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Archive for the ‘Psychology’ Category

News Media —

News media shapes peoples’ thought patterns about the current state of the world. It has the power to divide, or to gather collective consciousness. Words matter. Topics matter. Point of view matters. It’s now pulling toward a new direction. Keep going.

Tension doesn’t have to be the default —

In my life, I’ve realized that physical muscle tension has sort of been the default. It shouldn’t be like this. Through nearly 20 years of Tai-chi, meditation and other relaxing techniques (lol) I’ve finally started to understand that when I am consistent with these practices is when the tension finally starts to melt away. I […]

AI Art —

It makes me feel gross, many times feeling gratitude toward the sentiment of some AI generated art, but feeling deceived that a human didn’t create it. As a race I think we’ve got a lot of growing up to do. We must treat art as a human expression, not a “neat trick” or a commodity […]

Easy Answer —

Every living being is intimately connected in a way many are not aware of. A “collective consciousness” is a sense we should be awakening in ourselves. Look around you. Outside there are animals, insects, foliage, all in balance with themselves and with nature itself. Us “modern” humans seem to be generally disconnected with all of […]

Crossmack —

I visited a friend on Youtube that I hadn’t seen in decades. He’s still doing the same thing – vlogging. He inspired me in the early 2000’s to come out of my shell with posting videos of myself. I became a vlogger for a time as well, interacting with him and the others who were […]

Design —

The problem is polarization. Intentional, manipulative and dishonest polarization. It feeds off of, and stokes fear. When people are afraid, they retreat. That’s where they want us. Where we spend, but don’t stand up for each other. We all know what’s happening right now is wrong. Isn’t it amazing how, in such an intentionally hateful […]

Two Types of People —

It may appear in recent times that people have been generalized into two categories: Those who primarily think of themselves Those who primarily think of everyone Of course, there’s an infinite gradient linking the two extremes where most people lay. Polarization FORCES people to either one side or the other. We become binary in our […]

Felon —

I think we all need to take a look at Trump’s track record from 2016-2020. I think we’ve all got a bit of amnesia from what happened, and didn’t happen during that time period, because it seems like we’re all moving forward with the 2024 election like it’s a do-over. Trump had 4 years to […]

People Problems —

Dare I say, in the United States? Child porn isn’t a technology problem. It’s a people problem. Mass shootings isn’t a gun control problem. It’s a people problem. “Far right”, Neo-Nazism and MAGA isn’t a politics problem. It’s a people problem. Human beings need to come together, now more than ever. We’ve been divided and […]

Repetition —

You wanna know the secret to success? Repetition. It’s no more complex than that. Music and rhetoric. Art and politics. You wanna steer a people? Repetition. We’re all fucking apes. We think we’re so smart, so evolved… go fuck yourself. We’re animals, feeding off of the umbilical residue of generations before us… In the end, […]

Memory #9272748 —

My grandparents on my mother’s side had a hearing aid business/office when I was little. I remember my parents dropping me off there on occasion to “work”, my grandparents assigning me some duties such as sorting the small glossy brochures for different products. I remember sorting through them as quickly and efficiently as possible, to […]

Adults and Responsibility —

Here’s a good quote about adults who fail to take responsibility in their lives. Pay attention to the last paragraph – it’s telling. “Some people are good at being responsible adults. They make conscious, informed decisions about their lives and as a result are confident, secure and productive. Some people prefer to abdicate their personal […]

Progress in My Own Mind —

I want to change my thought process when I’m studying something particularly challenging/intimidating, to seek out a flaw of any kind (a spelling/grammar error, for example) to dismiss it entirely. It’s like I do it subconsciously to guard myself from feeling inadequate for not understanding the material. I feel this is something that I’ve carried […]