"Death closes all but something ere the end, some work of noble note may yet be done, not unbecoming men that strove with gods." I can relate -- as I still look for my tribe. You are a candidate, David. Look at just one thing, but related to everything, as all things are: "This could be a game changer": https://substack.com/home/post/p-109109205..
I graduated summa cum laude adn was Phi Beta Kappa at NYU. Not my tribe.
Some jottings of mine:
Although we aren’t wild animals, when we misbehave we are put in cages. So it has been since humanity settled down after hunter gathering. We should rethink that now.
There is a fundamental distinction among criminals. The ones with wild animal vestiges do need to be kept from hurting others. But, white collar criminals, and people who commit crimes of passion, and others whose hurting days are over are something else, yet it's cages for them, too. We don't even think about it, and we should. Even just to be practical, given the expense to society for someone in prison, we could sentence harmless people to service to humanity, without allowing them financial gain. Get people to be productive instead of vegetative, where they are an asset to society and not a drain on it. Imprisoning harmless people is akin to torturing them and deserves rethinking.
Our violent proclivities are being served over our humanitarian ones, and a leap society needs to take, into becoming a cooperative world, could be inspired by a radical change in our criminal justice system.
"Death closes all but something ere the end, some work of noble note may yet be done, not unbecoming men that strove with gods." I can relate -- as I still look for my tribe. You are a candidate, David. Look at just one thing, but related to everything, as all things are: "This could be a game changer": https://substack.com/home/post/p-109109205..
I graduated summa cum laude adn was Phi Beta Kappa at NYU. Not my tribe.
Some jottings of mine:
Although we aren’t wild animals, when we misbehave we are put in cages. So it has been since humanity settled down after hunter gathering. We should rethink that now.
There is a fundamental distinction among criminals. The ones with wild animal vestiges do need to be kept from hurting others. But, white collar criminals, and people who commit crimes of passion, and others whose hurting days are over are something else, yet it's cages for them, too. We don't even think about it, and we should. Even just to be practical, given the expense to society for someone in prison, we could sentence harmless people to service to humanity, without allowing them financial gain. Get people to be productive instead of vegetative, where they are an asset to society and not a drain on it. Imprisoning harmless people is akin to torturing them and deserves rethinking.
Our violent proclivities are being served over our humanitarian ones, and a leap society needs to take, into becoming a cooperative world, could be inspired by a radical change in our criminal justice system.
Fabulous comment, @suzanne - thank you