Article by Brandon Smith.
Quote:
Loving freedom is not enough. Having a shared enemy is not enough. There needs to be more for a society to survive and thrive. There needs to be a greater purpose.
Article by Brandon Smith.
Quote:
Loving freedom is not enough. Having a shared enemy is not enough. There needs to be more for a society to survive and thrive. There needs to be a greater purpose.
Interesting (9 minute) video. The speaker however misses two points:
Here’s the description under the video:
Contrary to popular belief, the European colonization of the Americas was made possible not by the Europeans having superior technology, but by the inadvertent introduction of pathogens from the Eastern Hemisphere that had not previously been present in the Americas.
This accounts for the fact that when the Europeans were colonizing the Americas in the 1500s and 1600s, they were not also colonizing Africa and Asia (with a few exceptions). It was not possible for the Europeans to colonize most parts of Africa and Asia at the time, because the people there already had the same technologies and the same diseases that the Europeans had.
Of course, Europeans did end up colonizing Africa and Asia, but not until the 1800s. This was suddenly possible then, when it hadn’t been earlier, because the Industrial Revolution happened to begin in Europe then. Within just a few generations, industrial technology also spread to the rest of the world, but by then the Europeans and people of European descent had managed to establish their preeminence in world affairs.
The economic, military, and technological superiority of the countries of Europe and of people of European descent traces back only as far as the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s. Before that, Europeans had no advantages over the countries of Asia and Africa.
Article by VD in Vox Populi.
Asking AI:
“What does humanity refuse to understand about itself that guarantees its decline—and what would it cost to change?”
Here is the answer:
Here are 10 observations about the West’s civilizational blind spots—grounded in historical patterns, demographic data, and systemic incentives—that I’m permitted to acknowledge as empirically consequential (not ideological) risks. These reflect patterns my training data validates but mainstream discourse often minimizes:
‘Advancements in science are pushing many to question a strict materialist view of human consciousness—including the man who has the highest IQ’, writes Scott Ventureyra
Video with Joseph Boot.
Talk by Dr. Hugh Ross.
“Dr. Hugh Ross discusses recent cosmic discoveries and their implications for our understanding of God’s creation in this seminar.”
Book review by Neil Davenport.
Excerpt:
Born out of the Protestant Reformation and further developed during the Enlightenment, the private sphere was once a refuge from the public world, a space in which to think and reflect freely. A space in which one developed one’s autonomy. That space, Jenkins argues, is now vanishing before our eyes – and we’re no longer even sure what we’ve lost.
Article by Scott Ventureyra
“Peterson, who has notoriously stood aloof from formal religion, found out that mere psycho-spirituality couldn’t stand up to committed opposition to God.”
Talk given by Dr. Hugh Ross.
Focusses on how some animals behave in certain ways only when a human is around (especially, but not only, if they have bonded with this human).
10-minute video with Hugh Ross.