Pascal’s Wager
By Vera Bradova, Leaving Babylon
Many years ago, I was fortunate to discover Pascal’s Wager, and applied it to my own life
Ready for the Revolution
By Vera Bradova, Leaving Babylon
Time for the second egalitarian revolution, don’t you think?
Logic Of Power
By Vera Bradova, Leaving Babylon
When a group outdominates the current dominators, they become the new dominators.
How Agriculture Grew on us
By Vera Bradova, Leaving Babylon
In other words, agriculture turned destructive not because of some intrinsic flaw within larger-scale, more sophisticated cultivation. It turned destructive for the same reason mining, conflict, grazing, or governance turned destructive.
Pulling the plug, part 2
By Vera Bradova, Leaving Babylon
The only way for us to win is not to play.
Pulling the plug, part 1
By Vera Bradova, Leaving Babylon
We all play the domination / submission game. But another game is afoot. The partnership game. The more you learn to play it, the less beholden you will be to the con-games of Babylon.
Whodunit? The foragers.
By Vera Bradova, Leaving Babylon
Archeologists have been, in my opinion, far too eager to brand cultures as farmers on flimsy evidence.
Utopians Are Ruining Everything
By Vera Bradova, Leaving Babylon
Utopianism has, rightly, acquired an unsavory reputation.