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Why Dating Sucks Today
In the book "Dating Without Fear," Thomas Smithyman describes two different realities that one can exist within: the World of Threat and...
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Feb 104 min read


We Need to Redesign Society
Four Core Problems to Focus On We live in a deeply interconnected but fragmented global society Looking around, you might notice that...
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Dec 12, 20248 min read


Understanding the Housing Crisis
Housing is too expensive everywhere in Canada. We are being told that what is making housing unaffordable is a lack of supply. That is,...
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Jun 28, 202412 min read


Israel and the Nation-State Problem
The Underlying Problem is the Concept of "Nation-State" It's been almost six months since Israel started bombing Gaza. Since then, tens...
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Mar 1, 20248 min read


Social Processes and the Invisible Exclusion of Autistic People
Trying to get included in neurotypical society is an endless struggle that goes far beyond communication There is plenty of academic...
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Feb 12, 20246 min read


Bubbles and Walls
The Bubbles As I have already talked a little bit about in previous blog posts, we can't know anything beyond our own perception....
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Dec 4, 20238 min read


Technomancy and Noomachia
The Invisible War for Reality We all have a picture of the world in our minds. We have a description of it, a narrative that explains...
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Sep 28, 20236 min read


Universal Redemption
We are largely the result of the experiences we have. We are not separate from the world, we are deeply interwoven with it. We are not...
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Aug 4, 20234 min read


Intermission
I've been trying my best to publish one post per month, but this month got too busy. I had a post I was working on but it wasn't quite...
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Jul 31, 20231 min read


Are We All Actors?
"All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players;" - William Shakespeare I was once on TV. I only appeared briefly in...
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Jun 6, 20236 min read


What Is Freedom
Freedom is often thought of as something very simple, such as one's ability to freely act, but that simplicity is clearly not the case...
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May 4, 20238 min read


A Dream
Close your eyes. Doesn't it always feel like you were born just a moment ago? Maybe it's because all there is is the present. I do have...
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Apr 4, 20232 min read


Where Are You?
The differentiation between us and the universe may seem straightforward but, upon further reflection, it is not as clear where we “end”...
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Mar 2, 20237 min read


What Is a Prison?
A prison is a place where certain people can’t leave because they are not allowed to leave and are trapped. But the idea of prison is not...
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Feb 8, 20236 min read


Liberation Through Community Self-Sufficiency
The current oppressive systems that govern our lives only have power over us because they control the resources that we need to survive....
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Jan 2, 20235 min read


Citizenship as Partnership
The Transformative Power of Love in Politics The concept of citizenship, to be meaningful, must involve a union between groups of people...
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Dec 12, 20226 min read


The Sociopathic Society
Sociopathic Ethics and the Future of Human Kin At the core of society is the ethics that shape, govern and define it. The sociopathic...
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Nov 28, 20225 min read
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