Investing; astrology and narcissism; fear as self-defense; insurgency in America.

Controversies like the current one over the teaching of “critical race theory” have, of course, happened before.
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It’s the beginning the holiday season, which means I’ll get less done. I’m a little like Isaac Asimov, in the way that he famously preferred to stay at home (in his Manhattan highrise, with the curtains closed) to read and write books, and travel only by necessity. I like the curtains open! But I’ll still try to get things done, perhaps setting up some blog posts here, which I strive to do daily, in advance, to cover this coming weekend.
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Here are a couple social paradoxes for today.
Anti-Conspiracy Theorists aren’t always right either; headlines from The Guardian about White reasoning and how facts don’t change minds.

Conservative outrage about recognizing Asians; the Republican war on democracy; the faded dream of a global government to solve worldwide problems.

This is circulating again on Fb; it’s been around for years. This is America’s reputation in the world!

No post tonight; unanticipated domestic turbulence. Will fill in retroactively, if I can.
Update 20Nov21: No, let it stand.
Ls&Cs: How People View the World, and Their Conclusions
Once again, the issues here are not political, exactly; they are about the underlying issues of how different people view the world, and come to starkly different conclusions, which just happen to reveal themselves politically.
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