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The Beauty of Kindness
Aug 18, 2010

My last article dealt with the various aspects of romantic love. However, value comes in many forms and so does the emotional payment, love. Acts of kindness are pleasant in many aspects and many of the world's...

Love is...
Jun 01, 2010

My answer is that love is... Contemplation. Many would tell you that love is something beautiful and powerful. They might tell you that it is inexplicable and entirely irrational. They would be right on some...

What is it going to take to get the planet back on course?
May 19, 2010

The problem really is crime, isn't it? It doesn't matter whether it's legal crime, as committed by government agents, or whether it's crimes committed by communal garden scumbags. Before we can enjoy the truly peaceful...

Starving Artists - Making Money from your Creativity
May 07, 2010

There are different forms of intelligence. Creativity and artistic abilities are excellent indicators of intelligence. But earning a living as an artist is difficult, especially given today's economic issues worldwide...

I Yam What I Yam
Apr 23, 2010

Who I am ain't nothing of what I am. Who I am, is who you see. Who you see isn't anything of what is me. I am me because I choose to be I am me Because I choose to be. I be the best of what I can be. You don't...

Too Good to Be True
Apr 13, 2010

For too long, our society has been tainted by this adage... this taboo of good things. Why, oh why, is this? A product of our psyche? A product of shared cultural values? Or, is it really undeniably true? We see a...

Our Mother
Apr 11, 2010

Our mother... the dawn of man Our mother Climb my eye upon her many breasts. Succulent are her up most tops. White mothers milk, Which gives us life, Pouring upon her belly we graze upon. Her bottom lips,...

BDSM in Second Life
Apr 02, 2010

When I first joined Second Life (SL), I was like most noobies and started searching different places using the search tool within the browser. I stated finding things that were more than dance clubs and places to live....

Our Most Dangerous Pandemic
Mar 29, 2010

Every act of communication - or non-communication - is a choice of influence. The essayist is confronted with a peculiar difficulty: he will have time to consider how he wants to influence others - which means, how he...

Sci-Fi Fantasies
Mar 25, 2010

I've been a lifelong artist and these days, most of my work is inspired by roleplay characters, sci-fi or fantasy novels and films, and my love of Star Wars . My dream is to become a science fiction/fantasy illustrator....
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Buying and selling sex
Sep 07, 2010

Sex sells. Every advertiser knows this. As human beings, it's a natural desire. There is nothing inherently wrong with sex as it leads to the continuation of humanity. Sex can allow someone without other skills to earn...

Government charity and welfare
Sep 06, 2010

H.L. Mencken once wrote "Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under." This is an amazing story about Davy Crockett and how he learned what it means to uphold your principles. Why are charity and war...

The war against boys
Sep 05, 2010

Christina Hoff Sommers wrote in her book The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men that "it's a bad time to be a boy." Certainly, government curriculums in schools is misguided and flawed....

Starving cancer with food
Sep 04, 2010

Cancer. I hate this disease. My sister was diagnosed with it at about age 5. She, along with my mother, father, and I, spent the next 16 years in and out of hospitals getting treatments that, arguably, were sometimes...

Big Brother is watching you
Sep 03, 2010

The statist argument is always the same: "If you have nothing to hide, why do you care?" The government can attach a GPS device to your car and monitor your movements, and it's perfectly legal. And now they can x-ray...

America's lights are going out
Sep 02, 2010

Atlas Shrugged was not intended to be an instruction manual. Ayn Rand talked through Francisco d'Anconia about what it took to kill the motor of the world: "He stepped to the window and pointed to the skyscrapers of...

Thorium - energy's silver bullet
Sep 01, 2010

Nuclear energy was discovered in the context of war (specifically World War II). In the 1950s, the US Air Force tried to come up with an idea of putting a nuclear reactor on an airplane to keep it running. They...

The legal system is criminal
Aug 31, 2010

The Nazis and Joseph Stalin were famous for their show trials , where "guilt" was determined by the authorities before the trial. From the court jester files, we continue to find that the the American justice system is,...

Religion and moral truths
Aug 30, 2010

Can a moral relativist and moral absolutist have an objective debate on morality if you don't share the same core values? In physics, a scientist will say that time is relative, but he will not say that time doesn't...

