America is mostly immune to world crisis and we have the luxury of safety and speculation from the sidelines but Sunday morning quarterbacking won’t protect anyone.

Liquidity in capital markets is drying up and may lead to market malfunctions. Russian crypto currency wallets are filling to 40 million dollars each as money moves out of our US treasures.

Cyber-attacks by “anonymous” against the Russians are quietly condoned by the same American leaders who called out similar attacks by Russia against us last year.

Embargos mean less oil to us which means more drilling and environmental damage in our backyard and it will go deeper, so to speak.

The best way for this War to end, is quickly regardless of who wins. Right now, the world is on fire so beware of being sucked into anybody’s agenda.

SMA Institute

Palmer Private Equity, is rooted in Kevin’s Behavioral Economic Research that once set standards for Wall Street brokerage firms. It is now run by Kevin & Gretchen both formally trained at NYSE traded corporations. Its Philanthropic entity invests for the public good in the family’s nonprofit. Kevin is a Financial Freedom Fighter, who as an epigrammatic writer illustrates  how emotional intelligence leads to decision processes that enable economic dignity & improves quality of life. He published two books as well as numerous articles and blogs on economic and financially related topics and his third book will be out in 2023. Kevin has also had radio appearances on NPR’s Market Place, NPR affiliate KJZZ-FM, KXTZ-FM, as well as television appearances on KPNX-TV, KVVU-TV5, KNXV-TV. He currently resides in Scottsdale, AZ

“Peace through Prosperity” projects to challenge Injustices through Self-empowerment.
Kevin Palmer writer-rebel-producer-poet http://KevinjPalmerAuthor.com

Kevin Palmer Arizona http://KevinjPalmerAuthor.com

Kevin Palmer www.thequietrich.com

Author Kevin Palmer http://reawakeninganamericandream.com 

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The curvature of time in oral cultures is very difficult to articulate on the page, for it defies the linearity of the printed line. The alphabet alters all this, in order to read phonetically, we must disengage the synesthetic participation between our senses and the encompassing earth. A new reflexivity between the human organism and its own signs, short-circuiting the sensory reciprocity between that organism and the land (the reflective intellect is precisely this new reflexive loop, this new reflection between ourselves and our written signs). Human encounters and events begin to become interesting in their own right, independent of their relation to natural cycles.

Now, this is interesting when he discusses the Jewish culture.  The ancient Hebrews were the first people to “discover” a linear, non repeating mode of time:

To the ancient Hebrews, or what we know of them through the lease of the Hebrew Bible, the cyclical return of seasonal events commanded far less attention than those happenings that were unique and without precedent (natural catastrophes, sieges, battles, and the like), for it was these non repeating events that signaled the will of YHWH, or God, in relation to the Hebrew people. In Eliade’s terms, these unique occurrences, whose consequences were often devastating (either to the Hebrews or to their enemies), were interpreted by the prophets ad “negative theophany’s,” as expressions of YHWH/s wrath. Thus interpreted, these discordant and non repeating events acquired a coherence previously unknown, and so began to stand out from the cyclical unfolding of natural phenomena. And the Hebrew nation came to comprehend itself in relation to this new, non repeating modality of time – that is, in relation to history.

For the first time, we find affirmed, and increasingly accepted, the idea that historical events have a value in themselves, insofar as they are determined by the will of God.

The Hebrews are, as well, the first truly alphabetic culture that we know of, the first “People of the Book.” Indeed, at the founding event of the Jewish nation – the great theophany stop Mount Sinai-Moses inscribes the commandments dictated by YHWH (the most sacred of God’s names) upon two stone tables presumably in an alphabetic script. (Contemporary scholars place the exodus from Egypt sometime around 1250 B.C.E.it is just at the time that the twenty-two-letter, consonantal aleph-both was coming into use in the area of Canaan, or Palestine.)

A new sense of time as a non repeating sequence begins to make itself felt over and against the ceaseless cycling of the cosmos. The variously scribed letters of the Hebrew Bible are the first sustained record of this new sensibility.

