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You might think me 100 years dead but ol joe ain't dead yet.
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old-joe-hill
philosophy
2018-08-23 15:59
The Swimmer
A man on the beach walks parallel to the shore, knee deep in the water. A wave crashes into his legs, and he stumbles toward the shore, but he again moves back to the knee deep of the water. He continues
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old-joe-hill
philosophy
2018-02-24 00:19
The Seven Tiers of Human Problem Solving
People think in unremarkably similar ways. As humans we all required a certain level of problem solving skills to work ourselves up the chain of civilization. As hunters and gatherers, or more likely,
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old-joe-hill
writing
2018-02-20 19:39
Local Man Realizes He Doesn't Really Need to Spend Money
[BOISE, IDAHO] A completely deranged lunatic walking down the streets of Boise today decided that he could live without spending as much money as he is usually inclined to do. Going to the grocery store,
old-joe-hill
writing
2018-02-19 00:36
Your house isn't a real investment.
It isn't. Don't think of it like one. "But houses always go up." Riddle me this: If a random house in a neighborhood were actually a good investment, why is the bank lending money to you instead
old-joe-hill
philosophy
2018-02-15 16:08
The False Mask of Ideology
We are a bunch of monkeys that climbed to the summit of a mountain and in our wonder, gaze out into the vast sea of fog below us, thinking that it is the floor. Modern society only understands where we
old-joe-hill
philosophy
2018-02-11 18:02
Fundamentally Unsustainable
If you were born and live in a first-world country, you should feel lucky that you were born in this era, for there likely will be no era like it, ever again, in the rest of human history. The way that
old-joe-hill
philosophy
2018-02-09 01:04
A Loser's Deal
Diogenes walked backward across the Agora. He kept an indifferent, calm expression, despite the throngs of people surrounding him, who turned to look, snickering, and laughing. When he eventually gathered
old-joe-hill
food
2018-02-07 02:16
Cooking for Lazy People
I don't really like cooking. In my perspective, it is a pure chore; a thing to do simply because I have to do it to stay alive. A painful admission on my part is that I am quite lazy. I would rather go
old-joe-hill
writing
2018-02-06 01:42
You Probably Won't Make it Blogging
Hucksters and charlatans love preying on the desperate, trying to sell you ebooks, upvotes, webinars, and podcasts, all telling you that by pouring a little sweat into a writing a blog that you too, can
old-joe-hill
philosophy
2018-02-01 23:04
Your 300 Hour Power
There are 365 days in a year. You likely work for approximately 250 of them. Of those days, 8 hours of each day will be sleep. 8 hours will be work. 2 hours likely represents the time you commute/get ready
old-joe-hill
life
2018-01-30 03:34
How much shit do you really need?
We are constantly inundated by the words of snake tongued spineless marketers and salesman that want to convince you that their particular product, which you never needed before, is something you desperately
old-joe-hill
philosophy
2018-01-27 00:59
Don't fall into the trap.
Let's do an exercise. Take out a sheet of paper. Or, open up a word document, or pull up a note application on your tablet. Make a list of absolutely everything you worry about and focus on throughout
old-joe-hill
technology
2018-01-05 16:15
The Spiral and Anti-Spiral
Everything has order. Life itself, is a cycle, in which each cycle is separated by time, and defined by its inflection points. This is the spiral. There is one, which through historical inflection points
old-joe-hill
writing
2018-01-02 20:37
[Short Story] I'll check the headlines.
Where are my keys? I can't find them. They must be in my pants. Not those ones. The other ones. No. I didn't wear those yesterday. Check the living room. No. Oh, they're on my desk. Do I have everything?
old-joe-hill
technology
2017-12-18 23:53
[Story] Welcome to your New Life!
Welcome to your new home. Welcome to Azimuth Home, provided for you for your new career in the Azimuth Corporation Enclave, area 44. We hope you – and your family – enjoy your stay in this BRONZE DELUXE(R)
old-joe-hill
writing
2017-11-03 03:19
[Short Story] The Night Call
The black cell phone buzzed on the nightstand, blurting the shrill tone of terrible Samsung default. Erik groggily pulled himself up from his bed and answered the phone. "Hello?" Erik nervously
old-joe-hill
technology
2017-10-12 19:16
Welcome to God, Incorporated.
Are you aware of an entity that already exists that can readily improve and replace parts of itself? The singularity effectively already exists. It is the corporation: An immortal entity with its own autonomy
old-joe-hill
philosophy
2017-09-11 19:06
Trashing the Stew
You've been given rice because you're the sushi. When you sign up for free services like Facebook, or using Google's suites of software, you aren't just getting some neat package of tools to keep up with
old-joe-hill
writing
2017-08-10 20:58
The Stupid Hole
Internet arguments are the worst. You're never going to win an internet argument, because there is probably a dense layer of caked shit that needs to be scraped off your opponents brain (or maybe it's
old-joe-hill
philosophy
2017-08-09 23:57
On the Sacrificial Altars of the Temple of Growth
The gods demand more growth. If we do not show the gods growth, the game they have created is over. The sun shall not rise again. Everything is predicated on growth. Revenue must grow. Profit must grow.
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