PREFACE ON BELIEF AND CONSPIRACY: I BELIEVE that the floor and ground won’t suddenly become quicksand and that the water from my faucet won’t immediately kill me. However, I don’t automatically believe that anything I read or hear is an accurate reporting of an “objective” event. Indeed, NO TEXT CAN BE FULLY TRUE, as their…

INTERLUDE I was just sitting down at my computer, to update my schedule and glance at my emails – before getting to household chores – when I was driven to devote 30 minutes composing what is presented below (in black). There was only minor editing, as each sentence emerged – not having been in consciousness…

Jason (& Michel), I appreciate your referencing me in the email dialog between yourself and Michel (on 7/1/17). Yes, one of my themes is the inadequacy of the human brain (evolved for tribal situations) to cope with the Magnitude/Scope/Complexity of 21st Century reality. Another relevant theme is the enormous cognitive diversity in the contemporary human…