https://bonesmoses.org/tags/society/ Recent content in Society on BonesMoses.org Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sat, 13 Sep 2025 13:57:55 -0500 https://bonesmoses.org/2025/bittersweet-eulogy/ Sat, 13 Sep 2025 13:57:55 -0500 https://bonesmoses.org/2025/bittersweet-eulogy/ Well I’ve never prayed, but tonight I’m on my knees, yeah I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah – The Verve The primary event in the news since September 10th is the assassination of Charlie Kirk. When I first heard that he’d been shot, my first instinct was simply to exclaim, “No way. What?!” It’s always a surreal feeling to know that a prominent figure has been attacked, because at least for my part, it’s difficult to believe anyone would be so blind. https://bonesmoses.org/2022/harmonic-seating/ Sat, 26 Mar 2022 14:13:33 -0500 https://bonesmoses.org/2022/harmonic-seating/ We are living on the brink of the apocalypse, but the world is asleep. – Joel C. Rosenberg I’m one of the most pessimistic people I know. Yet it’s this same unique trait I exploit while designing High Availability architectures. I expect things to fail, and plan for the worst almost constantly. I’ve based my career on it. Granted, worst case scenarios rarely come to pass, but my motto is and always will be to “Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. https://bonesmoses.org/2014/about-people-and-poverty/ Mon, 22 Dec 2014 11:40:03 +0000 https://bonesmoses.org/2014/about-people-and-poverty/ I want to tell a story, and I’m sure most people won’t like it for one reason or another. If you stop reading after the first paragraph or two, I won’t blame you. It’s hard to read, and says a lot of bad things about humanity. But I like to think that it also provides necessary perspective that helps society see where it needs to improve. It’s about my family. https://bonesmoses.org/writing/leviathan-revisited/ Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:27:04 +0000 https://bonesmoses.org/writing/leviathan-revisited/ I’d first like to begin by saying I’ve written about this topic several times already. But while those were basically artistic impressions, this is an outright essay on the mild disquiet I feel every day while embedded in this society, and what probably causes it. I’m warning you right now that it’s exceedingly long… about twelve pages going by word-count alone. You’ve been warned. As a rather boring proponent of various documentaries, I recently ran across The Trap directed by Adam Curtis.