It seems to me that war stops only when one of two conditions are met. Neither of these conditions are very likely, or easy. They are definitely easy to critique, easy to dismiss. But the alternative, as we discussed previously, is more war in a world, bristling with weapons, poised on the brink of global…
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107) War, Part 3: The 21st Century
Now, in the 21st century, we can’t afford this tragic spectacle of war and obedience to the power-seekers, anymore. The future cannot be determined by the despots. The stakes are just too damn high. I mean, they always were; the cost of human suffering is incalculable. But now, it’s incalculable to the power of incalculable.…
86) What’s it like to go to a protest?
(from https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20200830/281492163705587) Saturday, August 29th, 2020 was an inspiring day in Toronto, as most protests and demonstrations are. Every time I go, I am inspired by at least four things. Every time. One is how interconnected the issues are that people care about. Your typical protest has a theme or set of central issues that…
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65) Protesting: What’s the point? It’s just a bunch of ‘activists’ getting arrested and stopping traffic or some shit, amiright?
Extinction Rebellion Bridge Shut-down, October 7, 2019 Sitting on the Bloor St Viaduct, my ratty brown long-sleeved shirt folded up beneath me to use as a meditation mat, I closed my eyes. The woman leading us through the group meditation was talking about the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system, asking us to appreciate things like…
60) Jordan Peterson, Part 5: The Perfect House Problem; Subsection 3 – Jordan’s Tarantulas
The dark & twisty side to Jordan’s rhetoric on this pleasant-sounding-advice in “12 Rules for Life”, becomes more evident the further you read, and the deeper you go into the patterns of social media posting that Jordan focuses on. What starts as “sort yourself out, so you can effect change in the world better”, becomes…
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59) Jordan Peterson, Part 5: The Perfect House Problem; Subsection 2 – In Jordan’s Own Words
Now, I expect a person’s first response to the previous post (#58) might be skepticism. Like, did Jordan really say something like that? All that “shut up” and “crawl back to your holes” stuff? Of course, the answer is no. He said it a lot more nicely. You could say I’m “spinning” it in…
58) Jordan Peterson, Part 5: The Perfect House Problem; Subsection 1 – He Who Is Without Sin
============================================================= Tarantula Identification Assessment Tool Put a check beside each of the following that describes you, at least “somewhat”. – Do you feel self-conscious about your looks? – Do you procrastinate? – Do you criticize yourself? a lot? – Do you watch too much TV, play too many video games, spend too…
41) Jordan Peterson, Part 1, Subsection 4: Moral Foolishness
(from https://geektyrant.com/news/netflixs-voltron-legendary-defender-has-a-78-episode-commitment-season-3-premieres-in-2017) Let’s take a look for a moment at what you end up with when you put together what we covered in the previous two essays: Philosophical Foolishness and Theoretical Foolishness. You get a view of human nature that is disturbingly unbalanced, highlighting the parts of our evolutionary heritage that are most compatible with…
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35) Thoughts on Three TEDx Talks
I feel a little weird posting about this, but….well, I feel incredibly honoured to have been given the opportunity to give a few TEDx talks. The third one has just been released online, and after watching it, I wanted to share some insights that I’ve gotten from going through the experience. I remember once, I…
5) Warning: Angry rant ahead
You’ve been warned. Proceed at your own risk. I need to rant. I often feel like I shouldn’t though, like ranting about stuff isn’t a very good idea. It’s pretty, you know, negative! Who wants to read depressing stuff? But sometimes I’m feeling depressed, so, well, what the hell? After all, this is my blog,…
4) Lauryn Hill, Luke Skywalker, and you
“Fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need.” – says Lauryn Hill So let’s swallow the red pill and see Reality for what it is. See how our living, dying world is beautiful and horrifying. Inspiring and disgusting. Breathtaking and heartbreaking. Let’s open ourselves to the full blast furnace of reality. Let’s…