Showing posts with label alien cultures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alien cultures. Show all posts
Thursday, May 07, 2020

Urban Flight, Epidemics, and Demographic Change

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In recent weeks, many people who can afford to do so have fled the congestion of cities for suburban, rural, or resort areas. Some such priz...
Thursday, August 08, 2019

An Ethical Duty of Civility?

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The National Conference of State Legislatures publishes a magazine called (appropriately) the STATE LEGISLATURE MAGAZINE. Their July/August ...
Thursday, February 28, 2019

When It Will Change

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In the March-April 2019 issue of FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, an article by Jerry Oltion discusses what effect the confirmed discovery of ex...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

Varieties of Freedom

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Are you watching THE HANDMAID'S TALE? It's interesting to hear "Aunt Lydia"—who seems to sincerely believe that the theocr...
Thursday, May 25, 2017

About Lying

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The cover story of the June 2017 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC explores "Why We Lie." A pie chart of motives for lying or deception includes...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Alien Holidays

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Cultures in the non-tropical regions of our planet typically celebrate seasonal holidays such as lights, fire, evergreens, and feasting at t...
Thursday, August 18, 2016

Mother Nature

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That's the title of a 1999 book by anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy. (No, that's not a typo.) The phrase has at least a double mean...
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Thursday, October 29, 2015

Interrogating Cultural Taboos

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Recently I read a news item about a crusade to ban slaughtering horses in the United States for human consumption. My first reaction was, ...
Monday, October 20, 2008

The Future is Now

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Rowena’s post about chastity, abstinence and time periods brought up an interesting issue that I’ve dealt with since I’ve been writing SFR p...
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