Exposing the Mechanisms Used to Manipulate Your Thoughts, Actions and Beliefs.

  "The future of money is digital currency." Bill Gates  For my class project I was assigned to write an essay on personal economics. I decided to interview my mom on how things have changed since the 2020s, when she was a child, and today. So what I thought I would focus on was how the move to total digital currencies changed society forever. So where do I begin? I could point to how shopping is so much more convenient, and personalized. My mom said in her day you had to carry money or a plastic card to make a purchase. Now that is all handled with the digital wallet, or micro-chip, inserted into my hand.  Everything is connected to the bank and I get a notice when my funds are getting low. As I noted, even shopping is personalized. All people have had their DNA filed and analyzed for instance. According to my DNA I stand a 60% chance of developing type-2 diabetes in my life. So once I go over a prescribed threshold for sweets or carbohydrates, I am not authorized to bu...

  "To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots." Alexander Solzhenitsyn "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you." Exodus 20:12 I recently posted about the issue of obesity acceptance (body positivity) and a Democrat in my friends network attempted to take me to task. Ironically, the position she took inspired this article, and while it may not be obviously apparent, it ties together the quote from Alexamder Solzhenitsyn and well as the promise in the 10 Commandments above. The person taking the obesity-positive position took the premise that it was nobody's right but the state to question health choices within society.  If a person chooses to be obese, it not only is their right, but they have the right to not be questioned. Nobody has a right to try to inform them of the costs/benefits of weight on health and, in fact, society has the obligation to make public, and private, acco...

“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.” Unknown author A scene all too familiar to fans of science fiction movies is a mad scientist working on a project that society would see as unethical. He or she usually is successful, only to unleash a series of events that the symbolic hero of the film must counter or destroy.  The lesson conveyed to an audience? Well, fear of taking curiosity and exploration too far. There are many ethical questions we are going to face in the near future in regards to the science of genetic engineering.  As we advance in our knowledge of how DNA operates, what genetic combinations give us specific personality traits, intelligence, aptitudes and physical abilities we will also be able to manipulate those blueprints.  It is safe to say that we are nearing the end of regular man-meets-woman, they form a relationship, have sex and create a child based on a random pairing of a particular eg...