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macius
anarchy
9y
The space between us
The whole is something other than sum of its parts. Like a clock, which gears on their own do nothing much, but together they create a completely new quality that could not be deducted from looking at
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anarchy
9y
The Wars of the Roses
What it historically was is just... yet another set of wars fought long time ago, nothing special really, humanity is at war with itself ore often then not. At least it was the case for most of the time
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anarchy
9y
Do not pass go
In that old game of Monopoly there is one card commanding the player to "Go directly to Jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200." It is a harsh card and unpleasant action to take. It is, also, random.
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freedom
9y
Baseline reality
I'm still thinking about games. Alternative reality games, which are called "games" only because well-established ideologies would rather eat their own tails than let ARGs into their gang. The name, "games",
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anarchy
9y
Game of souls
Alternate reality games are interesting in their approach to reality. On one had - yes, it's "just a game". On the other hand the narrative can be close to the "base-line" reality, with some aspects being
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life
9y
Are we alone?
Are we alone in the Universe? If we are, that would be a lot of coincidence, unless one believes in God who created us specifically and the rest of Universe is here... just because. If we are not alone,
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anarchy
9y
Nouns and verbs
Governance has two sides to it. One is the visible one, government, law, rules, procedures, institutions - nouns. The other is the hidden dynamics - reactions and interactions, relationships - verbs. It
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anarchy
9y
What is BTC good for?
I had an interesting conversation with someone coming from business/pragmatic background was quite skeptical about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general. What good is it for? It burns insane amount of
macius
anarchy
9y
Free children
My family and I just returned from a one week camp of NVC-inspired training. It wasn't intensive, just couple of hours per day, but it involved horses and just being with other families which are also
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anarchy
9y
The great migration crisis
Just a thought. It's a fact that in the last couple of years immigration to wealthy western countries like Germany, Sweden or France increased greatly, and caused much stress among native populations.
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anarchy
9y
Don't look at the wheel
When I first drove a car, with my instructor on passenger's seat (yeah, I was one of those unlucky teenagers whose parents did not allow to drive before getting driving license), I was told not to look
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anarchy
9y
Ancestors of mine
Once upon a time I discussed politics with my mother. It went more or less like this: She: - I voted for X. Me: - Well, they are a bunch of thieves, responsible for {few known scandals here} - But they
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anarchy
9y
Disengaged
I have no problem with authority... authority has problem with me :) The thing is that "authority issues" are often putting blame on the person. "He has problem with authority", said like he had really
macius
anarchy
9y
Nonviolent Communication
I have a chance to observe it in action in a nursery school. At first it seems a little strange... Actually, no. It's jaw-dropping experience. The traditional way of dealing with children is to tell them
macius
anarchy
9y
Getting Free
I'm reading Getting Free by James Herod. It's well written and insightful commentary on viable strategy for ending state/corporate/capitalist oppression (personally I think there's more to the oppression
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philosophy
9y
AI, jobs, ghosts
In my previous post I talked about potential blessing of our jobs being taken by robots. If we don't have to work of worry, we could be free to do whatever the hell we want. And there is plenty we can
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anarchy
9y
Best of both worlds
Future is going to suck, because a) robots will take our jobs, b) AI will eliminate obsolete humans, c) climate will get us, unless terrorists do it first, d) immigrants will take our jobs... oh wait,
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anarchy
9y
Creativity under pressure
I'm watching The Trap by Adam Curtis, BBC Documentary from 2007, telling amazing story about modern times. By coincidence (or synchronicity) it adds some information to my previous post. Not very optimistic
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anarchy
9y
Dark Chaos
Universe operates on chaotic principles. They might have been created by God(s) or some higher-order entity, I've no idea, but it is irrelevant. Principles are set and whether we know about them, like
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anarchy
9y
Reinventing our story
Quick thought. Our story, the story of us, human, the people, and our place in the Universe, it's been re-told quite a few times. We've might have been created by higher, supernatural powers. Each culture
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