#1513: The Allegory Of The Cave
Thursday • September 7th 2023 • 10:43:32 pm • 8KB
Philosophers are always ten times smarter than we think, the moment you understand something the philosopher said. The moment you see the vulnerable human, who could have done better, is just the philosopher, lovingly, and gently reaching out to help you...
#1512: What Is Wisdom?
Wednesday • September 6th 2023 • 11:12:33 pm • 5KB
A good although greatly oversimplified example of a tiny bit of wisdom, is a inspirational movie scene, where visuals may fill in for the lack of content. And it is always just a scene or two, but never more, because movies never tell a functional story....
#1511: Do Not Be Small And Useful
Tuesday • September 5th 2023 • 11:01:31 pm • 2KB
The great beings who have something of value to say, want you to rise higher, by helping you start where they leave off. Nobody in their right mind wants you to be a follower, they want you to make the world better and wiser. That means all the adults...
#1510: We Are Each Unique, But Not Different
Monday • September 4th 2023 • 11:22:58 pm • 5KB
There is a dual mechanism, that spreads false beliefs in two modes. The first mode is our tendency to believe whatever we are born into, and thus easily getting tricked into holding false beliefs above all else. The second is that those who are...
#1509: Trust In Great Wisdom
Sunday • September 3rd 2023 • 8:41:27 pm • 5KB
Wisdom is like an operating system upgrade, all your observations are hoisted upwards. And what was before, is no longer very useful, as there are more powerful tools at your disposal. The easiest source of wisdom is narrated books, paper version is just...
#1508: The Experimental Musician
Sunday • September 3rd 2023 • 11:42:16 am • 2KB
message in a bottle (longest instrument ever) 森の木琴 Diego Stocco - Music From A Dry Cleaner DiegoStocco - Bassoforte Diego Stocco - Music from a Bonsai PATAFRICA - 2010 New Ford Focus "Beautifully Arranged" MICHEL LAUZIÈRE Glass Music Euro Euro Waves A...
#1507: The Uncorking Of The Pipeline Of Wisdom; Or; Beautiful Adventure And Cheerful Storytellers vs. The Fake Education Ecosystem
Saturday • September 2nd 2023 • 11:00:28 pm • 3KB
There is no substitute for effective, enabling, and functional education, nor is it possible to learn much under the thereat of punishment or low GPA. As with the other blight that grasped humanity for thousands of years, standardized education will...
#1506: Can Standardized Education Become Effective?
Friday • September 1st 2023 • 11:00:27 pm • 4KB
No. Because there is no such thing, as a standard mind. On the surface, from a political perspective, a standard bag of knowledge seems like a rational idea. But in reality knowledge can only be learned, and serving a bag of disconnected facts is not...
#1505: Don’t Jump Hoops, Don’t Just Go To College, Don’t Just Work
Thursday • August 31st 2023 • 11:32:02 pm • 4KB
To learn, you have to learn for real. To learn something for real, is to gain the ability to use it in your life. To just learn something towards some bigger goal, is not learning. Building boring little bridges, to some distant aim, is called getting an...
#1504: Is Bicycling Hard? Or, A Little Story About How I Got Back On The Bicycle
Wednesday • August 30th 2023 • 11:25:31 pm • 7KB
In my teenage days I’ve noticed, a strange and mysterious little path running along the i-275 highway in Michigan. It is so small compared to the Highway, that to this day looks silly. I then set of on great many Michigan adventures, and one time upon my...
#1503: Try Not To Rest At The Gym
Tuesday • August 29th 2023 • 11:05:27 pm • 2KB
Gym-time is special, and it is precious. A gym is a unique place, not meant for rest. Don’t do reps and sets, just keep going. Those aches are, temporary. Our bodies lie to us, they dream of being fat. Just look at ice cream, it is way too pleasant. As...
#1502: Of The Sunrise And The Sunset; Or, A Slow And Tiny Step Towards Bicycling And Camping
Monday • August 28th 2023 • 11:06:02 pm • 2KB
On ordinary days sunrise seems really pushy, in contrast to the sunset. Bu there is more to it, than picking favorites. The last thing you want, is to look at the sunset through some window. Going for a walkabout is one way. But, perhaps the best way, is...
