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  • Mariner apologizes to readers, family and friends who have heard enough castigation by alter ego Amos against smartphones and associated displacement of human interaction. But he has been challenged (frequently) […]

    • You mentioned ‘cell phone’ and alluded to the phone as a tool for communication. I have no difficulty with that use and, in fact, own one. You must admit, however, that computers are taking over human interactions that are used by humans to define human reality. It is this invasion into specie behavior that is unstoppable and will send Homo into decline.
      Computer-driven chromosomes already have been successful in laboratories.

  • Especially the world’s governments but that’s another story.

    Even more important is that you, me and every individual around the globe must stop living by the daily ethics of life that may have been true forty […]

  • The advantage of living in Nosey Mole’s tunnels is that it is quiet. The environment is stable and unchanging. Just as once in a while Nosey pokes his head above ground to check on things, so to has mariner. But […]

    • This is a good overview of life as we have lived it. I would add a final sentence to read: “They cannot see the coming spring.” I have to believe there will be a coming spring. We are the compost on which new life will flourish!

  • Remember that soap opera? Well, the world is turning for sure. There are only two issues  in this post: The liberties of a plutocracy and the cash model of a dictatorship. First, liberties of a […]

  • Mariner and his wife have just returned from a ‘dash in, visit, dash out’ vacation plan. We don’t recommend it. The pleasures of visiting with family and friends is diminished while packing, unpacking, repacking […]

    • We are happy you made the trip. I’m sure it will make you appreciate your current surroundings even more. Your visits are time well spent and are always welcome.

  • No, I didn’t know about India. In Kyrgyzstan 3% still follow Zoroastrian beliefs.

  • Attracted to rediscovering ancient Kyrgyzstan religions by a friend mariner visited while vacationing, he discovered that Judaism and Christianity didn’t invent anything – they copied ritual and theology from […]

  • Without television news to occupy his time, mariner uses that time to explore other subjects like paleontology and ancient cultural histories, Then there is quantum mechanics. He was drawn to this subject because […]

  • skipper wrote a new post, It's our turn 7 months ago

    One of the subjects mariner has focused on during the TV news blackout is anthropology, especially the evolution of various species of humanoids and when the major integrations occurred. A clear example is the […]

  • Atlantic Magazine published an article about AI’s perspective on the shape and function of society: it will perform in the manner of a panopticon.

    The panopticon is a design of institutional building with […]

  • skipper commented on the post, Same-o, Same-o 7 months ago

    An interesting observation. perhaps most citizens own more than one suit, two ties and three bill caps.

  • Hello Readers –

    The reason all the honkies are getting behind Trump and his non-white deportation program (citizen or not)  and the idea of paying only honky women $5,000 to have a honky baby is because for […]

    • Ah, “narcissistic emperors”. I understand that’s what separates us from the early Romans–we’ve come a long way! I also get that you are saying we haven’t.

      Playfully, I’ve had some solace wondering what will happen when the MAGAites realize their Emperor has no clothes.

      • An interesting observation. perhaps most citizens own more than one suit, two ties and three bill caps.

  • Mariner has harangued his readers about the Armageddon consisting of excessive population, disappearing natural resources, global warming and uncontrolled AI. But Mother Earth has just started to get […]

  • It’s Easter! Now we can get back to our jelly beans, Hershey bars, donuts, ice cream and wine! Jesus thanks you for your effort and wonders why he ever decided to rise again.

    Don’t blame yourself for failing to […]

  • In recent studies a lot of core theories are being modified especially in cosmology where scientists ponder things like dark matter, whether the Universe will expand or contract at the end. Nuclear physics has had […]

  • That’s mariner’s affectionate name for YouTube. He has a masters in paleontology and two masters in gardening and property management. It is true as well that YouTube has an endless universe of entertainment and […]

  • In these days, attempting to live a stable life is like being an empty trashcan in a tornado. All the headlines focus on what “Wanna be a dictator” is doing to the fabric of government; there are large situations […]

  • Mariner is a decrepit old man. It seems the medical industry does not understand that a different set of ailments and treatments exist for the ancient class. He admits he has some ire about the situation so he let […]

  • Everyone, around the world in fact, is inundated with the Trump phenomenon. Everyone around the world is troubled that their economics are so vulnerable to disruption. This vulnerability has a broader, peripheral […]

  • skipper wrote a new post, Democracy 8 months ago

    Mariner called a meeting with the three alter-egos a few days ago. The topic was democracy, though not so much as it is weaponized today. The open question was what situation induces democracy, or inhibits […]

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