Maciolekism

The Pursuit of Context

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.

Latest Posts

  • Contact Glitch

    It should not be too much of a surprise for anyone that I am being increasingly confused by technology, the internet, and social media. I know I am getting older, but not that old and not that fast. These new… Continue reading

  • The Future of Religion

    Religion is a formula of rites, rituals, morés, and norms designed/evolved to build and maintain a community. The value of a religion is not in its belief in God, but in the shared story that passes down experience and wisdom… Continue reading

  • A Settling Mass

    Raking, or blowing leaves can be a frustrating endeavor; especially here in New England. Of the many variables that can slowly drive a person insane, a settling air mass is the worst. Any amount of wind is fine so long… Continue reading

  • See The Pattern?

    One thing happens that angers a group of people and a wave of discontent slowly builds; people stating their intention to leave Facebook. Then, articles start appearing in news feeds, and fluff stories on the local TV news, about a… Continue reading

  • Politics vs Narrative

    For those of us who are observers, who are here to learn from events, these are interesting times. Twitter is going through an interesting transition. Politics is the art and science of gaining influence.Politics focuses on words, images, and impressions.Narrative… Continue reading

  • Elon Stark

    The story that is being shouted out everywhere is that Elon Musk is a “Tony Stark” hero of the universe, and has bought Twitter to preserve the freedom of speech; saving democracy. These days, if a story is shouted out… Continue reading

  • Failing To Recreate The Past

    World War Two is what got us out of The Great Depression. (War is the most dynamic of socialist endeavors.) What made WWII so effective is that the government shoveled money at every business and entrepreneur that had an idea… Continue reading

  • The social and economic experiments we were forced to endure over the past two years will be pale in comparison to the social and economic experiments we will be forced to endure over the next two years. Continue reading

  • Too Late

    Deep in the bunker that afforded them the illusion of safety and superiority, they realized the Tower of Babel was a metaphor for the increasingly complex and deceptive narrative needed to justify the pursuit of empire. Continue reading

  • Creating Conflict To Manipulate An Outcome

    Imagine that in the war over Ukraine, between Russia and NATO, the goal is not about Ukraine at all, but to create an environment that allows NATO (and the US) to consolidate power over Europe. Where being annoying to Russia… Continue reading