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The Puppet Theater: Act III

I feel like this blog has become a political statement in the last few months. I know my opinions aren’t why people come here. But, like so many others out there, I find that I can’t shut up about it. History will look back on this time period as the second Dark Age of the human race. When empires fall, kids end up learning about it in school. This time, the empire is globalized. The whole world is falling. I’m not writing out my opinions to make a statement. I’m doing it to process the fuck-ton of toxic, soul-devouring shit I see happening all around the world every goddamn day. Maybe if we all started talking about our feelings more… Read More »The Puppet Theater: Act III

On Dystopias And How To Survive One Without Losing Your Humanity

A few days ago, I wrote the post below on Facebook, talking about the importance of education in teaching people how to think, rather than what to think. I won’t repeat it all here, you can click below to read it. But I do want to build on the idea, following a different conversation I had with someone more recently. The Mind is a Dangerous Thing to Lose Picture this… Humanity has developed technologies that can do everything a human can do, and do it better. Unlimited storage space remembers every thought, idea, and concept we have ever come up with. Sophisticated computing machines can solve complex problems and equations in seconds. Artificial brains can answer existential questions simply, and illustrate… Read More »On Dystopias And How To Survive One Without Losing Your Humanity