Category Archives: News and politics
Part 2: What If Islam Really Did Take Over the World?
What would actually happen if Islam gained global dominance — would the world regress, or would reality look different from our fears? This follow-up explores data, context, and what it truly means to stay vigilant without losing compassion. Continue reading
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Tagged fear, Islam, Religion
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Part 1: Muslims Taking Over the World? Or Are We Letting Fear Take Over Us?
Is Islam really “taking over” the West — or are we letting fear cloud our vision of humanity? This piece looks at the tension between secular ideals, visible faith, and the politics of fear. A personal reflection on choosing understanding over division. Continue reading
Beliefs
People Believe What They Want to Believe—But Why the Particular Want? Belief is more than a simple opinion. It is a psychological armor that shields identity, values, and ego. The question isn’t only what people believe, but why certain ideas … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, Ego, identify, politics
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Opinions
The Illusion of Opinions: Why Our Beliefs Are More Mirage Than Reality We all know that one friend who’s got an opinion on everything. One of my friends can’t stand Trump but thinks Elon Musk is the messiah of innovation. … Continue reading
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Tagged beliefs, illusion, left, Musk, Opinions, politics, reality, Religion, right, sports, Trump, truth
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Radhika Pasi on 9/11
By Tarana B On September eleventh, two thousand and one, by 9:03 am, EST; a booming strike frightens Manhattan, New York, as The Twin Towers, which once stood tall as The World Trade Center, is struck by hijacked planes (Huiskes). … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, empathy, humanity, WTC
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Nexus
This thought experiment envisions a world where a super large language model (LLM), acting as a “master digital mind” or “digital twin,” absorbs all digital content from an organization—code, specs, emails, databases, etc.—to autonomously run it without human employees or … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Cosmos, Health and wellness, News and politics, Organizations
Tagged AI, Automation, consciousness, humanity, LLM
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Heaven is a place on earth
Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try… No hell below us, above us only sky. John Lennon, 1971 Physically speaking, earth is as heavenly a body as any other heavenly bodies in the universe. Most religious texts, however, … Continue reading
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Tagged Earth, Heaven, Hell, Religion
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Too much of anything
Humans were hunter-gatherers. Then we discovered farming and started settlements, along fertile river banks. We formed tribes. The most wise and respected person was appointed as the tribe chief. His (yes, his) job was to protect the tribe from harm. … Continue reading
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Tagged Billionaires, Capitalism, CEO, Kings, Middle Class, Socialism, Wealth Gap
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Ballots versus bullets
Some people love their guns for the purpose of hunting. It is a family tradition. They typically do not use or possess semi-automatic or automatic guns, and cannot cause mass human carnage. Personally, I do not have a problem with … Continue reading
Save Money. Live Better.
Stories like those of Walmart and Southwest Airlines never cease to amaze. What were smaller companies once, by focusing on execution, and culture, were able to overtake well-established and gigantic competitors of their times and transform themselves into undisputed market … Continue reading
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