One of the greatest challenges of our age is the gulf between “left” and “right”; however one defines those terms. It’s worth noting that many American conservatives regard today’s Republican party not as conservative but…
So-called “high-functioning” psychopaths are, perhaps, the most destructive people on Earth. Lacking in empathy, they learn to mimic human caring and empathy very well, while using others as normal people use objects. Generally speaking, the…
None yet exist, at least as we define it. My allies and I regard our model as the best example, because of the following attributes: 1) Non-utopian. We are well aware of our own limitations.…
As I’ve written elsewhere, my life has been inspired and guided by a vivid and detailed dream I had at age 14, over half a century ago. While many people have such dreams, this was…
The most substantive criticism of a Celebration Society is that such societies will take too long compared to how fast accelerating automation will eliminate jobs. It has long troubled me. If major think tanks like…
In their recent book Warnings, former US national security advisors Richard Clarke and R.P. Reddy take an evidence-based approach to identifying persons they call Cassandras. Cassandras are credible forecasters, with solid track records in their…
A recent misstatement of this book’s title in a public forum got me thinking. Could there be such a thing as a “celebration economy”? In a sense, it already exists. Tourism is the 6th largest…
A Celebration Society has always been about encouraging discussion. I don’t want to limit this to my point of view, and so we are now opening the blog for others to contribute. Good topics might…
Researchers have recently figured out how to impart hive learning capabilities to robots. It’s particularly applicable to the kinds of complex tasks that require observation, trial, error, learning and further trials. This will enable them…
Shock therapy is a concept proposed by some economists before the Soviet union collapsed. Essentially, it’s the idea that a command and control economy should be immediately dismantled, to be replaced by market mechanisms. Adam…