With all due respect to others’ self-respect, we care about our own respect, and not much else. Disrespect toward others can lead to conflicts, violence, political paralysis (look at the Israeli political system), and even wars. Offending someone’s respect renounces…
The solution to mass unemployment is in providing basic income to all people on condition that it is received for a certain contribution that each person makes to society. In other words, basic income, i.e., receiving a regular allowance, cannot…
Business Insider wrote that an Oxfam International report found that between March 18 and December 30, 2020, the wealth of the ten richest people in the world increased by $3.9 trillion. According to the report, this gain alone, which those…
The more the human ego grows, the more indifferent we become to each other. Contrary to popular belief, we are no more gentle and sensitive than our previous generations. In the past, people were more concerned about their families, their…
A few weeks ago, a startling headline on the Daily Mail announced, “The British schools selling out to Beijing: Not only are private institutions being bought by Chinese firms but some are giving communist-approved lessons that are a threat to…
According to various scientific studies, singing lowers blood pressure, cortisol levels, and stress, and increases the level of dopamine that creates feelings of pleasure and increases motivation. Singing helps sync ourselves with our feelings and hopes. Animals also sing, and…
Interdependence in nature exists on its still, vegetative and animate levels. No created being—including human beings—can exist on their own, separate from other beings. In nature, there is a constant exchange of substances with their environment. Even a rock feels…
Covid-19 has claimed nearly 350,000 lives in Brazil, vaccinations are infuriatingly sluggish, and thousands of casualties are added to the tally each day. In the meantime, European countries have access to vaccines, and their daily tallies are in the lower…
Nature gave us a sense of humor in order to transcend and criticize ourselves, and laugh at what nature does to us. A sense of humor lets us see ourselves from a higher degree, and thus can also help elevate…
Conquering yourself means aiming to organize your egoistic drives in order to reach life’s final destination—balance with nature—and not caving into the ego’s demands. By doing so, we enter into a constant struggle with the ego, which always draws us…
Every country in the world is grappling by itself with the woes of Covid-19. Germany is on its way to yet another lockdown; France is already under lockdown; India breaks records in new confirmed cases, and Brazil breaks records in…
The demand for equality only increases from generation to generation. Solving this social discomfort seems to be the recipe for preventing discrimination and injustices so recurrent in our times. So what needs to happen in order to live with each…