By carrying on its lettered surface the vital stories earlier carried by the terrain itself, the written text became a kind of portable homeland for the Hebrew people. BY virtue of the portable ground, the Jewish people have been able to preserve their singular culture, and thus themselves while in an almost perpetual state of exile from the actual lands where their ancestral stories unfolded.

Yet many of the written narratives in the Bible are already stories of displacement, of exile, the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden, to the wandering of the Israelites in the desert. The Jewish sense of exile was never merely a state of separation form a specific locale, from a particular ground; it was (and is) also a sense of separation from the very possibility of being entirely at home. This deeper sense of displacement, this sense of always already being in exile, is inseparable, I suggest, from alphabetic literary, this great and difficult magic of which the Hebrews were the first real caretakers. Alphabetic writing can engage the human senses only to the extend that those senses ever, at least provisionally, their spontaneous participation with the animate earth. To being to read is thus already to be displaced, cut off from the sensory nourishment of a more-than-human field of forms. It is also, however, to feel the still lingering savor of that nourishment, and so to yearn, to home, that such contact and conviviality may someday return. “Because being Jewish,” as Edmond Jabes has written, “means exiling yourself in the world, and at the same time, weeping for your exile.

Moreover, the trajectory of time, for the ancient Hebrews, was by no means linear. The holy days described in the Bible are costly bound to the intertwined cycles of the sun and the moon. Further, the non repeating, historical time alluded to by Eliade seems to correlate with the sense of existential separation and exile. It is thus that, in Hebrew tradition, the expulsion from the eternity of Eden (and, later, the destruction of the Temple) is mirrored, at the other end of sequential history, by the promised return from exile, the coming of the Messiah, and an end to separated time. The forward trajectory of time, that is, will at last open outward, flowing back into the spacious eternity of living place (“the promised land”), and so into a golden age of peace between all nations. Eternity lies not in a separated heaven (the ancient Hebrews knew of no such realm) but in the promise of a future reconciliation on the earth.

Time and space are still profoundly influenced by one another in the Hebrew Bible. They are never entirely distinguishable, for they are still informed, however distantly, be a participatory experience of place.

Pamela Chambers M.Ed., N.B.C.C.

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SCOTTDALE

Palmer Private Equity, is rooted in Kevin’s Behavioral Economic Research that once set standards for Wall Street brokerage firms.

Its Philanthropic entity invests for the public good in the family’s nonprofit. Kevin is a Financial Freedom Fighter, who as an epigrammatic writer illustrates  how emotional intelligence leads to decision processes that enable economic dignity & improves quality of life.

He published two books as well as numerous articles and blogs on economic and financially related topics and his third book will be out in 2023. Kevin has also had radio appearances on NPR’s Market Place, NPR affiliate KJZZ-FM, KXTZ-FM, as well as television appearances on KPNX-TV, KVVU-TV5, KNXV-TV. He currently resides in Scottsdale, AZ

“Peace through Prosperity” projects to challenge Injustices through Self-empowerment.

Kevin Palmer writer-rebel-producer-poet http://KevinjPalmerAuthor.com

Kevin Palmer Arizona http://KevinjPalmerAuthor.com

Kevin Palmer www.thequietrich.com

Author Kevin Palmer http://reawakeninganamericandream.com 

Kevin Palmer Arizona www.smainstitute.com

Kevin Palmer Phoenix www.kevinpalmerscottsdale.com

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The Ailment

Humans have altered climate, eradicated species and destroyed much of the planet’s natural land. They do so because of a belief, that what’s in the best interest of man’s short life span, supersedes long-term sanctity of all others. Most extraordinary accomplishments come from 2% of the population. The inverse is true when it comes to extinguishing wildlife and natural habitats. Studies show two thirds of people care about the planet but far less act. Most accept diesel truck deliveries, use plastic bags or have children. Childbearing seems silly to point out but since humans reproduce exponentially and transfer their habits, our planet is doomed.

