David S. Rogers
@intrepidsr.bsky.social
I write to map hidden systems, surface inconvenient truths, and link what others don’t see as connected. Part thought leadership, part cultural excavation, part sanity check - with a side of snark. Relax: you’re not crazy - the system is.
The Shadow and the Self open.substack.com/pub/quantumt... choose… the pain.”
This Side of Paradise
“And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until daybreak.”
Genesis 32:24
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
C. G. Jung
This Side of Paradise
“And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until daybreak.”
Genesis 32:24
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
C. G. Jung
The Shadow and the Self
The Vulcan Covenant Essay 4: Descent, instinct, and the night journey toward wholeness.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The Shadow and the Self open.substack.com/pub/quantumt... choose… the pain.”
This Side of Paradise
“And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until daybreak.”
Genesis 32:24
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
C. G. Jung
This Side of Paradise
“And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until daybreak.”
Genesis 32:24
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
C. G. Jung
Dog Beach versus Dog Parks
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Huntington Beach, California is its own small world on the water. Not a village, not a suburb, not quite a tourist strip. A compact coastal city whose entire personality bends toward the ocean. There is nothing to interrupt the view.
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Huntington Beach, California is its own small world on the water. Not a village, not a suburb, not quite a tourist strip. A compact coastal city whose entire personality bends toward the ocean. There is nothing to interrupt the view.
Dog Beach versus Dog Parks
Dispatches of a New Jersey Mutt from Huntington Beach, California
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January 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Dog Beach versus Dog Parks
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Huntington Beach, California is its own small world on the water. Not a village, not a suburb, not quite a tourist strip. A compact coastal city whose entire personality bends toward the ocean. There is nothing to interrupt the view.
open.substack.com/pub/bitterun...
Huntington Beach, California is its own small world on the water. Not a village, not a suburb, not quite a tourist strip. A compact coastal city whose entire personality bends toward the ocean. There is nothing to interrupt the view.
The Failure of Foresight
A Bene Gesserit Lesson on Control, Collapse, and Prophecy
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December 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Temperaments and Archetypes of Dune
Keirsey, Jung, and Myers-Briggs Mapped in the Sand
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December 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The Hand and the Mouse open.substack.com/pub/dunivers... #dune
The Hand and the Mouse
Why Moons Are More Than Satellites on the Solstice
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December 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The Hand and the Mouse open.substack.com/pub/dunivers... #dune
Only When We Move open.substack.com/pub/quantumt... If light experiences no motion, is it meaningful to say that light “moves” at all? What if light is not the thing that moves? What if light is the unmoving reference, and everything else is what rushes past? #physics #light #photon #consciousness
Only When We Move
A Theology of Stationary Light and Motion as Consciousness
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December 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Only When We Move open.substack.com/pub/quantumt... If light experiences no motion, is it meaningful to say that light “moves” at all? What if light is not the thing that moves? What if light is the unmoving reference, and everything else is what rushes past? #physics #light #photon #consciousness
A Perfect Flaw open.substack.com/pub/quantumt... Where traditional theology asks why a good God allows evil, this work begins with a different premise: that the tension between light and darkness is not a glitch in creation but its motor. #dialectic #history #philosophy
A Perfect Flaw
What if Tragedy is Not Accident but Design, and History is Happening Exactly as Intended?
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December 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A Perfect Flaw open.substack.com/pub/quantumt... Where traditional theology asks why a good God allows evil, this work begins with a different premise: that the tension between light and darkness is not a glitch in creation but its motor. #dialectic #history #philosophy
The Vulcan Covenant open.substack.com/pub/quantumt... This five-essay cycle reads Spock as a living covenant - through the lens of Torah’s moral architecture and Jung’s map of individuation - to reveal the sacred geometry of reason, emotion, and integration. #startrek #jung #torah
The Vulcan Covenant
Mr. Spock Through Torah and Jung (A Five-Essay Series)
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December 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The Vulcan Covenant open.substack.com/pub/quantumt... This five-essay cycle reads Spock as a living covenant - through the lens of Torah’s moral architecture and Jung’s map of individuation - to reveal the sacred geometry of reason, emotion, and integration. #startrek #jung #torah
Portuguese Diaspora open.substack.com/pub/diaspora... Everywhere the Portuguese went, they married, traded, prayed, and cooked their way into local life. The Portuguese diaspora is a story of constant recombination that reshaped entire continents. #lusophone #portugal #diaspora
Portuguese Diaspora
A Recombinant People of Empire, Archipelago, Rupture, and Return
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December 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Portuguese Diaspora open.substack.com/pub/diaspora... Everywhere the Portuguese went, they married, traded, prayed, and cooked their way into local life. The Portuguese diaspora is a story of constant recombination that reshaped entire continents. #lusophone #portugal #diaspora
