Author Archives: dgermann

What are your worries for humanity? Are those short, medium, or long term? Is there a meta worry? How do we find the meta worry? :- Doug.

What quality of being human can be raised? :- Doug.

What questions should we be asking to get at conveyable values? :- Doug.

I am hopeful today: we humans love to stretch and be stretched; I think we will stay ahead of our creations by way of our imagination and our desire to stretch. :- Doug.

Some scientists take the brain for the mind. Others say this is mistaken: there is a body-mind. Others see mind even larger, in the conversations among people. Yet life may be fooling us all, seeking to make the cosmos into … Continue reading →

Should we give grandchildren far-sight? To ask is to answer. :- Doug.

We have experienced so many breaks with the past—the Renaissance with the dark ages, the industrial revolution from cottage crafts, quantum physics from Newtonian, Adam and Eve cast out of Eden, Jesus with past theologies—so many that humanity appears as … Continue reading →

We are the first generation of the long view. We are Robin Hood’s band—we have the long bow. We are tightening the string. Again, we are the first generation of the big mirror. We have a special opportunity. :- Doug.

What are the dig deep questions? :- Doug.

What do we expect of others and ourselves in a family setting? Business? School? Spiritual? Entertainment? Neighborhood? Government? Internet? Democracy? These are clues to our values which are candidates for transmitting to the generations. :- Doug.

Tell the story of a non famous person in your life who epitomizes a good aspect of humanity. :- Doug.

Write a letter to your 300-year grandchild elders with a vignette saying who you are this particular day you are writing it. :- Doug.