Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric." – Bertrand Russell

//////////devi prakop


////////ALEXANDER- SELUCAS- CHANAKYA


////////////////AT AGE 30, HUMAN PERSONALITY MORE OR LESS FIXED


//////////////PSILOCYBIN- MUSHROOM- OPENNESS


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We think we want a lot of choices, but really we want freedom. There's a difference, and the overwhelming number of choices in our lives these days leads to confusion, paralysis, and unhappiness.

~ Leo Babauta



////////////////DECLINING HUMAN VIOLENCE- S PINKER


/////////////ONLY ABT 5K YRS HUMANS HAVE A SEMBLANCE OF CENTRAL GOVT

/////////PALEOLITHIC CSI


/////////////ABOLITION OF JUDICIAL TORTURE

////////////ABOLITION OF DTH PENALTY FRM MOST EU


///////////ABOLITN OF SLVRY- LAST CNTRIES- S ARBIA 1962, MRTINIA 1980


///////////18TH CENTURY- MOST MEN IN ENGLND WERE LITERATE


/////////////LITERACY>>>COSMOPOLITANISM>>>EMPATHY>>>REDUCED TOLERANCE OF VIOLENCE


////////////POST WW2- LONG PEACE


/////////////ZERO WARS NOW BETN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES


////////////WARS NOW ONLY IN 3RD WORLD


/////////////CIBLICAL OLD TSTMNT FREQUENT GENOCIDES


//////////////DEMOCRACIES HAVE INCR IN NO AFTER END OF COLD WAR


/////////////////RIGHTS REVOLNS- AGAINST RACISM, SEXISM, ETC


/////////////GENTLE COMMERCE, BOTH SIDES WIN


///////////PLUNDER IS A ALL OR NONE GAME


//////////////TRADING COUNTRIES UNLIKELY TO FIGHT WARS


////////////BUT OUKE GANATIC, CLIMATE WARS OVER LAND/WATER ARE DANGERS



//////////////HOBBES- LEVIATHAN THEORY- the war of all against all") – could only be averted by strong central government.


///////////////HAHO JUMP


/////////////TRAVOLTA- AGING GRACEFULLY



///////////////ANATOMY OF GENOCIDE- DEHUMANISE AND DEMONISE


////////////NUKE BMB SHLD BE GVN NBL PEACE PRZ


//////////////CRUELTY AND INDIFF TO ANIMALS LONG IN HUMAN Hx


////////////NON- STATE VIOLNCE


////////////////FRANCIS FUKUYAMA, END OF HX


////////////Hx AS EVO PROCESS


/////////////MAN IS JUST NOT AN ECONOMIC ANIMAL


////////////////ALL WAR AT BEST A NECESSARY EVIL


///////////////TECH RESTS ON LON



//////////////////DICTATORSHIP CANNOT BRING IN EGALITARIANISM


///////////THYMOS= GREATNESS OF SOUL


///////////////REBELLIOUSNESS OF SLANG- FRY


////////////////I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it."
– Pablo Picasso


//////////////Be nice to people on the way up, because you'll need them on your way down.

~ Wilson Mizner


////////////////BRAVE, BOLD, TALENTED- JOBS


/////////////BUDDHISM- WISDOM, COMPASSION


/////////////Better Problem-Solving In Groups- WD HANDOVERS


///////////////HAPPINESS- REMEMBERING SELF RS, EXPERIENCING SELF ES


///////////////GETTING OFF THE HEDONIC TREADMILL



/////////////////RED QUEEN HYPOTHESIS- LIFE-DINNER PRINCIPLE


///////////////3.5 MYA- WEAKER JAW, BIGGER BRAIN GENOMIC MUTATION- HOMINID BRAIN EXPAMNSION


/////////////CULTURAL AND GENETIC EVOLN FEED EACH OTHER CAUSING- RUNAWAY EVOLN



///////////////GUTH INFLATION AND HOMINID BRAIN INFLATION...SIMILAR?


//////////////BIRDS DO NOT HAVE MAMMALIAN NEOCORTEX


////////////////DTHING.....GO GENTLY INTO THE NIGHT



//////////////ROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

SUEZ TO ADEN 1310 MILES

HONG KONG BR 1842-1997

PHILEAS FOGG

//////////////S AF MOST UNEQUAL SOCIETY



//////////////DALE CARNEGIE- HOW TO WIN FRIENDS 1936


//////////////LONDON 8 MN PPL



/////////////////YOGASMS



/////////////////THE OLDER U GET THE LES MEMORY U HAVE



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