Surviving the Attention Grift open.substack.com/pub/bitterun... In a world designed to keep us reacting, the most radical act is to stop, take a breath, exhale, and then think for yourself - and stay there long enough to know what you believe before acting on it. #ragebait #clickbait #grift
Surviving the Attention Grift
A Sane Person’s Guide to Clickbait and Ragebait Taxonomies
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December 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Surviving the Attention Grift open.substack.com/pub/bitterun... In a world designed to keep us reacting, the most radical act is to stop, take a breath, exhale, and then think for yourself - and stay there long enough to know what you believe before acting on it. #ragebait #clickbait #grift
Ageism’s Simple Math open.substack.com/pub/bitterun... Ageism isn’t driven by prejudice. It’s driven by spreadsheets. #FutureOfWork #LaborEconomics #WorkforceEquity #AgeInclusion #EmploymentPolicy
#HealthCareReform #HumanCapital #WorkplaceReality
#TalentStrategy #PeopleOperations #EconPolicy
#HealthCareReform #HumanCapital #WorkplaceReality
#TalentStrategy #PeopleOperations #EconPolicy
Ageism’s Simple Math
How the U.S. Labor Market Quietly Prices Out Older Workers
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December 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Ageism’s Simple Math open.substack.com/pub/bitterun... Ageism isn’t driven by prejudice. It’s driven by spreadsheets. #FutureOfWork #LaborEconomics #WorkforceEquity #AgeInclusion #EmploymentPolicy
#HealthCareReform #HumanCapital #WorkplaceReality
#TalentStrategy #PeopleOperations #EconPolicy
#HealthCareReform #HumanCapital #WorkplaceReality
#TalentStrategy #PeopleOperations #EconPolicy
Astropolitics and the Post-Earth Economy open.substack.com/pub/augurnom... #Space #Solarsystem #spaceindustry #Astropolitics #SpacePolicy
#SpaceStrategy #OrbitalEconomy #CislunarSpace #DefenseTech #Aerospace #SatelliteSystems #SpaceCommunications #FrontierTech
#GlobalStrategy #Geopolitics
#SpaceStrategy #OrbitalEconomy #CislunarSpace #DefenseTech #Aerospace #SatelliteSystems #SpaceCommunications #FrontierTech
#GlobalStrategy #Geopolitics
Astropolitics and the Post-Earth Economy
Sapien Culture, Continuity, and Sovereignty Beyond the Cradle
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December 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Thanksgiving as Practice open.substack.com/pub/bitterun... Gratitude is not the turkey, the table, the attendance nor the tradition. It is the quiet recognition that any of them can change, and that their presence is a gift, not a guarantee. It is the joy of allowing yourself to live in the moment.
Thanksgiving as Practice
A Day for Gratitude, Reverence and Equanimity
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November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Thanksgiving as Practice open.substack.com/pub/bitterun... Gratitude is not the turkey, the table, the attendance nor the tradition. It is the quiet recognition that any of them can change, and that their presence is a gift, not a guarantee. It is the joy of allowing yourself to live in the moment.
Sectoral Semantic Drift open.substack.com/pub/bitterun... 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆. Because it is not an automobile company. #airlines #telecommunications #data #streaming #hollywood #uber #amazon #governance #Tesla #IndustryAnalysis
Sectoral Semantic Drift
Ten Industries That Are No Longer What They’re Named
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November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Sectoral Semantic Drift open.substack.com/pub/bitterun... 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆. Because it is not an automobile company. #airlines #telecommunications #data #streaming #hollywood #uber #amazon #governance #Tesla #IndustryAnalysis
𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗽𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 - 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗽𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀.
New research shows Epstein–Barr may be the root trigger for lupus.
#epsteinbarr #ebv #lupus #autoimmunity #viralresearch #immunology #biotech #publichealth #sciencenews#data
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
New research shows Epstein–Barr may be the root trigger for lupus.
#epsteinbarr #ebv #lupus #autoimmunity #viralresearch #immunology #biotech #publichealth #sciencenews#data
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Virus That Causes Mono May Also Cause Lupus
Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus
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November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗽𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 - 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗽𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀.
New research shows Epstein–Barr may be the root trigger for lupus.
#epsteinbarr #ebv #lupus #autoimmunity #viralresearch #immunology #biotech #publichealth #sciencenews#data
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
New research shows Epstein–Barr may be the root trigger for lupus.
#epsteinbarr #ebv #lupus #autoimmunity #viralresearch #immunology #biotech #publichealth #sciencenews#data
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Help Wanted Illusion open.substack.com/pub/bitterun...
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁.
#Workforce #FutureOfWork #LaborMarket #EconomicReality #CareerTransition #DignityAtWork #YouAreNotAlone #Resilience #JobSearch #Unemployment #SystemicChange
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁.
#Workforce #FutureOfWork #LaborMarket #EconomicReality #CareerTransition #DignityAtWork #YouAreNotAlone #Resilience #JobSearch #Unemployment #SystemicChange
The Help Wanted Illusion
And The Text Messages I Did Not Need
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November 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The Help Wanted Illusion open.substack.com/pub/bitterun...
