Category: Religion
Tsimtsum
October 25, 2020Tsimtsum is a Hebrew term meaning contraction, constriction or condensation. In the Kabbalah it is usedĀ to explain how God initiated the Creation by a process of contracting from his infinite omnipresence. Within the resulting space mankind could come into existence. So basically God actively shrunk…
David and Goliath
March 24, 2020Mayan Dwarf Liminality
February 23, 2020Short-statured people, dwarfs and people with achondroplasia play a significant role in Maya mythology because it is believed that dwarfs lived together with the gods before humans even existed. This presumed divine proximity and intimacy with the unknown gave small-statured status. They knew something the…
Post-Growth / Post-Scarcity
June 18, 2013Scarcity is the fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human needs and wants in a world of limited resources. Several cornucopians have explored the notion of the post-scarcity economy, with unlimited free goods, services and information. The mostĀ appealing aspect of most of these post-scarcity…