the late nineteenth century the question of woman’s ability to profit from or even survive higher education was controversial. Vassar College opened in 1865 was often described by its first president as an experiment.… as late as 1871 an MD at Harvard Medical School published a book on the dangers of higher…
Human bamboozling, one of our natural limitations, resembles what causes so many people to condemn bamboo. How many gardens has humanity invaded? How many life forms has Homo sapiens driven towards extinction? Who’s next? Where next? Is any garden on earth safe from our human propensity to invade? Most important, is there any possibility that humanity is about to do a better job of self-control?
Welcome to the global debate about gun and nuclear weapons ownership. You already know both sides of the argument. Weapons are proliferating. More powerful weapons are manufactured in smaller sizes. Weapons power proliferation (WPP) is deadly force humanity is learning more about. The first recorded use of nuclear weapons was in the 20th century. At least…
ER writes: “why is it taking so long for men to become “real” people? or for that matter, for people to become “real” people? Allen responds: Who are the “real people”? I have choir rehearsal later this afternoon. One of the songs we’ll be performing on May 8 is Eleanor Rigby a part of a Beetles…
Industrialists, politicians and propagandists in their employ dismiss reports of destructive climate change caused by human activity as mere speculation. If you can’t conclusively prove your claims, they say, your theories are worthless and should be ignored. In order to protect their own commercial and political advantages, they reject suggestions that civilization may be severely…