January 2012
13 posts
I PROMISED I'D WRITE
In September or some such thing, I made a list of stuffs I’d write about by the end of the year. It’s December 31. STAND BACK HERE GOES:
1. We get tongue-tied when we’re nervous because of thwarted responses. Your brain is an asshole.
2. Suffering enables complementary extremes. Your brain is an asshole.
3. Priorities and ratings are dynamic; they’re distractions that...
December 2011
8 posts
After the Apocalypse (It's the After Apocalypse)
About six nights a week I dream about a post-apocalyptic world where I am tasked with getting humanity back on its feet. This alternate universe is robust and always internally consistent. It’s a compassion-focused egalitarian society. It’s not a utopia — it’s just a bunch of people managing themselves well.
The rules and universe haven’t changed once since I started...