www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/opinion/extinction-technology-culture.html
Ross Douthat writes a very provocative opinion piece about technology lulling us into a virtual world while we are slowly eliminating ourselves from the real one.
Tag: Society
The video link below is a YouTube video featuring Professor Snyder analyzing our current situation and summarizing his book “On Tyranny”. We all need to support the US Constitution and rule by law.
Scientists are coming to believe that people in Europe had dark skins until less than 3,000 years ago according to this article from New Scientist. DNA suggests that all humans have common ancestry that began in Africa, but of course we continue to suffer with racism. Many believe racism is the reason for the current Trump presidency and the chaos that goes with it. The narratives that we believe can be incredibly destructive. Research, learn, and act to save our republic and human civilization. Climate change is real and is not waiting for us to pull our heads out of the sand.
I have watched the first episode of The Great Migration (PBS series) on YouTube and was amazed. The story of America cannot be told without understanding the story of Black people in this country. Watching this will make you a better person if you are open to it.
https://youtu.be/J8rtuX4M6OA?si=ABF_MPx1mhGK0n3U
The attached video from David Parkman features Tom Hartman explaining how we got an oligarchy. This is not the first time America has been under the threat of oligarchy.
The attached video is a very real analysis of today’s America.
https://youtu.be/SvhswXFZb-s?si=9aK282P8O-qhfQj3
If you like 80s R&B this is an amazing video.
The YouTube video “Why the US South is Insanely Poor” never mentions race, but details how and why it works in America. Too many people don’t try to understand what others have experienced, but we all need to learn more for our mutual benefit.
Albert Einstein was able to see the universe in ways that most of us could not comprehend. This quote from Mr. Einstein shows the range of his genius:
Here is a picture of the quote:
The Harlem Renaissance helped to define America and its culture. You can’t understand the country without knowledge of the Harlem Renaissance and its cultural influences. The attached article from the New York Times offers some insight into what happened to make the world a different place.
Ethereal Bulwark 