The disorder here is we rationalize our actions to make us feel better about what we do. Mankind has good excuses as to why they come first and prove it using narrowminded reasoning. This is often seen in cultural stereotyping. In the 1800’s Italians were unsavory because they cooked with garlic. Native Americans are sacrilegious because they used peyote. Burkas are offensive due to rare instances of genital mutilation. Correct conclusions notwithstanding, most of the equation is left out for easier self-serving rationalization. Thus, being at fault for destroying the planet is easy for many to accept—or should I say rationalize.

Aggressive Technology

Selfish prejudices are not cultural anomalies but our true nature. Dare I say, we are only human and neophytes in emotional development. What has fooled us into thinking we are so smart, is that utilitarian technology proceeds psychological advancement. Primitive weapons came long before the wheel and we dominated in a considerably short period of time on the evolutionary scale because aggressive technology developed first and rather quickly. Catching up to those advancements emotionally will still take millenniums, because life as a pleasant, cooperative garden of Eden was not our beginning—but could be our future.

Paleoanthropologists

Confirmed in field studies and even my own archaeology experience, primitive culture was intense and lethal. Skeletons from hunter gatherers show patterns of intense warfare among groups that included axes and projectile weapons. Nomadic foraging society was far from carefree. Look back at your own adolescence, it seemed like a breeze. Reality is—youth was difficult but rationalization helps whitewash the bad memories. So too are notions of early hunter gathers serenely roaming the planet.

Nine human species walked the Earth 300,000 years ago and we wiped out the other eight. Our modern ancestors who spread of out of Africa, didn’t cause mass extinctions through negotiation. It was done by annihilation. The men in mankind took what they wanted, including women. Random sexual encounters commonly happened because power was the law. Children needed to be raised by many because there were no institutional delineations—that came 290,000 years later with farming and land ownership.

Yet political systems and religions prefer to paint a past picture of humble creatures that peacefully conform when historicity, we were about clubs and guerrilla tactics. In hunter gather days, hunting was not the danger. The leading cause of death among men was violence. Sound familiar? It is hard to accept that our ancestors wiped out their own relatives through genocide.

The Bright Spot

However, take heart, there’s a simple solution—emotional maturity. We’ve been civilized for only 10,000 years, as marked by agrarian society a mere 5% of our time as modern Home Sapiens. Rationalizing what we believe is normal but instead of finding people to help confirm we are right, like a political party or a single internet proof. Evolve emotional conscience and broaden the perspective. Becoming cognizant of how the primate brain works. Then honor our bipedality, opposable thumbs, and intelligence by striving for a greater purpose. Launch it from inside your own back yard to lead others as better stewards. Because all animals, plants and humans, must coexist for our long-term survival.

Evolve emotionally to the next level and save the planet’s biodiversity by understanding human weaknesses. As there is toxicity in relationships never to be accepted, the same holds true for Mother Earth. We need to protect her as we do ourselves by giving up bad habits for new ideas and working together with effort and self-discipline. Historically humans became cooperative hunters and wiped-out predators. Using similar collaboration for a greater good, we can save the planet that sustains our species. Framing decisions with an emotional maturity that honors our divine uniqueness, truly makes us civilized.

Kevin j Palmer

writer rebel producer poet

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The Ailment

Humans have altered climate, eradicated species and destroyed much of the planet’s natural land. They do so because of a belief, that what’s in the best interest of man’s short life span, supersedes long-term sanctity of all others. Most extraordinary accomplishments come from 2% of the population. The inverse is true when it comes to extinguishing wildlife and natural habitats. Studies show two thirds of people care about the planet but far less act. Most accept diesel truck deliveries, use plastic bags or have children. Childbearing seems silly to point out but since humans reproduce exponentially and transfer their habits, our planet is doomed.

The disorder here is we rationalize our actions to make us feel better about what we do. Mankind has good excuses as to why they come first and prove it using narrowminded reasoning. This is often seen in cultural stereotyping. In the 1800’s Italians were unsavory because they cooked with garlic. Native Americans are sacrilegious because they used peyote. Burkas are offensive due to rare instances of genital mutilation. Correct conclusions notwithstanding, most of the equation is left out for easier self-serving rationalization. Thus, being at fault for destroying the planet is easy for many to accept—or should I say rationalize.

