July 31, 2026
Contentment vs. Growth
You can either remain comfortable where you are, never having seen what you are truly capable of, or you can rise to the occasion and fully bloom, becoming your fullest self. Neither choice is right or wrong – you are free to pick either, and to whichever degree you like.
April 18, 2026
The Past
"The past" does not exist; there is only one present reality that is constantly morphing state.
April 12, 2026
I am an Artist (Poem)
I am the devil.
I am the paintbrush,
and society is my canvas.
Whether big or small,
here or there,
my canvas is everywhere...
April 6, 2026
Explanation of Modern Nostalgia
Nowadays people have a lot of nostalgia for the 2000s and 2010s. There's this sense that we lost something nice, and that things aren't the way they were anymore. That the world is worse now. That life isn't as fun anymore. Certainly, they are right. Our current society is heavily oriented toward productivity, and many things we used to enjoy have been corrupted...
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Modern Counterculture
In a productivity-oriented society, the true countercultural move is to live for the sake of the moment.
April 5, 2026
A Modern Counterculture
What is counterculture? If we take the term literally, it is a culture that sits outside the dominant culture and either pushes against it directly or defiantly chooses an alternative way of being. Counterculture was best seen in groups like the hippies of the 60s, the punks of the 70s and 80s, and the scene kids of the 2000s...
Read more →March 29, 2026
The Unexamined Life
The unexamined life is not worth living, but the examined life is never lived.
March 28, 2026
Stage Turquoise is the End of Spiral Dynamics - A Proof from First Principles
Underlying the theory of Spiral Dynamics is the core axiom that we adopt a system of values in order to survive in our environment. In other words, our circumstances lead us to value certain things that help us survive. If the world is full of primal danger...
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