Alchemically Braindamaged

what it says on the box. do you know anyone who could be described as a tyrant?

how do you know you're not living in a simulation? is that even a real question?

Exactly when SHOULD you punch a Nazi...?

 What lurks at the heart of the innovation-obsessed life-hacker mentality, epitomised by the one and only Tim Ferriss? great dangers await...

We use the genocide in Aleppo as lens into how we can go back to having constructive moral and ethical disagreements again

How do we explain what happens when huge numbers of people ought to know better, but somehow don't? 

The question is not whether to call someone stupid or evil; it's whether they *really are* stupid or evil. 

Hello again, or for the first time. Getting re-aquainted, and how to re-adjust your mind for the era of Trump, and well beyond that.     

reflections from the autumn of occupy, mixed feelings and all. 

the cause of, and solution to, all problems.

how to move from appearance to reality.

the secret to everything is that there is no secret, and you are hiding it from yourself

all our problems come from evolution in process. maybe. donations are always appreciated.    

why people get stuck with thinking things that don't feel good, or make sense.    donations always appreciated.

how and why you should do exactly what is best, most good, most true for you, and why most people don't, and why that's the reason for the apocalypse.  donations always appreciated.

  energy, population, contemplation as meditation, and how it all leads back to the mental block of humanity.   donations welcome, as always.

just what it says: applying a philosophical approach to solving all the world's ills.  donations always appreciated; I'm a broke-ass student in an economic collapse!    

how to become a saint, and how to trounce in conversation anyone who says you can't.

the human side of 'the ultimate destiny of humanity'. Constipated buddhists, reactionary occultists, and neurotic taoists.

...and we're back for a new season of fevered audio ravings. and we start with a surprisingly even handed assessment of the new prez, B-Rock. the tension of inadequate categories, the cognitive dissonance of authenticity, representative democracy vs mob rule, and yes, some more spiral dynamics.