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Three steps toward economic justice

Toward a Unified Theory of Human Economics

Forebrain #1
September 4, 2022

Calling All Economists: a union of concerned social scientists is not enough anymore; time to form a New Economic Justice League. Tryouts start today. By Robert Simmons We all know the story. The Earth and its people are under siege; a dark parasitic force has taken over the planet. It has attached itself to every…

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Toward a Unified Theory of Justice in America

Forebrain #1
July 17, 2022

This article is part of a series of social science inquiries attempting to prove that socio-economic operating systems would provide more Certainty, Fairness, Inclusivity, and Sustainability if they were designed to empower people rather than control them. By Robert Simmons Preamble “If you don’t look at it, you can’t change it. You’ve got to look…

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Theory Of Everything: What Science Can Teach Government

Forebrain #1
January 1, 2022

How does science reconcile two irreconcilable viewpoints? Create a Third Option. The Theory of Everything successfully merges both views into a single equation. By Robert Simmons For the first time in the history of physics we…have a framework with the capacity to explain every fundamental feature upon which the universe is constructed. For this reason,…

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Fame: The Quintessential Pathology of Our Current American Dream

Forebrain #1
January 1, 2022

The Fire This Time: Self-worship, cannibalism and ritualistic human sacrifice in the Age of Consumerism. By Robert Simmons Fame cannot accomplish what is asked of it…Every new famous person who disintegrates, breaks down in public or loses their mind is judged in isolation, rather than being interpreted as a victim of an inevitable pattern within…

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Universal Healthcare

It’s Time to Replace American Healthcare

Forebrain #1
January 1, 2022

This is not an article detailing any of the one thousand failings of the Private Healthcare system. This is an article detailing what we are going to do about it. By Robert Simmons Tables Of Contents Explanation of Benefits: Why Government Needs to Take Control of HealthcareMore About The Third Option PlanI. Entering the New Universal System:…

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The Fourth Level of Mastery

Forebrain #1
January 1, 2022

Our Ignorance is not who we are; it’s what keeps us from being who we are. The battle for the planet of the apes has begun. Arm yourself. By Robert Simmons Table of Contents Know thy EnemyThe Four (Known) Levels of MasteryLEVEL I: AssimilationLEVEL II. AppropriationLEVEL III: EducationRepeat after Me: Do Not Repeat After MeLEVEL…

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Theory Of Everything: What Science Can Teach Government

Forebrain #1
January 1, 2022

How does science reconcile two irreconcilable viewpoints? Create a Third Option. The Theory of Everything successfully merges both views into a single equation. By Robert Simmons For the first time in the history of physics we…have a framework with the capacity to explain every fundamental feature upon which the universe is constructed. For this reason,…

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The Fourth Level of Mastery

Forebrain #1
January 1, 2022

Our Ignorance is not who we are; it’s what keeps us from being who we are. The battle for the planet of the apes has begun. Arm yourself. By Robert Simmons Table of Contents Know thy EnemyThe Four (Known) Levels of MasteryLEVEL I: AssimilationLEVEL II. AppropriationLEVEL III: EducationRepeat after Me: Do Not Repeat After MeLEVEL…

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An Educational Paradigm for the Second Age of Enlightenment

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January 1, 2022

Everybody has a cure for Public Education; it’s difficult to know who is right. What if we changed our Educational Paradigm instead, so we could all be right?  By Robert Simmons You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, create a new model that makes the old model obsolete.Richard Buckminster Fuller…

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De-escalation Nation

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February 11, 2021

Six steps towards mending the divide between us. Election 2020: The big game is over, but the tug of war continues.  Six things you can do to help ease the tension, once the hangover wears off… By Robert Simmons It was a helluva battle… Everybody fought hard… It could have gone either way, really… We’ll…

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Redefining Power

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January 3, 2021

How is Power best defined? For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction; real Power is internally generated; Control is applied externally. By Robert Simmons The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.Bertrand Russell, Power: A New Social Analysis (1938)…

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The Fourth Level of Mastery

Forebrain #1
January 1, 2022

Our Ignorance is not who we are; it’s what keeps us from being who we are. The battle for the planet of the apes has begun. Arm yourself. By Robert Simmons Table of Contents Know thy EnemyThe Four (Known) Levels of MasteryLEVEL I: AssimilationLEVEL II. AppropriationLEVEL III: EducationRepeat after Me: Do Not Repeat After MeLEVEL…

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SPORTS LESSON #1: You Suck Less When You Think More (Eventually)

Forebrain #1
December 27, 2020

We are not better when we don’t think about things, and our ignorance, however blissful, leads to being easily manipulated by those ranked above us. By Robert Simmons A common phrase you often hear from the amateur player is “I am better when I don’t think (about what I am doing)”. The reality is that…

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Twenty of the 20,000 REASONS To Play A Sport…NOW

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December 20, 2020

Lessons in Fairness, Humility, Effort, Grit, Mastery, Teamwork; it’s all there, when we learn a sport. By Robert Simmons 1. Sports teaches you how to play by the rules. There is etiquette in sports. There are boundaries and parameters in sports. Parents should probably be forced to play sports on another field while their kids…

