Some Thoughts On The Recovering Scapegoat Continued from Part I The List I Time is moving too fast  and life has never been lived so wastefully. Everyone thinks with a watch in their hand and no one thinks of tomorrow  - or even of today. Of course, there are probably any number of exceptions to that rule. In that case, certainly one of them would be the recovering scapegoat, for reasons we'll explore in Part II . The idea being that in this one exception lies our only real

Some Thoughts on The Recovering Scapegoat In the end, the most important things in life are food, clothing, shelter, and healing. Note to Reader : PRC Writings is a fluid journal and so is undergoing continuous editing and revision. Since, like all of my writings, this essay is an interim report, there will be no attempt to be exhaustive, or to anticipate counter-arguments. However, unlike most interim reports, I don't let what I publish stand as is. Hence, the editing and

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Introduction To restate somewhat differently what was said in the entry on Innovation , Cultural Convergence happens when different people from the same culture perceive the same problem and arrive at the same solution independently of each other . The Industrial Revolution was a time of seemingly endless innovation, and many of those innovations were commercially valuable. This explains the patent laws, which recognized two kinds of innovation and the problem of cultural co

In the Introduction to Relationships I asked four questions. Here’s the relevant excerpt. “For a long time now I’ve been struggling with...

Introduction For a very long time now there’s been a lot of talk about innovation. But there hasn’t been a lot of talk about innovation...

Introduction No! It’s not what you think. I’m not here to gossip or give advice about “relationships.” Sorry. But I am here to talk about relationships, though from a different perspective, one more in keeping with the stated aim of PRC - helping each other achieve the fullest and freest expression of our powers . So, let’s begin. For a long time now I’ve been struggling with the problem of the relation of our behaviors. How are our behaviors related to human behavior itsel

Introduction Writings is a journal of sorts - a very fluid journal - that is undergoing constant editing and revision. It doesn’t offer a formal argument or historical account. What’s offered here are questions and some common themes. The most important theme being Cultural Transcendence . Cultural Transcendence can best be seen as a method of problem-solving. In fact, in a way, it is arguably the highest level of problem-solving there is, and as such, one that offers the