The Regolith of Carpathia
What can one say when the landscape of a place that never existed is reduced to a kind of uniform, bladed dirt?
Read MoreOn The Moral Advantages of a Free Press
It is not enough for a mode of disseminating information to be free from governmental oversight, or to be nearly completely unfettered by law; it must be inspired, if not wholly instructed by and reliant upon individuals of some intellectual and moral integrity.
Read MoreIt's All a Literary Illusion
Bullshit always finds a way to rebrand, and in the current technocracy, the endlessly exploitable labor is coming from writers who need to make a living trying their best to satisfy the needs of their overlords. Content isn’t important, but clicks and views are the new currency, having replaced bundles bought at the magazine stand. If you saw the movie Nightcrawler, then hopefully you understand the commentary on freelance content producers being subject to dying news media peddlers.
Read MoreThe Doctrines and Doldrums of Technocrats
Limiting your interrogation of the world in which we live to those questions which can only be framed or contextualized by what you can see and hear, excludes a dimension of human experience which does not display itself to those senses
Read MoreThe Imposture of a Master Craftsman
The Master Craftsman Program is a series of voluntary educational modules administered by the Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Freemasonry , SJ, USA. The primary aim of this program is the spiritual and intellectual enrichment of the individual through concentrated study. There is no time limit for completion, and you get out what you put in to the endeavor.
Read MoreInstatwitterfied
Instatwitterfied. God, I used to think that Twitter was the electronic embodiment of Ray Bradbury’s final warning to civilization about compressing human communications…and I still do.
Read MoreMaybe Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends
It can be difficult to know what to do and when to stop if you're worn out. I think there is a relatively straight-forward formula for success, it just takes greater-than-average will power.
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