Tag: proto-thought
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The Religious Nihilists in Charge
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” For some reason, the Trump 2.0 Administration has become a death cult. They’re a group of people who told the world for years that they believed, absolutely, in a few core things: And they absolutely…
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Memes make War, or War makes Memes?
Did memes drive us to invade Venezuela, or did invading Venezuela drive the memes? Most likely Yes to both. But, let’s speculate for a minute. I think it might be mimetically possible that we have invaded Venezuela because “memes.” I.e., memes are funny > taking any big and serious action in present-day presents many meme-able…
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Going where you don’t know you’re going
It seems true to me that you have to eliminate more than you add in order to get to where you want go. Or said differently, get down as close to ground level of the ‘thing’ it is you want to do or manage to do. The best running I’ve done in my running life…