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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  • Becoming Home

    It is the routines that make a place feel like a home.It is their routines that can make one person into the home of another.Routines are not healthy if others cannot adapt to them in a healthy way.We cannot build… Continue reading

  • The Real America

    American Freedom,American Democracy,American Policy,American Diplomacy, andAmerican Capitalism are all connected,interwoven, almostone and the same. I do not know if this is a bad thing in itself, but I do know that the people who attain power understand this as truth… Continue reading

  • Permanently Bent

    Long ago, when it was young, just a small little sapling, another tree fell on itand bent it over… but did not break it. Over the years, while other saplings grew up towards the sun in the shelter of the… Continue reading

  • Treading Water

    A conversation held in meeting and board rooms around the world over the last ten years: Why don’t our models work?~ Many reasons really. What is the most predominate?~ Confirmation Bias. What does that mean?~ We distort the results of… Continue reading

  • If we are to trust an intuitive and spontaneous creative process, we must also trust an intuitive and spontaneous destructive process. Continue reading

  • It seems the people who are good at making changes are never good at sustaining routines, the people who are good at sustaining routines are never good at making changes, and the people who are capable of doing both spend… Continue reading

  • To sell a product, convince people their lives will be better in the future if they buy it now. To keep a community together through tough times, encourage people to pursue a better future by focusing on the tasks right… Continue reading

  • The Cult of Personality, augmented by powerful corporate media, and amplified by narcissistic social media. Continue reading

  • Fascism does not rise out of hatred or racism. It rises from a sense of righteousness that creates a tribal elitism; which, in turn, nurtures a dehumanizing hatred. Continue reading

  • The Evolving Religion of Science

    A new toaster arrives.It is quickly unboxed and set up on the counter.There is no need to read the instructions, it’s a toaster.And since it has been weeks since the old one died,it is time to make some toast. Experience… Continue reading