It took me a long time to learn, frustratingly brutal trial and error, fighting presumptions and misconceptions, but eventually I realized that all of my writing leads to this work: Maciolekism. My very own philosophy.

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  • Building Better Analogies

    There is a commercial we all must suffer through, as we suffer all commercials. It is the one where Mathew McConaughey is dressed up as a cowboy and pontificates about AI; an analogy where AI is the new “wild west”… Continue reading

  • An Evolutionist’s Motto

    Don’t try so hard to be perfect that you drive yourself insane. Continue reading

  • The Endless Pursuit

    There is no way to achieve perfect beauty,but we should never stop pursuing it.There is no way to achieve absolute efficiency,but we should never stop pursuing it.There is no way to achieve total equality,but we should never stop pursuing it.There… Continue reading

  • Pursuing Sustainability

    Adaptation is a messy business. Failure is a large part of the process. For step we make forward there are many neutral and negative steps to be endured and learned from. At the societal scale, such as with population size,… Continue reading

  • Family Gatherings and Social Media

    Words, by themselves, are not more than grunts. Evolved grunts, maybe. Advanced grunts,.. but grunts just the same. Used to simply get attention, in a battle for dominance (aggressive or submissive dominance), and little else.  Used to interrupt, distract, and… Continue reading

  • Not Surprising

    Arrogance makes people blind to the reality that surrounds them. Continue reading

  • Trusting The Creativity of Others

    Everyone has a unique perspective of the world we live in, as well as themselves in this world. Our perspective guides how we build the behavior structures of our life. However, having our own perspective does not mean that it… Continue reading

  • Transition

    I had a chance to commune with a Bald Eagle today. I was on a walk along a river and decided to rest on a large rock. It flew up to alight on a nearby branch with the clear intention… Continue reading

  • To Elevate

    There are times in life when we find ourselves trapped in someone else’s lesson. Even an active part of their lesson. At these times it is important to remember that we are experiencing our own lesson, different from theirs, just… Continue reading

  • Measuring Distances

    I have been considering different ways to measure how far removed a society or culture is from its environment. One of the things that jumped out and stuck in my mind is how so many people make an effort to… Continue reading