PinnedBenigo MontoyainThought ThinkersTeach Your Students Communism Works With This Super-Fun Activity!You will need: wrapped sweets, an open space, a taped-off area in the corner for the gulag.Sep 10Sep 10
Benigo MontoyaIf I say I believe in liberal values, I'm a liberal.By your definitions it can't be a fair fight. If you use the word conservative, you should use the word progressive. Then you can say that…Sep 271Sep 271
Benigo MontoyaAnd this is why I always say that, if aided by a time machine, we could swap Donald Trump for…We might need to distinguish between political leaders and leaders in a given field, like Einstein. The latter stand on the shoulders of…Aug 17Aug 17
Benigo MontoyaWhy do societies fail or decline?What inspires cohesion and trust? Need, but not only. Also religion or common ethos, and vision. Christianity excelled at this, it broke…Jun 9Jun 9
Benigo MontoyaMost of what I've learnt on this topic comes from Arthur Koestler's Janus Revisited (highly…Koestler also points out that natural selection is a tautology: that which reproduces is fittest, that which is fittest is that which…May 29May 29
Benigo MontoyaFrom the river to the sea! In-ter-sec-tion-al-it-y!A protest against everything is a protest about nothing.May 5May 5
