74 years ago on Aug 6 1945 we dropped a 13k atomic bomb (tiny by the standard of modern thermonuclear weapons) on the city of Hiroshima. We have had 74 years to devise a way of doing without such “weapons.” But humans, it seems, can learn to live with anything.
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If we look deeper, we may notice the part of us (not all of us) that craves mayhem and gore. If we didn't, we would've already solved this issue and others, like mass shootings which appear to serve the function of ritual bloodletting of the past (see also executions, lynchings).
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Our humanity gives us the power to do the greatest good and the greatest evil.
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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