01/14/2018

Act so as to bring out the best in others, and thereby in yourself"

https://noves.org/
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01/15/2018


Winter Festival (Vienna VA & City of Fairfax Twin Urban Hub)

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NOVES Meetup Announcement

https://www.meetup.com/Northern-Virginia-Ethical-Society/
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01/16/2018

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. Camille Pissarro

01/17/2018


Act so as to bring out the best in others, and thereby in yourself"

https://noves.org/

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Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

Thomas A. Edison

walden3twinfx Wrote:
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The irony of that quote from the blatant hypocrite who launched vicious attacks against Nikola Tesla. Was Edison a liberal?

01/14/2018

Posted by: Nikola ()

Date: January 17, 2018 09:53AM

blatant hypocrite (Thomas Edison (1847-1931) ?)
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Conversation: "blaant hypocrite" is perhaps a little too strong language to describe Edison, from our 21st Century perspective.

Yes, history suggest he did treat Tesla ( 1856-1943) badley, as an employee, then later, as a "competitor" to Edison's DC current vs Tesla's alternative current.

No doubt, both were "genus" but tragic life of Tesla could have been much better if Edison had treated him better than he did, as history suggests.

Tesla also had personal "weaknesses" and "blind side" as did Edison.

Oh Well, that's history. And the world today, all of us, are beneficiaries both from DC current and AC current.


Café Twin
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I'm with Edison on this. We should beat the shit out of hateful, intolerant people.

01/19/2018


Posted by: Ethicist ()

Date: January 19, 2018 07:38AM


I'm with Edison on this. We should beat the shit out of hateful, intolerant people.

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Last night's "penny university" meetup discussion at Café Amouri at Vienna, VA
(located downtown Vienna, not far from the Vienna Rail Station Park), the topic of "physical violence" was discussed in the context of dream of a world wihout war. Related topic is "What is Utopia" . Well, definition that is commonly used is it is a "community that does not exist now but possible in future. For example, a community without physical violence, as an aspiration.

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Randy Best, the Leader of NOVES.ORG, and who coordinated this small group discussion of about 25 persons who showed for this topic:

Randy's presentation on Utopia is "scholarly" while my take on "Utopia" is "Deed before Creed".

I asked the question: What would it take to create a "successful" community say of a 1000 residents or so, as envisioned by B.F. Skinner in his classic book, "Walden Two", written addressed to the World War II Vets coming home from War in 1945.


Surely, B.F. Skinner's vision of a practical "Utopia" is worth revisiting now, going forward, 2018+, beyond philosophy and scholarly discourse ?

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Here is the background from my presentation on "Utopia" on Slideshare.

Utopia plus ethical culture 21st Century Plus Quality Life Styles

https://www.slideshare.net/icptwin45/utopia-plus-ethical-culture-21st-century-plus-quality-life-styles

01/22/2018


How can Fairfax County--dedicated to building urban hubs--come close to the ideals of a "Utopia".

Definition of an Utopia that is given in the NOVES Penny University small group discussion at Café Amouri (Vienna, VA) was that "it's a community that does not exist yet.

Question: Anyone can come up with some things realistically possible that would make Fairfax County, at least some of our neighborhoods come close
to definition of an "Utopia" ?




For Example, Is Tysons Corner, with Tysons Mall Hub, is a Model Community coming close to "Utopia" ?

Is there another urban hub neighborhood in Fairfax County (Multi-Income aspiration met) that can be considered coming close to "Utopia"?
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