Aggressive Technology

Selfish prejudices are not cultural anomalies but our true nature. Dare I say, we are only human and neophytes in emotional development. What has fooled us into thinking we are so smart, is that utilitarian technology proceeds psychological advancement. Primitive weapons came long before the wheel and we dominated in a considerably short period of time on the evolutionary scale because aggressive technology developed first and rather quickly. Catching up to those advancements emotionally will still take millenniums, because life as a pleasant, cooperative garden of Eden was not our beginning—but could be our future.

Paleoanthropologists

Confirmed in field studies and even my own archaeology experience, primitive culture was intense and lethal. Skeletons from hunter gatherers show patterns of intense warfare among groups that included axes and projectile weapons. Nomadic foraging society was far from carefree. Look back at your own adolescence, it seemed like a breeze. Reality is—youth was difficult but rationalization helps whitewash the bad memories. So too are notions of early hunter gathers serenely roaming the planet.

Nine human species walked the Earth 300,000 years ago and we wiped out the other eight. Our modern ancestors who spread of out of Africa, didn’t cause mass extinctions through negotiation. It was done by annihilation. The men in mankind took what they wanted, including women. Random sexual encounters commonly happened because power was the law. Children needed to be raised by many because there were no institutional delineations—that came 290,000 years later with farming and land ownership.

Yet political systems and religions prefer to paint a past picture of humble creatures that peacefully conform when historicity, we were about clubs and guerrilla tactics. In hunter gather days, hunting was not the danger. The leading cause of death among men was violence. Sound familiar? It is hard to accept that our ancestors wiped out their own relatives through genocide.

The Bright Spot

However, take heart, there’s a simple solution—emotional maturity. We’ve been civilized for only 10,000 years, as marked by agrarian society a mere 5% of our time as modern Home Sapiens. Rationalizing what we believe is normal but instead of finding people to help confirm we are right, like a political party or a single internet proof. Evolve emotional conscience and broaden the perspective. Becoming cognizant of how the primate brain works. Then honor our bipedality, opposable thumbs, and intelligence by striving for a greater purpose. Launch it from inside your own back yard to lead others as better stewards. Because all animals, plants and humans, must coexist for our long-term survival.

Evolve emotionally to the next level and save the planet’s biodiversity by understanding human weaknesses. As there is toxicity in relationships never to be accepted, the same holds true for Mother Earth. We need to protect her as we do ourselves by giving up bad habits for new ideas and working together with effort and self-discipline. Historically humans became cooperative hunters and wiped-out predators. Using similar collaboration for a greater good, we can save the planet that sustains our species. Framing decisions with an emotional maturity that honors our divine uniqueness, truly makes us civilized.

Kevin j Palmer

writer rebel producer poet

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is Destroying Earth’s Biodiversity

A polluted and deteriorating planet is easily blamed on societal impacts of digitalization, a virtual generation, or a global breakdown of “decent society”. Man’s ego, makes it hard to simply admit that humans are still way too immature. Emotional Development somehow never figures into the destruction equation. That’s a shame, because to fix a worst-case scenario global catastrophe, we first need to accurately assess the source of the problem. In other words, starting from true north will avoid disappointing results caused by a wrong premise. Believing mass human maturity is someday possible, I studied the full body of broadly accepted research about our past, before considering future solutions.

The Ailment

Humans have altered climate, eradicated species and destroyed much of the planet’s natural land. They do so because of a belief, that what’s in the best interest of their short life span, supersedes long-term sanctity of others. Most extraordinary accomplishments come from 2% of the population. The inverse is true when it comes to extinguishing wildlife and natural habitats. Studies show two thirds of people care about the planet but far less act. Most accept diesel truck deliveries, use plastic bags or have children. Childbearing seems silly to point out but since humans reproduce exponentially and transfer their habits, our plant is doomed.

