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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The Identity of Solutions
To be young and immature is to react thoughtlessly to the environment. The older we get, the more capable we become at resisting this urge to react. Good in some ways, devastating in others.Our character is measured by how this… Continue reading
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Human Carrying Capacity
I have been thinking lately, about a college ecology class where we were given the final exam question at the beginning of the semester. It was, how would you measure the carrying capacity for the human race? Interestingly, a couple… Continue reading
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Passive Aggressive Materialism
Scene one: At a pub, having had a few drinks with a friend. You finish your drink and excuse yourself to use the restroom with a comment about having to leave. As it is you have stayed a little too… Continue reading
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Growing Through Labors
My first job in the forest was marking timber. Going through a timber sale area and marking the trees that were to be harvested or not. I enjoyed the job. It was physically and mentally engaging. My second job in… Continue reading
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A Growing Community
The most basic question we must ask ourselves as we get older is, are we providing a nurturing environment for younger people, or are we competing with them for attention and control? (It would probably be a good idea here… Continue reading
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Conflict Avoidance
I am a Conflict Avoider. There,.. I said it. I will go to great lengths to avoid conflict. It is not that I am afraid of conflict, or a good fight for that matter, it is just that I am… Continue reading
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Building Work Routines
It is easy to make friends in this world. Simply find a public place that is comfortable and sit there at the same time of day and week repeatedly. It will not take long before other people who frequent the… Continue reading
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A Perspective of Work
There was a period of my life when I worked in the forest. During those years I was involved in the fighting of forest fires. What I learned about work from those experiences is this… when there are clear orders,… Continue reading
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Democracy hinders projects that require a lot of capital.Capitalism undermines projects that require consensus. Continue reading
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The Purpose Driven Life
From my perspective, the greatest achievement of the Baby Boomer generation is that they changed the vocabulary of capitalism. They did not change capitalism… in fact, capitalism changed them. Like it does everyone. (Capitalism kicked their butt, to be honest.)… Continue reading
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