NO COOPERATION, NO DEMOCRACY, NO PEACE

[ANALYSIS, OPINION, NOTES & TUNES]   [Welcome to another edition of TNnT which is short for “Tick’s Notes & Tunes”, where we start with “Notes” of interest on various, usually important, topics which are followed by “Tunes” which is the transcript of a fictional short wave radio transmission from where and when we do not Read More …

Artificial Intelligence: SEO Effects

AI: SERIOUS SEO & OTHER EFFECTS [OPINION] ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have changed the landscape of just about everything. I just got done watching a very informative video** on a new way to approach search engine optimization (SEO) which, of course, plays a critical role in where your website appears when someone does an Read More …

POWER FOCUSED VOTERS v THE FACTS

Power Focused Voters v. the Facts [Opinion and Analysis] In the last few days a couple of very short but important articles have been published. Below is a direct quote from an article written by Sarah K. Burris of the Raw Story dated either December 31, 2023 or January 1, 2024.  What she says rings Read More …

BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THE WORLD

[Opinion, Analysis and Tunes]   Consider the following: The war in Ukraine, tensions over Taiwan, the advent of Artificial Intelligence, UAPs, nuclear proliferation, shifting political influences in the Middle East, ever-increasing military, economic and international Chinese influence, global warming, rising ocean levels, rampant pollution and more. *  The list goes on.  Every day we seemingly Read More …

TTnT’s VIEW: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

[ANALYSIS, OPINION and FUN]   [Unless otherwise noted, nothing on our site is or was written or knowingly influenced by any artificially intelligent software. It’s just we humans writing this stuff. Imagine, a few of us still do that!]   NOTES   Lest there be any doubt please know that we assume that most of Read More …

LIBERTY DIES:  POLITICIANS FIDDLE

[ANALYSIS AND OPINION] For the last eight months, we, (whom we shall sometimes also refer to simply as “SS”, which is a sister website of reasonandbalance.com),  have dealt with two global giants that control, by far, the lion’s share of all internet browsing.  Not only that but because they allow companies to advertise on their Read More …

LIFE’S PURPOSE: FAITH VERSUS REASON

What is the purpose of life? Where does religion fit into this determination? Where does logic and reason come into play? Do the answers to these questions dictate a certain form of government? Read More …

CHANGE, COMPLEXITY, OPEN-MINDEDNESS:  THE MODERATE

Attempting to come up with any set of universal and eternally valid rules is almost certainly futile. There are a multitude of reasons for this, but clearly one of the most important is that everything is changing.  In fact, technologically speaking change is occurring at ever increasingly changing rates. We simply do  not and cannot Read More …

SURVIVING WORLD CRISES, BEST PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH

The world is in crisis. Discusses the rationale for fact-based problem solving decision making and the need to subordinate the historical philosophies and ideological viewpoints of the past. Read More …

WHAT’S THE POINT?

most people (the listeners) will filter out or disregard facts that are unfavorable to their pre-conceived notions. And, surprisingly, this tendency may even be worse (not better) when the listener is more intelligent or more educated!
(They did a study.) Read More …