The disorder here is we rationalize our actions to make us feel better about what we do. Mankind has good excuses as to why they come first and prove it using limited reasoning. This is often seen in cultural stereotyping. In the 1800’s Italians were unsavory because they cooked with garlic. Native Americans are sacrilegious because they used peyote. Burkas are offensive due to rare instances of genital mutilation. Correct conclusions notwithstanding, most of the equation is left out for easier self-serving rationalization. Thus, being at fault for destroying the planet is easy for many to accept—or should I say rationalize.

Guts to Kill Wooly Mammoths

Selfish bias is not a cultural anomaly but our true nature. Dare I say, we are only human and neophytes in emotional development. What has fooled us into thinking we are so smart, is that utilitarian technology proceeds psychological advancement. “To the moon Alice!” Primitive weapons came long before the wheel, and we were able to dominate in a considerably short period of time on the evolutionary scale. Aggressive technology developed first and rather quickly. Catching up to those advancements emotionally will still take millenniums, because life as a peaceful, cooperative garden of Eden was not the beginning but could be the future.

Paleoanthropologists

Confirmed in field studies and even in my own archaeology experience, primitive culture was intense and lethal. Skeletons from hunter gatherers show patterns of intense warfare among groups that include axes and projectile weapons. Nomadic foraging society was far from carefree. Look back at your own adolescent it seemed like a breeze. Reality—youth is difficult but rationalization helps whitewash the bad memory. So too are notions of hunter gathers serenely roaming the plant.

Nine human species walked the Earth 300,000 years ago and we wiped out the other eight. Our modern ancestors who spread of out of Africa, didn’t cause mass extinctions through negotiation. It was done by annihilation. The men in mankind took what they wanted, including women. Random sexual encounters commonly happened because power was the law. Children were raised by many because there were no institutional delineations—that came 290,000 years later with farming and land ownership.

Yet political systems and religion prefer to paint a past picture of humble creatures that toe the line, when historicity, we were about clubs and guerrilla tactics. In hunter gather days, hunting was not the danger. The leading cause of death among men was violence. Sound familiar? It is hard to accept that our ancestors wiped out their own relatives through genocide.

The Bright Spot

However, take heart, there is a simple solution. It’s called, emotional maturity. Marked by agrarian society, we’ve been civilized for only 10,000 years. A mere 5% of our time as modern Home Sapiens. Rationalizing how and what we believe is normal but instead of finding people to help confirm we are right, like a political party or a single internet proof. We can evolve our emotional conscience and broaden the perspective. Become cognizant of how the primate brain works and then honor your bipedality, opposable thumbs, and intelligence by striving for a greater purpose. Start in your own backyard and lead others to the next level by being better stewards of what’s around you. All animals, plants and humans must coexist for our long-term survival.

Understanding human weaknesses, can help evolve us emotionally to save the planets biodiversity. As there is toxicity in relationships that should not be accepted, the same holds true for mother earth. We need to protect her as we do ourselves by giving up bad habits for new ideas and working together with effort and self-discipline. Historically humans became cooperative hunters and wiped-out predators. Using similar collaboration for a greater good we can save the planet that sustains our species. Using emotional maturity to frame decisions that honor divine uniqueness, makes us truly civilized.

Kevin j Palmer

writer rebel producer poet

Human Nature not Modern Culture
Destroying Earth’s Biodiversity

Palmer Private Equity, is rooted in Kevin's Behavioral Economic Research that once set standards for Wall Street brokerage firms. It is now run by Kevin & Gretchen both formally trained at NYSE traded corporations. Its Philanthropic entity invests for the public good in the family’s nonprofit “Peace through Prosperity” projects to challenge Injustices through Self-empowerment.
Kevin Palmer writer-rebel-producer-poet http://KevinjPalmerAuthor.com

Kevin Palmer Arizona http://KevinjPalmerAuthor.com

Kevin Palmer www.thequietrich.com

Author Kevin Palmer http://reawakeninganamericandream.com 

Kevin Palmer Arizona www.smainstitute.com

Kevin Palmer Phoenix www.kevinpalmerscottsdale.com

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