I’m sure we’ve all heard the stories and perhaps even experienced them.  One’s political stance goes completely against those of other family members.   “My liberal sister says if I don’t get the vax, I am not allowed in her house for Christmas.” “My 20 year…

I am tired of joking about being the world’s second best phrenologist at the bottom of the bell curve to a room of sick people who mostly didn’t finish high school. Where can I go to talk to people about greek myth, esoteric social science theories, linguistics, statistics, metaphysics,…

I don’t think there is anything after life.  No promised land, no rainbow bridge.  Heart stops, that’s it.   Thoughts?

I’m watching a show where a woman spends time every day talking with an AI version of her deceased partner. At first I thought, “What the hell?” But then it also caused me to reflect on grief and the way we process loss. I think many people already imagine conversations with those we’ve lost. We [&h…

Lifestyle guru recommends we have hobbies in five areas. Do you find you are already doing this? What are your five? Category Purpose Examples One to make you money Financial security & skill monetization Freelancing, coding, selling crafts, or a “side hustle.” One to keep you in sha…

Erikson believed life consisted of 8 developmental stages. We can successfully learn to navigate each stage and attain the virtue associated with the stage or we can continue to struggle there. The last stage is integrity versus despair. Those who navigate this successfully look back on their life a…

Logically, I feel like the answer is that only the laws of physics transcend everything, but I like to believe in other things like peace, joy, yada yada transcend everything. Perhaps they at least transcend a human life. So if we cultivate these things in ourselves and share them with others, does…

Our pain cycles keep us stuck. I think we can potentially be in a pain cycle with both people as well as other things, like consumerism etc. Who or what are you in a pain cycle with? How will you get out of this, or will you? I feel like three of my greatest pain […]

I read an article on an AI scientific experiment. I can’t find the article again, but I found one that has similar results. Basically, scientists are testing theories of AI take over by creating prompts and tasks for AI to complete. I do remember one breakdown. when prompted to self destruct a…

If you travel, where is you most favorite place to have visited and why?  Where would you not go again and why? Where would you like to go and why?   Images taken from Google