“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.”
~ Lewis Carroll
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Posted: August 5th, 2010 under Philosophy, Writings by Azarius.
Tags: Knowledge, Lighthouse, Personal Reality, Reality, Relativity, Tale, Truth, Universe
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For quite a while now, I have been thinking about what could constitute a realistic transitory system to reach anarcho-communism, while avoiding the need for the dictatorship/bloody revolution heralded by Marx as the easiest way to implement communism. Recent debates allowed me to develop what I believe to be such a system.
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Posted: June 29th, 2010 under Politics by Azarius.
Tags: Anarcho-communism, Consensus, Cooperatives, Left, Political system
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The concept of transcending time is not new. Immortality has been a recurrent dream of mankind since the dawn of times. Faced with recent developments in science and technology, one can but wonder if the idea of we humans vanquishing death in a way or another is truly the childish utopia its detractors have claimed it to be…
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Posted: May 31st, 2010 under Philosophy by Azarius.
Tags: Immortality, Time, Transhumanism, Utopia
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The phone and television have become part of cultures worldwide to the point where we barely notice them. The synergy between people and these media is such that when someone states that he/she is using either of them, nobody will take notice of it as being anything out of the most ordinary everyday life.
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Posted: May 13th, 2010 under Philosophy, Writings by Azarius.
Tags: Communication, Culture, Innovation, Internet, Media, Technology
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There comes a time when even the most lethargic person desires meaningful change. This is a guide for such people.
The first tip goes without saying. The camera is more deadly than the gun or blade. If your ideas are anything near desirable, violence will only taint your intentions. As such, violence is only appropriate if all tools that allow you to push for your case (that is to say, peaceful protest) is treated with violence, and even then, modern figures such as Ghandi have shown a better way.
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Posted: May 3rd, 2010 under Politics by Aknorals.
Tags: Anarcho-communism, Capitalism, Corporations, Revolutionary, Tips
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I was recently confronted to some of the anti-abortion crew. Nothing surprising there. What was rather unusual was that this opinion was not based on religion, but solely on the vitalist position, namely the idea that life begins with the very first single cell and should be considered sacred from that instant. Now, most will agree that human life should be protected; conflict arises in the way we are to define “human life”.
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Posted: April 17th, 2010 under Philosophy by Azarius.
Tags: Abortion, Developmentalism, Ethics, Rant, Religion, Vitalism
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While discussing on the Internet, I am often required to explain just what is this “anarcho-communism” I speak of. And furthermore, why would anyone think that society should work towards it rather than try to fix the political systems in place? This article will be a quick attempt at answering these questions as to avoid the need for redundant explanations in the future.
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Posted: April 14th, 2010 under Philosophy, Politics by Azarius.
Tags: Anarchism, Anarcho-communism, Authoritarianism, Communism, Libertarianism, People, Private Property, State
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Thanks to toruvinn, the web-based version of my Political Orientation Test is now on-line. Is is still however in a pre-release state and a few problems were reported by early testers. Using Firefox, Chrome or Opera is recommended to pass the test at the moment.
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Posted: April 6th, 2010 under Meta by Azarius.
Tags: Abstract Art, Art, Favicon, Political Orientation Test, Politics
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5 July 1996: Dolly, a sheep cloned from an adult somatic cell unknowingly kicks open the doors to the realm of legal chaos.
When Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell and their colleagues at the Roslin Institute in Scotland proved that a single cell was capable of reproduce a whole body, they were probably too caught up in the excitement to realize what kind of possible legal mess they were giving birth to. This article does not take sides in the issue of cloning, but it merely aims to point out the inadequacy of the current (where any) laws on the subject.
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Posted: March 29th, 2010 under Philosophy by Ikigami.
Tags: Cloning, Law, Mind-fuck, Philosophy, Thoughts
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An insight on the current educational system or why and how it should be radically changed.
Education as it is known in developed countries has been the object of much debate and subsequent changes throughout recent years. Yet, we, the authors of this article, are convinced that it is not close to being a step towards any social improvements. Furthermore, changes to the way education is handled are in our opinion the vector of social change that requires the least resources as its influence on society is very direct.
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Posted: March 28th, 2010 under Philosophy, Politics by Azarius and Ikigami.
Tags: Education, Law, Politics, School, Society
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