Dealing with emotional pain
Aug 29, 2010

Sadists are those who enjoy giving pain. Masochists are those who enjoy receiving pain. However, most of us attempt to avoid pain, especially emotional pain. In fact, research suggests that emotional pain can sometimes...
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Our members think INTELLIGENCE IS HOT! That's one of the primary reasons they're here - to seek it out. Our members want their minds stimulated. But of what use is your copious thought if you're not willing to do something with it? Care to regale your thoughts with others?

The more your articles are published... the more views of your profile!
E-mail your submissions to articles@braincrave.com. Articles that are chosen for publication will get you six months of free Gold status! Articles must be the owner's original content or must include express permission of the author. Articles that reference other stories must have HTML links included.

When users view your article, they will have an opportunity to "sanction" it. Every time your article is sanctioned, it will earn sanction points. For every 100 sanction points earned, you will see the thinking man:

A thinking man is earned for every 100 sanction points

To show you our appreciation for submitting an article that is of significant value to our members, every time you earn a thinking man, we will give you an additional six months of free Gold status!

The more your articles are published, the more months of free Gold status AND the more views of your profile!

But what to write about? Anything that charges your emotions... anything that grabs you. Tell us your dreams. Tell us your big ideas. Tell us the small details. Tell us the grandiose themes. Tell us how you imagine. BUT TELL US! Here are a few ideas for inspiration:
  • Book/Article/Movie/Poetry reviews: Something you particularly enjoyed or hated? How did it relate to something that occurred in your life? Will its ideas change the way you think or act in the future? Are any of the scenarios or facts suspect? What kind of person would enjoy this book/article/movie?

  • Current or historical event: What's happening (or happened) in the world of which you approve or disapprove? How does it affect your life? Why is it important to you? If you could change something, what would it be?

  • Teaching a subject: Is there a particular topic for which you have a wealth of knowledge or a passion? Describe how to do something. The potential topics are vast: technology (how do you make a website?), politics (how does one become an activist?), social (when planning a party...), health/hygine (why should people get more vitamin D?), art (the latest collection at the art museum is...), science (why don't astronauts float away on the moon? no, its not because of heavy boots), parenting (discipline as a single parent), financial (how does Black/Scholes option-pricing work?), business (I'm a marketing manager - here's what I do...), economics (what is the Austrian school of economics?), gaming (why would you modify an Xbox?), travel (if you visit London, you must see...), food/drink (any sommeliers or chefs out there?), sports (how do you throw the perfect spiral?), pets (what are the 5 most important things when training a puppy?).

  • Philosophy: How does philosophy play a part in your life's decisions and actions? With which premises do you agree or disagree? How does your philosophy impact your friends and family? What experiences, studies, or parables brought you to thinking as you do? What have been some of the consequences for supporting or rejecting your principles? What arguments do you use to refute philosophies with which you do not agree?

  • Personal stories: Did you do something recently that you consider noteworthy? Would others enjoy hearing the details? Have a particularly great date that you wouldn't mind sharing ("Our first date was at an old, used bookstore - I ended up buying 7 books that he recommended... SO much better than dinner and a movie...")? Did something ironic happen to you recently? Play a particularly good game of chess and want to discuss your strategy?

  • Music/Videos/Artwork: Are you a composer or do you play an instrument? Have you produced a video? How about a poem? An essay? Have some artwork that you'd like to promote? YES, Braincrave will allow you to submit music, videos, pictures, etc. as long as they are your own. We'll even let you post dates and venues if you're in a band playing a gig or doing a showing of your artwork. We will even send out e-mails to members in your area to help you promote your work. (Please note - we never reveal e-mail addresses of individual members and do not give out mailing lists.)
You get the idea - your gray matters to us and our community. So don't delay - start writing your articles, earning your free Gold status, AND GETTING NOTICED!


Terms and Conditions:
As proponents of the free market, Braincrave encourages the use of the Creative Commons license. We seek articles that can be posted, recorded, shown, photographed, and celebrated by one and all forever. Except where noted otherwise, all member-submitted articles/content (a.k.a., What Users Think or What I Think) on this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (the legal code can be found here). The Creative Commons Attribution license specifies that you let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work — and derivative works based upon it — but only if they give credit the way you request. Authors of articles submitted to Braincrave agree as such upon submission. (If you'd like to submit your work but not license it under Creative Commons, please indicate as such as part of your submission.) Your article will indicate "Permission to reprint in whole or in part is gladly granted, provided full credit is given," with a link to the Braincrave URL. Braincrave acknowledges its gratitude to Jeffrey Tucker, editorial vice president of www.Mises.org for his insights into publishing works under the Creative Commons license. For more information, visit this link.

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