Ecology
Ecology as AI ©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com Originally posted to Twitter on 10/27/2021 #FirstCuppaJoe for 10/27/21 (thread) My incaffeinated reverie this morning yielded this: The Earth, for billions of years has been running an Artificial Intelligence (AI) program. Like a little mouse, negotiating
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Priorities ©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com Attending a school reunion at my age (near 80) is an emotional rollercoaster. There’s the joy of reconnecting with old friends, the furious schedule of dinners, golf tournaments and nostalgic chats. But then, nostalgia turns to mourning as you share news
Dealing with frustration
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff ©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr. com In law school, we learned a Latin phrase from the old English Common Law: “De minimis, non curat lex.” (The law doesn’t concern itself with trifles) said in context of people bringing lawsuits for trivial grievances,
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But What Kind of Culture is Coalescing? ©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com Orignally posted to Twtter as a rough draft on 9/5/2021 This is a follow up to the blog post of Sept. 3, 2021. For the reader’s convenience, that post is included in its
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A World Culture Coalescing ©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com Orignally posted to Twtter as a rough draft on 9/3/2021 A few millennia ago, Earth was a like a planet of virtual human-habituated islands, separated by vast distances, sprinkled across a great global ocean. We humans had
Biblial Woes
A New Paradigm ©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com Originally posted to Twitter as a rouigh draft on 8/20/2021 One’s mind can’t help but be inundated by the tsunami of news coming in daily. The Internet consumer’s view of the world is shaped by
Depression
More on Gratitude ©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com Orignally posted as a rough draft to Twitter on 8/18/2021 FirstCuppaJoe for 8/18/21 A Tweeter asked, “the key to happiness is__ , no restriction on word count.” I answered in one word. #gratitude It even propelled me
Conflict Resolution
Canaries and Other Critters ©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com Originally posted as a rough draft to Twitter, August 8, 2021 Today’s #MorningMeditations were again rather negative. “Why was I placed on this Earth so ill-equipped to do much but just observe?” I spurn joining “groups,” maybe because
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(c) 2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com We are ALL lucky in one respect: As upsetting and hopeless as it seems, we have been “blessed” to be present to witness the greatest upheaval of social, religious, economic and political strife in the history of Humanity. No previous age compares
Economic Feudalism
Humanity’s Big Two Tweeted March 24, 2021 ©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com #MorningMeditations (thread) I’m not a #politician, nor a #theologian — so take this for what it’s worth. I’m an #Agnostic who SUSPECTS that there’s a supreme intelligence infusing our Universe. So, I
Ecology
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made © 2021 Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com #MorningMeditations This morning I’m thinking of how every little ache and pain is merely evidence of the marvelous communication-system going on within the human body. King David of Israel said once. “…I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” (Ps 139:
Agnosticism
An Argument with God © 2020 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com Dear God, If You are there, I’ll just call You, ” God,” because I don’t want to adopt potentially man-made labels for You. Also, If you don’t mind, until I am inspired otherwise, I will not address
Agnosticism
A Parable ©2020 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com, WritersClass.net One fine Earth-day, God grew tired of seeing and hearing God’s name carelessly thrown about by human beings. Humans had written and spoken so many conflicting things about God since the solitary, single time God had communicated with
Altruism
Yin and Yang © 2018 by Vernon Miles Kerr, vernonmileskerr.com writersclass.net As do the Yin and Yang, The black and white Of that ancient Asian dichotomy, The antipodes of Human Nature Revolve in nauseating monotony: Sumos exchanging brooding glares before the lunge. The meth-addicted darkness Rolls its empty sockets
Government
Humanity’s Greatest Need: A Secular Morality ©2020 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com, WritersClass.net Today’s world is a world of deception. Politicians promise to bring Utopia if elected, fully knowing they cannot deliver. Once in office, they lie, pull dirty tricks or just vegetate — collecting a handsome