When stuff like Thursday happens it reminds me that we are all the same, driven by the same basic motivations, the ones Maslow shared with us in 1943 in his paper, for the Psychological Review, called “A Theory of Human Motivation”. Yes, I’m talking about the hierarchy of needs. That’s it! That’s us, 5 levels on a triangle. We …
Sex and drugs, two pathways to altering consciousness. Making aspects of them illegal to support an institutional agenda of subjugation is in effect a war on consciousness from the State. The State sees these as threats to its institutions and programs of control. Activist Conner Habib: “Once you start to self-actualise by investigating your own …
Once you start to self-actualise you become a threat Read More »
Getting meta on you for a second. One of the things I’ve been working on of the past couple of weeks is my blogging workflow. Admittedly I’ve been focusing on the Newsletter (which, by the way, if you haven’t signed up for it, you should. I’ve renamed it Eclectically Curios to reflect where I’m going …
When it comes to social media and the blogosphere, be like water Read More »
Chad Dickerson’s words bare repeating: Maybe if we all gave each other the space to be complex people — not reduced to public perception, our professional bios, our LinkedIn profiles, others’ narratives of who we are — we might understand each other better and give ourselves the room to be messy but wondrous human beings …
We have four natural enemies: fear, clarity, power, and old age. Fear, clarity, and power can be overcome, but not old age. Its effect can be postponed, but it can never be overcome. Carlos Castaneda, from The Teachings of Don Juan
How the brain works, how we learn, and why we sometimes make stupid. mistakes.
This week we explore the give and take of freedom. Are we really free and is the freedom we do have, balanced?
How good are you with math? Here’s some easy life math for you.
I found myself caught up in this debate on Reddit: AITA for taking husband’s sex doll to the trash? In this instance, I think the lady was definitely wrong. By her own admission, she knew he had the doll while they were dating and that he used it frequently. She married him knowing he had …
I stumbled upon the “stock and flow” conversation again today. Quite timely really as I’ve been reevaluating where and on what I spend my time on when I’m on the Net (actually as I wrote that last bit, I thought, hold on, the Net is always on…am I ever really off of the Net (as …