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Toward a Unified Theory of Human Economics
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…
Toward a Unified Theory of Justice in America
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
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
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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It’s Time to Replace American Healthcare
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:…
The Fourth Level of Mastery
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…
Open Your Mind
Theory Of Everything: What Science Can Teach Government
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
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…
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 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
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…
Redefining Power
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)…
Train Your Brain
The Fourth Level of Mastery
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…
SPORTS LESSON #1: You Suck Less When You Think More (Eventually)
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
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
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,…
Educate Yourself
Toward a Unified Theory of Human Economics
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…
Theory Of Everything: What Science Can Teach Government
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
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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It’s Time to Replace American Healthcare
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:…
The Fourth Level of Mastery
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…
Ellen Brown Public Bank Solution and How We Could All Be Public Bank Shareholders
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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