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Toward A Universal Language

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December 20, 2020

By Robert Simmons Right out of the womb, We let our feelings be known. And immediately, We are understood.  But things get so complicated after awhile, so luckily people invented words, and immediately everything was much more clear, because words allow us to convey the truth about All Things, and emotions are…sorry, I’m a guy,…

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Three steps toward economic justice

Toward a Unified Theory of Human Economics

Forebrain #1
September 4, 2022

Calling All Economists: a union of concerned social scientists is not enough anymore; time to form a New Economic Justice League. Tryouts start today. By Robert Simmons We all know the story. The Earth and its people are under siege; a dark parasitic force has taken over the planet. It has attached itself to every…

Continue Reading Toward a Unified Theory of Human Economics

Theory Of Everything: What Science Can Teach Government

Forebrain #1
January 1, 2022

How does science reconcile two irreconcilable viewpoints? Create a Third Option. The Theory of Everything successfully merges both views into a single equation. By Robert Simmons For the first time in the history of physics we…have a framework with the capacity to explain every fundamental feature upon which the universe is constructed. For this reason,…

Continue Reading Theory Of Everything: What Science Can Teach Government

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Fame: The Quintessential Pathology of Our Current American Dream

Forebrain #1
January 1, 2022

The Fire This Time: Self-worship, cannibalism and ritualistic human sacrifice in the Age of Consumerism. By Robert Simmons Fame cannot accomplish what is asked of it…Every new famous person who disintegrates, breaks down in public or loses their mind is judged in isolation, rather than being interpreted as a victim of an inevitable pattern within…

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Universal Healthcare

It’s Time to Replace American Healthcare

Forebrain #1
January 1, 2022

This is not an article detailing any of the one thousand failings of the Private Healthcare system. This is an article detailing what we are going to do about it. By Robert Simmons Tables Of Contents Explanation of Benefits: Why Government Needs to Take Control of HealthcareMore About The Third Option PlanI. Entering the New Universal System:…

Continue Reading It’s Time to Replace American Healthcare

Think Outside Box

The Fourth Level of Mastery

Forebrain #1
January 1, 2022

Our Ignorance is not who we are; it’s what keeps us from being who we are. The battle for the planet of the apes has begun. Arm yourself. By Robert Simmons Table of Contents Know thy EnemyThe Four (Known) Levels of MasteryLEVEL I: AssimilationLEVEL II. AppropriationLEVEL III: EducationRepeat after Me: Do Not Repeat After MeLEVEL…

Continue Reading The Fourth Level of Mastery

Ellen Brown Public Bank Solution and How We Could All Be Public Bank Shareholders

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May 16, 2021

Ellen Brown is looking to expand Public Banking in the U.S., and has written three convincing books toward that end. Here the Third Option attempts to capture the gist of her main arguments.  By Robert Simmons A National Public Bank is the best possible long term investment for individual citizens (retirement dividends, affordable basic needs),…

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Ellen Brown Public Bank Solution and How We Could All Be Public Bank Shareholders

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An Educational Paradigm for the Second Age of Enlightenment

Everybody has a cure for Public Education; it’s difficult to know who is right. What if we changed our Educational Paradigm …

What Americans Should Know About Their National Parks

National Parks bring private business $20 Billion in visitor spending, while the public pays all the expense. The Great …

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The Dictator’s Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita – a Book Review

The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good PoliticsBy Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair SmithGoodreads …

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The Alchemists by Neil Irwin – a Book Review

Irwin thoroughly laid out the steps the Fed took to save Wall Street, because Wall Street, in the current system, was “too …

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Racial Justice in the Age of Obama by Roy L. Brooks – a Book Review

Professor Roy L. Brooks brings everyone up to speed on post-civil rights theory, in the hope of moving the conversation along …

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Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty – a Book Review

Thomas Piketty must have struck a nerve to have so many people falling over themselves to contradict him. Now we have …

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The One Percent Solution by Gordon Lafer – a Book Review

Gordon Lafer dives into the shallow end of the genetic pool, in order to observe Homo Economicus up close, and better explain …

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With Liberty and Dividends For All by Peter Barnes – a Book Review

Peter Barnes wants to upgrade our 18th century economic operating system to serve 21st century people, but over 300 years …

Giving Kids a Fair Chance by James J. Heckman – a Book Review

Not one to be an economic cheerleader on the sidelines of a rigged game, economist James Heckman instead works to level the …

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Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy by Joseph E. Stiglitz – a Book Review

Joseph Stiglitz believes that economics should serve people, not divide and conquer them; we believe that 99% of people, once …

The Future of Capitalism by Sir Paul Collier – a Book Review

Sir Paul Collier wants to infuse Economics with some Ethics. We would prefer to start with Ethics and build some Economics …

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Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few by Robert Reich – a Book Review

In Saving Capitalism, Robert Reich shows us how far the cancer of Inequality has spread. His advice? Every action must have …

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The Public Bank Solution by Ellen Brown – a Book Review

Ellen Brown’s compendium of public banking history shows how it consistently outperforms the private version which often …

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