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁.
#Workforce #FutureOfWork #LaborMarket #EconomicReality #CareerTransition #DignityAtWork #YouAreNotAlone #Resilience #JobSearch #Unemployment #SystemicChange
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁.
#Workforce #FutureOfWork #LaborMarket #EconomicReality #CareerTransition #DignityAtWork #YouAreNotAlone #Resilience #JobSearch #Unemployment #SystemicChange
Biosovereignty open.substack.com/pub/augurnom... #Biosovereignty #Bioethics #DataSovereignty #HumanGenomics #Biotechnology #LifeSciences #PublicHealthPolicy #PrecisionMedicine #HumanRights #DigitalEthics #Sustainability #SystemsThinking #HealthData #EthicalAI #DataPrivacy #FutureOfHumanity
Biosovereignty
The Genetic Commons, Health Data, and the Geopolitics of the Body
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November 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Our Neighborhood Spider-Man open.substack.com/pub/quantumt... If the Torah’s God once asked, “Where is your brother?” and Cain replied, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”, Spider-Man answers across the millennia: Yes. I am.
#justice #intervention #spiderman #superhero #MCU
#justice #intervention #spiderman #superhero #MCU
Our Neighborhood Spider-Man
The Mitzvah of Intentional Intervention
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November 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Our Neighborhood Spider-Man open.substack.com/pub/quantumt... If the Torah’s God once asked, “Where is your brother?” and Cain replied, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”, Spider-Man answers across the millennia: Yes. I am.
#justice #intervention #spiderman #superhero #MCU
#justice #intervention #spiderman #superhero #MCU
Post-Capacity Bureaucracy open.substack.com/pub/bitterun... This election may be fought in speeches and ads, but its outcome will land where every one before it has: on the plate of a state designed not to rule its towns, but to referee them. #newjersey #politics #elections #governor #homerule
Post-Capacity Bureaucracy
Home Rule, State Orchestration and Party Club Dynamics
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October 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Post-Capacity Bureaucracy open.substack.com/pub/bitterun... This election may be fought in speeches and ads, but its outcome will land where every one before it has: on the plate of a state designed not to rule its towns, but to referee them. #newjersey #politics #elections #governor #homerule
Handheld Addiction Exchange open.substack.com/pub/bitterun... #gambling #debt #addition #telemetry #userdata #behavior #microtargeting #onlinegambling
Handheld Addiction Exchange
FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM and the Architecture of Behavior Debt
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October 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Handheld Addiction Exchange open.substack.com/pub/bitterun... #gambling #debt #addition #telemetry #userdata #behavior #microtargeting #onlinegambling
The Kurdish Diaspora open.substack.com/pub/diaspora... To most Americans, the #Kurds appear suddenly in headlines - as freedom fighters, allies or insurgents & then vanish again. Less understood is that they are the world’s largest #stateless nation, numbering some thirty to forty million people.
The Kurdish Diaspora
Statelessly Planted Where Empires Met Their Limits
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October 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The Kurdish Diaspora open.substack.com/pub/diaspora... To most Americans, the #Kurds appear suddenly in headlines - as freedom fighters, allies or insurgents & then vanish again. Less understood is that they are the world’s largest #stateless nation, numbering some thirty to forty million people.
The Hypocrisy of the Holy Left open.substack.com/pub/bitterun... The path to restoring America’s promise will not be found in scorn, but in collaboration - with those who still believe in opportunity, and who have the means to make it real again. #politics #outrage #democrat #bernie #warren #taxes
The Hypocrisy of the Holy Left
When principle surrenders to the profits and glory of perpetual opposition
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October 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Nothing New Under the Son open.substack.com/pub/bitterun... #USA #midterms #elections #cycle #society #culture
Nothing New Under the Son
How Every Generation Mistakes Inevitability for Breakthrough
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October 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Nothing New Under the Son open.substack.com/pub/bitterun... #USA #midterms #elections #cycle #society #culture
I tend to be the "grown up in the room".
Except when that room is full of grown ups.
Except when that room is full of grown ups.
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I tend to be the "grown up in the room".
Except when that room is full of grown ups.
Except when that room is full of grown ups.
The Underqualified Résumé open.substack.com/pub/michegos... If you’re sick of being told you’re overqualified, good news: I’ve finally solved the problem. It’s fully adaptable, AI-friendly, and emotionally compliant: the Underqualified Résumé.
#jobs #ATS #recruiting #talent #employment #resume
#jobs #ATS #recruiting #talent #employment #resume
The Underqualified Résumé
A professional document calibrated for today’s hiring expectations: lower
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October 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The Underqualified Résumé open.substack.com/pub/michegos... If you’re sick of being told you’re overqualified, good news: I’ve finally solved the problem. It’s fully adaptable, AI-friendly, and emotionally compliant: the Underqualified Résumé.
#jobs #ATS #recruiting #talent #employment #resume
#jobs #ATS #recruiting #talent #employment #resume