Big Think

Liquid Bloo commented on What is power? on February 23, 2008, 9:11 PM

Clarity is power.Admittedly, the distinction between "power to ..." and "power over ..." is not always clear and distinct, which makes being clear about the extent of my power necessary for taking responsibility for the consequences of my choices and actions, and for gauging complicity in acts of wrongdoing committed by those who would not (or could not) be clear.

Liquid Bloo commented on Growing Up During Apartheid on February 23, 2008, 8:27 PM

Collective guilt is fundamentally wrong, making atonement unnecessary, especially for a child.

Liquid Bloo commented on What is faith? on February 23, 2008, 7:58 PM

If I offered a conceptual framework to provide social cohesion in a common cause, and used metaphor to make it attractive, would I have good reason to believe it?

Liquid Bloo commented on What Do You Believe? on February 23, 2008, 7:46 PM

I see it thus: faith-based reason produces dogma to ensure social cohesion in a common cause. For as long as evidence-based reason cannot provide an alternate means of social cohesion in a common cause, religion will continue, and continue to be divisive.

Liquid Bloo commented on Ceridwen Dovey Reads from "Blood Kin" on February 16, 2008, 5:14 AM

A lovely taste of power up close and personal, serving, for me, a sensuous complement to my current reading of The 48 Laws of Power. I look forward to reading the novel in its entirety after it comes out later this month.