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The Need for Biologists in Public Policy; The Bourgeois Strategy

2020.01.22 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
A da Vinci-like drawing showing the spiral of a nautilus shell and its relation to the Golden Mean/Golden Spiral.

The input of biologists in public policy can help us understand the disruptions of human progress; one example is ‘the bourgeois strategy’.

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Posted in: Biology, Politics Tagged: Anger Mongering, Darwin Dada, Evolution, Partisan Politics

Starting Wars: Anger Manipulation

2020.01.07 by Bookscrounger 1 Comment
Starting Wars: Statue of Liberty with a Mushroom Cloud

Starting wars and anger manipulation benefit the powerful:  politically, economically, and ideologically.

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Posted in: Knowledge, Politics Tagged: Anger Mongering, Kings Conquerors Psychopaths, Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics, Trump

The Damning Trump Tweetstorm

2018.11.18 by Bookscrounger 1 Comment

Thursday witnessed a bizarre Trump tweetstorm: he declared the Mueller investigation was in chaos, when what we’re really seeing is Trump unhinged.

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Posted in: Politics Tagged: Anger Mongering, Trump

Intolerance vs Intolerance

2018.09.02 by Bookscrounger 1 Comment

I would enthusiastically support ‘Story Time by the LGBT+ Community.’ I do not support ‘Drag Queen Story Time.’ My concern is one of intolerance vs intolerance.

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Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: Anger Mongering, Hammer Thinking, Liberal and Conservative, Tolerance

Ridiculing Neo-Nazis

2017.08.28 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

Ridiculing neo-Nazis and other extremists is a powerful tool, but one that can also backfire badly. It is imperative that we offer carrots with the sticks.

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Posted in: Knowledge, Politics Tagged: Anger Mongering, Football Mentality, Hammer Thinking, Partisan Politics, Tolerance, Trump, Wisdom

Racism: Charlottesville

2017.08.17 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

Racism is as old as humanity. But the word, and the concept, are quite recent.

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Posted in: Politics Tagged: Anger Mongering, Tolerance, Wisdom

Temporary Insanity

2017.06.29 by Bookscrounger 2 Comments
Anger, rage, temporary insanity

Temporary insanity affects us all, at stages in our lives and at points in our day. It is an example of how we struggle against our genetic behaviors.

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Posted in: Biology, Education Tagged: Anger Mongering, Sociobiology, Wisdom

The Deadly Game of Hawk-Dove

2017.06.15 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

Consider hawk-dove: in the struggle between good and evil, who wins, warriors or peace makers? Neither does, because both do. In reality, there is no ideal.

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Posted in: Biology, Politics Tagged: Anger Mongering, Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics, Sociobiology, Wisdom

From Ailes to Trump

2016.07.25 by Bookscrounger 7 Comments

The problem with anger-mongering is that it doesn’t stop without catastrophe. Roger Ailes got the boilers going, but Donald Trump hijacked the train.

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Posted in: Politics Tagged: Anger Mongering, Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics, Tolerance, Wisdom

Drive-By Journalism

2016.05.09 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

Drive-by journalism undermines the essential role of a free press in the democracy. As media explodes, the news paradoxically becomes narrower and dumber.

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Posted in: Knowledge, Politics Tagged: Anger Mongering, Liberal and Conservative, Wisdom
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