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  • Creating Conflict To Manipulate An Outcome

    Imagine that in the war over Ukraine, between Russia and NATO, the goal is not about Ukraine at all, but to create an environment that allows NATO (and the US) to consolidate power over Europe. Where being annoying to Russia… Continue reading

  • Philosophers are just like any other artists; most of their work is just average, some of it is utter crap, and if they are lucky some of it is Earth-shattering brilliant. Continue reading

  • The Assassin’s Choice

    Out in the middle of a vast and very unforgiving desert there is a table with chairs on a low rock ledge that looks like they belong in a warm comfortable kitchen. Slowly, over time, one by one, people come… 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 Narrative Triangle

    There are three elements in the building of a narrative: emotional energy, imagination, and logic. Intense Emotion causes images to form in the mind. The anxiety of a mother wondering why their teenager is late coming home puts bad Images… Continue reading