Month: March 2016

I’m sure many of you have seen this debate many times … and to be honest, I’m bored of hearing it … SO in an effort to end the debate, I’m hoping this post will arm you with the definitive argument which ends all rebuke. Continue reading “Communism and Socialism versus Capitalism”

First of all, let me say at the outset:

All arguments claiming economic justification for the continuance of poverty and the economic stratification of social hierarchy, are completely baseless bullshit, this unworthy of response or debate … and I’ll respond to them the day they say something that isn’t complete bullshit & I can actually respond to it without feeling I’m debating a disingenuous or ideologically insane imbecile.

Continue reading “Minimum and maximum wages”

I see a lot of articles & memes online on this topic, so I just want to end the discussion (if possible) so that people can get on to talking about things that aren’t a superficial narcissistic waste of effort, focus, time & other resources.

First of all, let me distinguish between Sucess & “Success”: Continue reading “Success vs. “Success””

Do you remember the story you were told as a child called “the boy who cried wolf?” This may be peculiar to European culture, so for those unfamiliar with it, here’s the brief version: Continue reading “The planet that cried wolf”

Again this is an idea that came to me many years ago, and was inspired by the appalling way in which the major political parties take bribes from vested interests, for which they’re expected in return to modify government spending to suit the ideology of those interests. Continue reading “Proposed legislative and constitutional change: discretionary spending and tax”

The short answer to this is: “everyone, everything, no-one & nothing” … but let’s try for something a little less cryptic.

Open Empire is an ‘anarchic’ system, from the Greek origin:

anarkhos: an- (‘without’) +arkhos (‘chief’ or ‘ruler’).

So to the contrary of what many of us were led to believe throughout our lives, anarchy does NOT mean “chaos”, NOR does it mean “no rules” … it means (specifically) “no rulers”.

NOW you may wonder: “how can we have rules if there’s no hierarchical power to enforce those rules?” Continue reading “Who (or what) “rules” in an Open Empire?”

I keep hearing/reading/seeing people mistakenly believe that eco-friendly technology will solve all the problems of human civilisation … but here’s why that’s never going to be true, so long as money exists & runs the show: Continue reading “Eco-friendly tech won’t solve the problem”

I just watched this movie for the first time … and I just want to say one thing:

• While on the one hand yes it is inspiring & a great advertisement for why we spend money on space exploration …
• I want to know why we don’t treat the rescue of all people & species this way?

Think about it … it’s not the first movie with this message “leave no one behind” … but this message is a lie. Continue reading “Movie Review: The Martian (2015)”

Just for a bit of fun, I thought I’d post this … I’m quite seriously going to send it if I can find a job with an organisation that doesn’t immediately make me think “run away” … but I’m hoping all humour aside, it might shift some attitudes out there, particularly in the human resources and recruitment fields.

Enjoy.

To whom it may concern, Continue reading “The Perfect Cover Letter”