Tag: Ethics
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On Subterfuge
Nations are loosely collected, if not rather diffuse, groupings of corporations that don’t necessarily have a common geopolitical objective. Corporations can be bought out quite easily in their interests, as can politicians, as can grassroots movements. The Chinese have grown quite adept at this practice—I know this, after all, I am a Canadian. Algorithms can…
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On Modern Budgets
Ive been doing a lot of math lately, studying what the budget of a middle class American was like at the height of the middle class [1972], and decided to figure out what a person could afford today if we wanted to maintain the same purchasing power, considering that they had 30% disposable income and…
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On Structural Absurdism
Musings on Philosophy The universe is both ordered and absurd. Such a universe cannot create a “should” or an “ought” on its own; it can only determine what “is.” To create an “ought” requires intent, which is only effective within one’s own mind. When acting upon itself, the will has the potential to exert control.…
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On Art and Corruption
This is a much older piece from when I lived in Nelson BC, musing on the nature of art and corporate corruption, trying to think of how artists and spiritualists could go about making true art and achieving moral insight without depending on the world of money and capitalism. I have since developed a much…
Jack's New Ethos 