“Good” and “Bad”

My experiment “driving as prayer” also led me to some interesting thoughts about “good” and “bad.” As I was driving-as-prayer, I questioned whether driving should even be a prayer at all, because I don’t necessarily view it as a positive action. I make judgement calls about driving – especially regarding the environmental degradation, and the … Continue reading →

Driving as Prayer

Today I tried an experiment: I treated the drive home from school as a prayer. What does that mean, exactly? Well, I guess I mean that I tried to treat the drive that I was making as if it was a mission from God. God told me that I was to drive home, but along … Continue reading →

Grow the US economy? What do the people think?

An approach to cross-country uneven development implies that “the West” has such well-developed economies because of competition: European nation-states were constantly fighting and had limited manpower (and land, I would venture), which lead to the Military Revolution and technological innovation (1). It’s hardly arguable that technological innovation leads to economic growth. On the other end … Continue reading →

Contradictions forming balance

In psychology, there is this concept called “cognitive dissonance.” I think the phrase has become pretty pop-culture and most people have heard it (heck, even I have – and I don’t even know much about psychology). It’s more or less when you believe in two contradicting things – for example when you believe that all … Continue reading →

Talkin’ about Globalization

So yes, I’ve been off of the blog for awhile. I got busy with school, and in a sense burned out with respect to thinking about things. Oh yeah – I got into a PhD program for Economics, which is preeeetty exciting. It’s also crazy time-consuming and brain-busting. Anyway, reading this op-ed by Friedman today … Continue reading →