by Ross Bishop As a people, we tend to be self-focused. After all, life is a struggle where, if you are not careful, you can get trampled by the masses who are struggling for their own survival. But what is that all about? Is life really so desperate and fragile that we cannot help the stranger who hasRead more
by Ross Bishop There is a pattern in business organizations (corporations and corporate associations) that becomes noticeable as they increase to a certain size. Regardless of their founding intention, their instinct for self-preservation overwhelms any vestige of concern for interests outside the organization, and this intensifies as the organization grows. Whether it is the tobacco industry, big oil,Read more
by Ross Bishop Imagine every culture as composed of two spheres. In the West, there are the financial-capitalist sphere and the spiritual sphere. They aren’t distinct; they merge all over the place, but for the sake of our discussion, let’s treat them as separate. Each sphere has its core set of values. America has a vast capitalist sphereRead more
by Ross Bishop Every technological change has impacts. The invention of the telegraph, telephone, and internet radically changed how we communicate. Accessible electricity changed just about everything. The invention of highways, the car and the truck brought us closer together and, as it were, put teamsters and their horses out to pasture. The invention of the radio, jetRead more
by Ross Bishop If you look out at the horizon, you will see the storm clouds gathering for the end of the era of rational thought that has dominated Western society for the past 400 years. There’s nothing wrong with rationality; it’s just that its scope is too limited to meet the needs of a compassionate society. AlongRead more