AnarchoCynicism
My personal brand of philosophy.
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Charlie Rose interviews George Lucas
Some people have been saying this is just sour grapes. Meh. I’ve watched the full interview, and I don’t get that George Lucas is all that bitter. He actually is admitting that the difference between him–even with all of his hyper… Continue reading
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Professors remain blind to boom in humanities
Gotta love that crisis mentality. Cause the sky be falling and falling. Youth are too fragile and the humanities have no future among our youth. Part this arises from seeing how administrators treat humanities programs and politicians deride them. Part… Continue reading
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Cherry Picking, False Nostalgia, and the invention of Boredom
Sometimes, I wonder at how much Boomers–the most privileged generation in the history of humankind–feel compelled to call today’s youth fragile, lazy, coddled, etc. To lament how things are not as awesome as they were “back then.” I am so… Continue reading
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Loving Struggle, Possible Existenz
Philosophizing must be a work of art that is always on the brink of failure; a befriending of the power of imaginative vision that already stretches too far until it reaches contradiction and breaks down. Only in this reaching beyond… Continue reading
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Refusal and Re-Fusing
When the anarchocynic sets aside wildness in favor of propriety, (s)he becomes a tool of conservation rather than a mode of entropy. Anarchocynicism refuses disciplinary constancy which separates actor from action. Anarchocynicism re-fuses the alienated individual within World-Being. Continue reading
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Gestures of Belonging
The fall has brought to fuller expression many notions with which I have been struggling for decades. The process of getting to a greater clarity has been difficult on my personal and professional relationships. In striving to find a path between friends… Continue reading
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Philosophical Espresso
If you have not had a chance to watch Jason Silva do his philosophizing flow on his vlog, here are a few examples. Good stuff. Continue reading
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forgetful, forgotten control
There are no first or third worlds. No developed or underdeveloped nations. There is only convergence to and divergence from the Society of Control. The Society of Control is a series of Alpha-Cities–New York, Tokyo, London, Hong Kong, Paris, etc.–interconnected… Continue reading
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Brick Lotus
Slippers slipping off my feet Adjusting my new inserts Adjusting my old soul Stopping at the brick lotus Sitting in the Sun awhile Material conditions of Mindfulness Lower back pain Blurry eyes Big fat stomach Dry skin on my forehead… Continue reading
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#atemporality
Really great youtube channel to which the buddy-friend-guy introduced me. Continue reading
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#rationihilization
When an otherwise reasonable person–who like all humans depends on comparative sense-making–reaches the limits of thinking where all comparisons fail and, rather than admitting “I don’t know”, declares that everything is meaningless. This requires him/her to ignore the performative irony that… Continue reading
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Global Financial Capitalism’s Brutal Logic
A very interesting video interview with sociologist Saskia Sassen. Very well worth your 20 minutes. Continue reading
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Aphorism 05Oct2015
Either I risk myself venturing into the world and beyond—or I never will have my ownmost Self as freedom Continue reading
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@nihilist_arbys: the perfect lunch for #anarchocynicism
Laugh at the absurdity of #consumption… let your laughter be the soundtrack of living from #Oblivion2Oblivion. Welcome to Arbys. Can I help you? JK. No one can. Which dead animal would you like to waste a few minutes of your useless life… Continue reading
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Yes, Your Opinion Can Be Wrong
The worst phrase to show up in any discussion: “It’s just my opinion.” Is your opinion informed with cogent facts? It could very well be right. And more than likely, you will not preface the statement with “It’s just my… Continue reading
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Buddhism and Psychedelic Methods
Austin Hill Shaw examines the nature of creativity, cosmology and psychedelic communion. Shaw practices in the Vajrayana Buddhist tradition, “taking refuge in the Buddhist path” since 2002. Rather than seeing the use of psychedelic substances as antithetical to a Buddhist… Continue reading
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Hacking Education Begins with Good Habits and Practical Knowledge
I often talk with youth (here and here are some examples) about how what they are doing in high school and/or university may not be giving them everything they need. There are lot of ways, however, that the system can… Continue reading
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How Legalizing Psychedelics Creates a Healthy Competition with Organized Religion
Organized religion is almost always a monopoly. Legalization of mind opening substances would lead to a free market of ideas that dogmatic superstructures cannot survive. In a culture that prides itself on a bizarro academic sense of rationality, there is… Continue reading
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