Historical Context v Historicism
To understand our past, historical context is a critical starting point. But to design the future, it cannot also be the endpoint.
Winning & the Entitlement Mentality
Too many people, particularly fans, have an ‘entitlement mentality’: they expect to win simply because they expect to win.
Language as Phenotype: Speculative Etymology
A bit of speculative etymology demonstrating language as phenotype. It all starts at birth. Literally…
Gender Equity & Pointless Ambition
Too often, gender equity pursues a masculine success of domination and pointless ambition, ironically making ‘equal rights’ offensively anti-egalitarian.
The Majority Illusion
The concept of majority rule is essential for democracy. The problem is, what we think is a majority is really a majority illusion.
Are Colleges Too Liberal?
Some years back, conservative columnist George F. Will argued that colleges are too liberal.
If liberalism means the freedom to consider new ideas, what else would we expect?
Sabotaging Children: Living on the Edge
In the past when we were living on the edge, sabotaging children was the only prudent course of action.
Society vs Humanity
Society vs humanity: in contrast to the community, the society is self-serving and exclusive, and therefore anti-humane.
Wasp Evolution & Animal Urbanization
The evidence of wasp evolution around my home is an example of animal urbanization, i.e., how living things adapt to encroaching humanity.
Kooks or Canaries? On Professional Arrogance
Professional arrogance is dangerous: We ignore the knowledge and wisdom of common people at our own risk.
The Black Death, Perfume, and Tobacco Addiction
Could tobacco addiction and the perfume industry be a legacy from the Black Death of the 14th century?
Intellectual Abuse in Our Schools
Physical, emotional, sexual abuse; what about intellectual abuse? Modern education begins in the medieval, when there was no respect for freedom of thought.
Narcissism in Animals
The narcissism in animals can help us understand the narcissism in people, and our tensions between competition and cooperation, evil and good.
Independent Press Association Gives KCP 14th Award
The Independent Press Award gives Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths its 14th Prize.
Eric Hoffer Award Honors Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths
The Eric Hoffer Award announced last week that Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths has been named 1st Runner-Up for Legacy Nonfiction. This is the third Eric Hoffer award, as the book was previously named to the Short List for the Grand Prize, and as a Finalist for the Montaigne Medal. The book also currently enjoys a 4.9 … [Read more…]
Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths Short-Listed for Montaigne Medal
The Eric Hoffer Book Awards has named Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths as a Finalist for the Montaigne Medal. This recognition is the third award for the book.
Allopatric Speciation, Alloneossic Taxonation
Allopatric speciation & sympatric speciation examine mating barriers and geographic location; alloneossic taxonation adds in adaptation and niche shift.
The Limits of Evolutionary Pressure
Industrial melanism illustrates evolutionary pressure/selection pressure. But in punctuated equilibria and large evolution, selection pressure won’t work.
Microevolution, Macroevolution, Small Evolution, Large Evolution
Punctuated equilibria makes a case for shifting from microevolution & macroevolution, to ‘small evolution’ & ‘large evolution.’