Here’s some brain fart: Consciousness itself is evolving. Its rate of evolution is accelerating. Evolution can now be consciously chosen. We can choose to evolve our own consciousness within a lifetime. Consciousness is choice: awareness of action, of being an actor, of having the ability to act or not act in a particular way. Conscious […]
Russiagate, Resistance and Reckoning: a rant.
Mueller… Mueller… Anyone who’s been unfortunate enough to be in my presence in the last few months knows I have developed an unhealthy obsession with Russiagate. Just about every time I sit down at my laptop, I compulsively Google terms like “trump russia” and “mueller,” and before doing anything actually important, I will read everything […]
MAGA How-To: Part 1
Making America Great Again: A How-To Guide There isn’t much I can say for the current US President. Other than the fact that we have the same birthday (for redemption value, so does Che Guevara), we have very little in common. We both oppose the TPP and think the FBI grossly abuses its powers (though […]
Nassim Taleb and Lao Tzu walk into a bar
Or, how antifragility and Taoism have taught me everything I need to know about life, the Universe, and being a person. Here’s my joke: Nassim Taleb and Lao Tzu walk into a bar. Nassim Taleb drops a wine glass on the floor. The glass gets stronger. So does the floor. Lao Tzu smiles knowingly. The […]
Home Remedies for Heartbreak
Just popping in to wish A Somber and Ironic Valentine’s Day to everyone out there going through heartbreak! My forever Galentine and platonic life partner (Anna-Bella Skye) and I have compiled a list about the trials and tribulations of True Love™, or more to the point: what to do when it ends. There are a […]
#MeToo and the Dreaded Gray Area
#MeToo and the Dreaded Gray Area I’m having trouble organizing my thoughts on the #MeToo movement, and I have a lot of them. I feel the conversation is complicated, and the topic of sexual assault and misconduct cannot, as a whole, be made black and white. There are, dare I say it, some very real […]
15 Ideas on Social Interaction
Greetings, earthlings. I haven’t blogged in a while. I guess I haven’t had much to say that’s new, and to be honest, I’m not really saying anything here that I haven’t already said in another post. And yet, I felt the need to write this, to reiterate and expand on some previous ideas in the […]
