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The Meaning Crisis
Or The Meaning Opportunity. Since the breakdown of broad meaning creating institutions and their worldviews being imposed on us from outside, there is a vacuum of meaning in modern society. This is what Neitzche referred to in his pronouncement “God is dead”. The opportunity comes in with the lack of a imposed mytho-poetic narrative, individuals…
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Eat The Rich
Here’s an experiment to try for those that take glee in wealth redistribution. Ask yourself why you find emotional pleasure in that. Ignore the first reason that comes to mind; that’s the one that’s been programmed into you. Dig deeper. Bon apetit! 😁
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Humans are hardwired for status hierarchies, but…
The prevalence of rebels against status hierarchies can be attributed to several psychological, social, and cultural factors. While humans may be hardwired for status hierarchies, rebellion against these structures is also a natural and frequent response. This tension between order and resistance has been a consistent theme throughout history. Several key factors account for why…
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Women in combat
I got curious to see if any of the conservative predictions about women in combat turned out to be true, so I put the question to ChatGPT. Turns out, not so much. The debate over women in combat roles has been contentious, with various predictions made by both right-wing pundits and others regarding the potential…
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Speaking of cognitive strangeness…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-04-27/inside-architecture-s-wildest-conspiracy-theory?embedded-checkout=true
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Where the f*ck are all the eccentrics?!
Since this is an eccentric blog, what better place to start than the state of Eccentricity. https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,839826-3,00.html