#1501: Get Up! The Commencement Address Is As Fake As Your Education, And You Still Need To Learn For Real
Sunday • August 27th 2023 • 10:07:36 pm • 5KB
Do not let the ghoul at the podium belittle you, with make believe fantasies. A celebrity, or a lucky winner. An electable face. who could afford to stay on the election carousel long enough... To be picked, by little more than choice, is not a model for...
#1500: The Lone Wolf
Sunday • August 27th 2023 • 1:15:00 pm • 4KB
Alone in the Woods - Wild Woman Bushcraft 10 MISTAKES to Avoid When Hiking Alone | How to Stay Safe While SOLO HIKING Why Do I love Camping? | Solo Woman Wilderness Campground Solo Female Backpacking Porcupine Mountains - Episode 1 Lake of the Clouds to...
#1499: Rise, Don't Memorize
Saturday • August 26th 2023 • 10:48:19 pm • 4KB
Adventures and narrated books, are connected for a reason. We need peace and serenity, to actually build up understanding. Where would Newton be, had he went through school memorizing. You can't look at them moon and throw an apple so hard. as to see it...
#1498: Half Way Up Mount Katahdin; Or, Use Your Superpower Of Endurance
Friday • August 25th 2023 • 11:29:05 pm • 3KB
When you go out for a jog the first time, and have to stop, and return home… You only trick yourself, into thinking that this was a failure. Your first, jog, shuffle, or walk, is an important measurement. The baseline, from which your body, will begin...
#1497: A Yellow Bellied Buttercup’s Guide To Camping In Spicy Or Moody Weather
Thursday • August 24th 2023 • 11:29:52 pm • 3KB
Nature is your friend, we are all born from it, we need it, and it is beautiful, and especially when angry. We do have to be careful, though, even on sunny days, as the weather can change quickly. Be sure to stay away from flash flood areas, and trees that...
#1496: A Tiny Glance At Effective Education
Wednesday • August 23rd 2023 • 11:23:49 pm • 3KB
Today, education is largely fraudulent, it is about the adults, not the students. This only sounds exaggerated, because we became used to, with schools breaking their promise, and doing very little. For example biology class must help the student to rent a...
#1495: What Is Freedom Of Will?
Tuesday • August 22nd 2023 • 10:34:56 pm • 9KB
This is a common question in the field of ineffective philosophy, also known as academic philosophy, church of knowledge, and sophistry. If you have arrived here from a school that uses grades to control you, under the threat of ridicule, punishment, being...
#1494: Towards Understanding How To Paint Hair
Monday • August 21st 2023 • 11:08:56 pm • 2KB
Hair, is a three dimensional object. Take time to try to create a 3D shape, with sharp edges in a paint-over to see it in full. Use the mid tone as the main color, and then just cast all the shadows. Once you see the 3D shapes, there is no more trouble...
#1493: To Transform Your Body, Use An Interval Timer, And Slowly Speed Up Your Songs
Sunday • August 20th 2023 • 10:49:44 pm • 3KB
Powerful and sustained motion, is the central component of a transformative workout. There is nothing to be found, in sitting around. Lifting something heavy for a minute or two, during a 45 minute stay a the gym is not a workout, the same way that a salad...
#1492: The Power Dancer
Sunday • August 20th 2023 • 7:32:46 pm • 3KB
Skip Sponsored Ads On YouTube Block Ads with uBlock Origin Boogie Woogie Boogie-woogie is a genre of blues music that became popular during the late 1920s, developed in African-American communities since the 1870s. It was eventually extended from piano to...
#1491: Towards Growing All The Way Up And Becoming A Great Being
Saturday • August 19th 2023 • 10:22:46 pm • 2KB
We are delicate creatures, with a lifespan that should be even longer, and anyway life cannot come with a full guarantee. We are born of fundamental principles of physics and chemistry, and such a large number of tries. That it would be very strange indeed...
#1490: The Graduation Is A Lie
Friday • August 18th 2023 • 11:23:21 pm • 5KB
Your principal never understood what you are, the faculty as a whole never gave a damn. On their first day of work, they muttered, fake it until you make it. And it deed, they faked it, and will spend decades bringing a fraudulent paycheck home to put food...