Maciolekism

sociology

  • National Twelve Step Program

    A Fractal Dialectic There are two kinds of adults; those who don’t remember the crappy things they did to others when they were young, and those who do. Of the adults who remember, there are two groups; those who are… Continue reading

  • How Free Markets Destroy Their Ecosystems

    Imagine that most people only watched the Super Bowl Halftime Show to find something to nitpick and criticize on social media, and the producers knew this and intentionally created a halftime show to exploit this reality to increase revenue. Now…… Continue reading

  • An Artist’s Journey

    If you were placed in the middle of a vast desert, not able to see anything in any direction, and no knowledge of the geography to determine which direction was best to reach safety, how would you act? Everyone would… Continue reading

  • From One-Liners to Philosophy

    For a long time I had the opinion that a philosopher was nothing more than a comedian who no longer cared about getting laughs or being the center of attention. Lately I have come to see this perspective as an… Continue reading

  • Mythology

    Every now and then I like to use a graph of some sort to augment what I am writing about. Unfortunately, these graphics take me forever to make because they occur so infrequently I can never remember how I made… Continue reading

  • Children Have No Boundaries

    Sitting back and relaxing, watching a football game with a friend. I don’t care about the game, or the sport, much less either of the teams,.. but my friend is an ardent fan of one team playing. As a casual… Continue reading