The Teaspoon Brigade
Towards the Better Future
Collections of words as the world unfurls
Reflections on History, Culture, and Spirituality
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Certainty and Doubt
Doubt isn’t something to be scared of; if anything, it’s the excess of certainty that leads us to dark places.
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The Death Machine, Notes and Comments
Some additional thoughts on War, and how we calculate and understand something like ‘deadliness.’
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The Death Machine
Modern War is not more humane or moderated than the conflict of the past. In fact, we’ve more or less perfected the Death Machine.
In the ending is also the beginning
Just because you only have a teaspoon, it doesn’t mean you can’t fill a bucket with sand; it just means we should start now.
History & Politics
There is no Future without the past; narratives of what has come before.
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Religion & Spirituality
We all worship something; choose, or your God will be appointed for you.
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Art & Culture
Who does art belong to? Developing robust palate for progressive culture.
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Where are we Going?
I had a friend who used to say goodbye by wishing you live in interesting times. He no longer does this. The world is both changing at a rapid pace, as electronics and the internet come take up more and more space in our lives, and is seemingly coming apart, leaving us all feeling distressed and exhausted.
So what will come next? Those of us who want justice, who are tired of empire and war and violence, find it easy to give in to despair. But in the ending of one moment, one time, comes the moment another can come. In this place, if we can listen to each other and learn, we might begin to make something new.
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