The black pill can be the white pill. In theism, god is said to turn evil into good. In non-theistic traditions, the truth is similar, but you have to do the work. There is not a god, hidden or otherwise, to lead you from the bramble-choked path to the walkable
I've been a remote worker for over a decade. I have been blessed to work for companies where remote first was the regnant philosophy for hiring and promotion, long before Covid. Software companies and consultancies had an advantage in that they could embrace non-traditional work situations for a
I've been editing my December 2024 post on anti-Christ. I discuss there at some length the place of Bitcoin (BTC) in society. Fixing grammar, type-os, what not got me to thinking about an update. The Beast never sleeps. Here it is closing in on October 2025 and in
Civilizations are organisms which follow the life cycle of a mammal. Birth, infancy, youth, maturity, senescence and final break up. Final break up is another term for death, one I like because it expresses what happens as our bodies disintegrate into parts. I prefer to think of my body as
I keep seeing think pieces, VLOGs and essays on the death of the Internet. The narrative goes like this: The Internet in the 1990s was a wild west where humans were the creators of all content and it was unpredictable, zany, engaging and adventurous. Then, corporations via social media began
For the vast majority of Christian history, it was accepted that baptism by water and spirit were absolutely essential for salvation. The words come from Christ in the Gospels: Verily, verily I say unto thee, unless a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into
I've reached a critical juncture in my life, where I'm chomping at the bit to leave my corporate job and become a full time day trader. This sounds like a bad idea and probably is, but this year, I've been making okay money. Nothing
For the past several years, I've been a tv addict. I have a nice large tv with bright vibrant colors and it streams all sorts of stuff. My primary use has been YouTube because this, of all Mara's devices, is the most interesting for me personally.
I opted to take a break from practice a couple or three weeks ago. My exercise schedule and general busy-ness meant that when I sat down in the evenings to meditate, I would nod off. Meditation for someone with no commitments to a wife or children can still be difficult.
Just dropping this here, the latest in all things economically ruinous and Indian. Terms have the same meaning. Bankrupt Microsoft-Backed 'AI' Company Was Using Indian Engineers To Fake It: Report Valued at $1.5 billion after a $445 million investment by Microsoft, the company claimed to leverage artificial
Having been an addict for nicotine, caffeine and alcohol at various points in my life and having cut those off with no real struggle several years ago, I still have one quasi-addiction: carbohydrates. When I went off alcohol for good, I was using several bottles of wine a week to
My work situation started out pretty stable three years ago. Good company, good team, clear direction and a sense of purpose rooted in positive innovation for the sake of customer service. Everything is impermanent. Wisdom is seeing anicca, dukha and anatta in everything. The last several years – well, decades of