I have been very concerned with the state of un-reason, unfairness and the lack of ethics (and their implications for humanity) on the part of most of the average persons I have encountered in my life (and in the world… in every country I have been to).
Consider this: “…Science is exploding all around us. There is a phase change going on in the scientific revolution….”
What the author goes on to say is, that academics, experts and scientists in different fields are collaborating, communicating and merging their ideas in ways that reflect their awareness that all their concerns are interconnected… and:
“Over the course of the next forty years, science is poised to create more knowledge than humans have created in all of recorded history. How that knowledge will impact life and whether our society and our form of government will be able to withstand the rush, depends upon how we answer political questions we are currently struggling with. There is, unfortunately no similar phase change going on in our politics, and therein lies the rub. Can we manage the new science revolution to our best advantage, or will we be its unwilling victim?”
Shawn Lawrence Otto from Fool Me Twice: Fighting The Assault on Science in America, Rodale books, 2011,
Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their government.
Painting: Rembrandt Peale
– Thomas Jefferson Primary Author of the Declaration of Independence (The document that inspired all the modern democracies in the world) and primary advocate for religious and individual human rights; governor, president, secretary of state and foreign ambassador; an architect, farmer, musician, polyglot, philosopher and unfortunately a slave owner and the president who initiated the removal of native peoples from the lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase–who condemned the international slave trade and signed the law prohibiting slave trade continuance into America in
Thank you for reading. I hope this finds you exceedingly well.
I was born in Brooklyn, in the middle of the NASA Gemini space Program era--which was on course for the Apollo program, aiming to land men on the moon. I watched Neil Armstrong make humanity's first step on the lunar surface. The space program left a lasting effect on me and inspired life-long interest and passion in me.
I was born a little more than 2 years after President John Kennedy was assassinated and a few years before Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. It was a time of tumult, but better manners, a gentler approach to one another (despite the prejudice being worked on by progressives-) little political correctness, no cancel culture and thicker skin & more opportunity for laughs, a time of fantastic television, austere and fact-based news delivered with brevity and sobriety and much superlatively stylish design. It was the beginning of Star Trek, Star Wars, and a few years on, personal computers, digital watches, hand-held electronic games and movies were still in theaters--not on our TVs--unless they were a little old. People paid more attention to books, from where trust is built with credibility we intrinsically see, competency earned and reflected and facts & expertise. One reason I am not apt to dabble in irrational conspiracy theories is I made many a trek to the local library, to read about stars, planets and astronauts, and to the local bookstore--no longer there--to find my favorite science fiction novels--to either read, or simply marvel at their covers, by Boris Valejo and Frank Frazetta--inspirations that would fuel my later entry into the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
I grew up in Long Island, worked and was educated there until I discovered New York City, then it was on to Boulder Colorado, The Mojave Desert, South Korea and now Japan. I have visited Mongolia, the Philippines, and England and hope to see the rest of the world--and maybe even beyond it.
I teach English as a Second Language, practice secular Buddhism and pay attention to philosophy, astronomy, spaceflight, aviation and human & species rights. I make art, poems and photography--and real friends, wherever I go--when I can.
Maybe our paths will cross; until then, enjoy my writing and pictures, and send me a note. Maybe we can have a cup of coffee someday, somewhere.
Thank you for reading.
I wish you love, peace, joy and enlightenment--sincerely--because you are sentient, and you suffer, too.
Carl Atteniese
Tokyo
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