"A solitude of being one with others and just that—being, being so deeply inside oneself that there is no outside of oneself; there is no tension between you and the world."
"A solitude of being one with others and just that—being, being so deeply inside oneself that there is no outside of oneself; there is no tension between you and the world."
"Joe Briefcase" is Wallace's term for the prototypical American TV viewer — average, relatively unlonely, adjusted, married with 2.5 children, returning home from work at 5:30 to spend six hours in front of the television.
December 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Joe Briefcase" is Wallace's term for the prototypical American TV viewer — average, relatively unlonely, adjusted, married with 2.5 children, returning home from work at 5:30 to spend six hours in front of the television.
Meaning is not given; it is made, and remade, in the act of attention. To choose what to worship is to choose what to notice, what to honor, what to make real.
August 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Meaning is not given; it is made, and remade, in the act of attention. To choose what to worship is to choose what to notice, what to honor, what to make real.
Meaning is not given; it is made, and remade, in the act of attention. To choose what to worship is to choose what to notice, what to honor, what to make real.
August 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Meaning is not given; it is made, and remade, in the act of attention. To choose what to worship is to choose what to notice, what to honor, what to make real.
The “default setting” is the myth of separation, the trance of self-centeredness. We are conditioned to see ourselves as the center, but what if the center is everywhere, and the circumference nowhere?
August 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The “default setting” is the myth of separation, the trance of self-centeredness. We are conditioned to see ourselves as the center, but what if the center is everywhere, and the circumference nowhere?
In 2014, Margaret Atwood wrote a new novel that none of us will get to read. The manuscript of Scribbler Moon is locked in a building in Oslo and will be published in 2114.
August 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In 2014, Margaret Atwood wrote a new novel that none of us will get to read. The manuscript of Scribbler Moon is locked in a building in Oslo and will be published in 2114.
The UN body known as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) bases Earth Climate Sensitivity almost exclusively on climate models, and continues erroneously to claim that Earth Climate Sensitivity is 3.0 C for a doubling of CO2.
99% certainty that 4.5 C will be a reality soon
August 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The UN body known as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) bases Earth Climate Sensitivity almost exclusively on climate models, and continues erroneously to claim that Earth Climate Sensitivity is 3.0 C for a doubling of CO2.
There is no future for human culture if it remains stuck in the pre-tragic or tragic view of the meta-crisis. The second shock of existence must be metabolized by human culture, and especially by those in the wisdom lineages of religious and philosophical thought.
July 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
There is no future for human culture if it remains stuck in the pre-tragic or tragic view of the meta-crisis. The second shock of existence must be metabolized by human culture, and especially by those in the wisdom lineages of religious and philosophical thought.
Portugal’s “ecological overshoot day” arrived 23 days earlier than last year, mainly due to food consumption patterns, highlighting unsustainable resource use.
Portugal’s “ecological overshoot day” arrived 23 days earlier than last year, mainly due to food consumption patterns, highlighting unsustainable resource use.
late-stage capitalism creates scarcity to profit: break housing, sell rent. poison water, sell bottles. gut healthcare, sell insurance. we fund the system, then pay to access it. crisis isn’t failure. it’s the business model. and the rich? always winning. funny how that works.
June 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
late-stage capitalism creates scarcity to profit: break housing, sell rent. poison water, sell bottles. gut healthcare, sell insurance. we fund the system, then pay to access it. crisis isn’t failure. it’s the business model. and the rich? always winning. funny how that works.