Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Shop-A-Spouse

    Love marriage vs. Arranged marriage. My friends daughter has completed graduation, and on the last lap of her postgraduate. The traditional question of find a match for her come up. “Let her take her own risk” was my friends attitude, but the girl said “Ma and Pa please find someone for me.” After that despite…

  • mapped.

    Nicholas Crane, in (Mercator: The mapped the planet) makes an interesting observation, “Maps codify the miracle of existence” Maps are the most condensed humanized spaces of all… they mame the landscape fit indoors ,makes us masters of sights we see and spaces we can’t cover says Robert Harbison in Eccentric spaces how true. H.Stanley Judd…

  • checklist for spouse hunting.

    Love marriage or arranged that’s the debate. This entire discussion is based on the presumptionn that “Love marriage”is a situation where the male and female participants have chosen to get married to each other with or without parental consent. The couples are familiar with each other and probably share a common platform somewhere. While arranged…

  • School … and peace prevails.

    I am looking at all those back to school articles. Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation.  If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.  ~Erma Bombeck ask my kids they’ll vouch for its verity. A friend of mine was envying  …

  • Negative Taxation

    The CII is having a meet on negative taxation. I am invited simply because I am on their mailing list. I was perplexed with what was negative taxation, particularly since the suggested audience bank had people in the healthcare industry. NIT or the negative income tax is a proposal to establish a basic level of…

  • Fear No More

    What fear Have I overcome asks Plinky, I must say a word of fear. Its life’s only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no low or convention, and shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot which it…

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