Craig Maciolek

  • If I Only Knew The Words Back Then

    Some time ago, before all this modern weirdness, a person in my life who was normally an aggressive and abusive jerk, always looking to weasel people into doing things for them, came at me insisting that they were nice and… Continue reading

  • The Four Constant Disciplines

    Religion is a formula of rites, rituals, mores, and norms that have evolved, or been designed to build and maintain a community. If I were to start a religion these would be the four corners of the foundation; The Four… Continue reading

  • A Cornerstone

    If I were to start a religion, this would be one cornerstone: People who can read and write are better off than people who cannot. People who read regularly are generally better at listening and understanding complex issues than people… Continue reading

  • The Bad Apples of Science

    Scientists are being manipulated and abused by corporations. As a result, science is being undermined. They need more than a labor union. They need a religion. Continue reading

  • Justice Is The Lynchpin

    Justice is the balancing of emotional energy. Societies collapse because they try to make justice solely logical. They set up bureaucratic systems to standardize judgement and punishment with the promise of equality. But, over time, because of bias and outright… Continue reading

  • A society that raises their children solely with positive reinforcement conditions them to overvalue praise and approval. Continue reading