psychology

  • 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

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

  • “Identity Politics” is nothing more than the act of finding leverage over the public. Since, the public is highly adaptive and only remains enamored or stunned for a short period of time, Identity Politics must evolve rapidly. Nothing that must… Continue reading

  • There is a particular type of genius, where a person is able to convince others, over and over again, despite mountains of evidence, that they are working to make things better, when in fact they are always, with fervent religious… Continue reading

  • Media Control and Public Policy

    Begin with convincing people that all anger is bad and should be repressed. Any display of anger, no matter what for, is attacked and punished. Making it very clear that it is the display of anger that is wrong, not… Continue reading

  • People do many different things to avoid their own negative emotions. Some will take drugs, while others will work, travel, gamble, or have sex. There are even people who will instinctively provoke intense anger in others in an effort to… Continue reading