Back from a weekend in the woods. More later.

no time. philosophy term paper due by midnight, but at 6p i’m committed to other things. so i have about 7.5 hours to finish this. 6hrs, actually. training at noon. let’s see what comes out if i blast the obituary … Continue reading →

So most of last week I posted some things from a journal of ideas. There’s nothing specifically practical there, just idea pieces that seem right to me. In order to exist with vitality, people need a worldview. They need to … Continue reading →

Think more, talk less. That way you might get heard. But have something to say first. Passing bubble tests celebrates and rewards a peculiar form of analytical intelligence. This kind of intelligence is prized by money managers and corporations. They don’t … Continue reading →

Psychological conscience and philosophical conscience are different. But happiness is happiness. Hedonism. Fuckface. Happiness is not all the same, and of course it isn’t. Acting in accordance with your highest possible capability. What are you capable of being and are you … Continue reading →

Put everything into the context of enhancement of freedom, or the inhibition of freedom. Codification and decodification. Name things, if you can name them, you can change them. Always look rigorously. Identify the meaning, validity and value of things. Never … Continue reading →

Liberate yourself from the quest to dominate others. Nothing is more important in life than concern for your personality. Life without critical self examination is not worth living for humans. Good teachers do not put answers in the minds of … Continue reading →

We live by armies of metaphors. Don’t socialize people into the norms of the present, but to improve them Intellectual conscience. We must be challenged to choose ourselves in the world. Sense making and meaning creation. Authentic activity of humans. … Continue reading →

the weak choose psychology over philosophy. freedom is always a function of strength and maturity. man is an experiment. we don’t have “genes” for modes of being, we experiment with modes of being. to what extent do different experiments vitalize … Continue reading →