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

  • Beyond Republics

    “The cow, the old cow, she is dead;It sleeps well, the horned head:” * Socialism, Capitalism, Communism.. these ideas are dead. They represent an antiquated view of political/economic structure in a world of strong central authorities. The value of these… Continue reading

  • Compounding Interests

    This graph displays a cycle of Feast and Famine. The blue line represents material success and the amount of free time and energy people have. The green and red dots have the same amount of free time and energy. However,… Continue reading

  • It Is A Natural Cycle

    Evolution progresses through a cycle of Feast and Famine.The Feast floods the world with material success.Material success increases experimentation and exploration.Such rapid change creates barriers to emotional connection, thusweakening established social structures. People who cannot make emotional connections reflexively pursue… Continue reading

  • What Disturbs Me Most

    I have expressed repeatedly over the past two decades that I support neither party. Ever since the 2000 presidential race, Gore v Bush, I have held the opinion that there were no parties anymore, no politicians; just oligarchs employing actors… Continue reading

  • Crossing The Bridge

    There is an old saying I heard a few times when I was young. “Everyone has to cross Asshole Bridge.” I had no idea what it meant, but I nodded knowingly the way teenagers do when they want people to… Continue reading

  • The Arthurian Legend All Over Again

    According to the story, there have been three industrial revolutions already, and we are at the beginning of the fourth. The first was steam, the second was electricity, and the third was computing. The fourth will be humans. Like genetically… Continue reading

  • The choice that is posed to every individual when the times shift from feast to famine, is whether they will work to maintain the image of perfect success developed during the feast or if they will work to stay in… Continue reading

  • Always Remember

    Always Remember that it was our negligence that allowed them to become this way. When we see the homeless and thug gangsters on the streets we instinctively know that they have been neglected and have fallen through the cracks. Homelessness… Continue reading

  • The Inverted Beehive

    Over and over again we watch societies collapse in blood and fire because the ruling classes work to create a human community that resembles the structure and efficiency of a beehive. Sadly, it can never work. The reason it can… Continue reading

  • Societies Are Flawed

    Nothing is perfect. All people are flawed, and thus, the families and communities and societies we make are also flawed. Visions of perfection, put forth by religions, philosophers, and fiction writers are just models, reference points. They are never meant… Continue reading