There is, of course, going to be a massive move back into reality & our real world as the utility of the internet dies. For 20 years technocrat-billionaires deliberately “addicted & addled us” (more…)
An ode to Jake Lorenzo… and a world of collaboration in business that we lost.
I’m finally catching up, and in this mystifying world, I am further mystified why they would drop a column like yours, as this speaks to what so many of us have experienced in the last 30 years of hospitality, (more…)
Alan Watts’ Trust the Universe, Baudrillard’s Simulacrum, Eckhart Tolle’s Joy Ease & Light, BBC’s Adam Curtis & Hypernormalisation, and stepping back into the really real world
WHAT YOU STARE AT IS ALL THAT MATTERS. It’s part of my decoupling from the manufactured world they want us to live in, vs just staring at beautiful things like water and rolling hills. =) I think that’s (more…)
A manufactured overlay to make reality seem simpler: Epstein Files vs the BBC documentary Hypernormalisation
The 2023 BBC Adam Curtis’ documentary is getting renewed attention, its day in the sun so to speak, as we have simply just uncovered a global criminal elite wealthy technologist pedophile ring (more…)
Go Fly A Kite.
Apparently, 3 separate lines flown by one person is not a common thing in the Kite community! =) This 4th of July 2025, at Pajaro Dunes for my Dad’s 80th Birthday, I realized that flying a kite is the (more…)
Chasing AGI: altruism, self-interest, capitalism, libertarian technologists, and a different existential threat for the human race.
Will technologists chasing artificial general intelligence (AGI) allow AGI to say, “Billionaires are a large part of the overall problem for humanity & we shouldn’t have them?” & how do we prevent (more…)
Eerie cosmic sounds meant for film… blossom in the real world as trees & sculptures of fear and terror: Exploring real world and film’s eerie sound instruments
This is a post about sculpture, art, the natural world, eerie sounds for movies, and when they come to the real world and actually sound horrifying for really real… THE SINGING RINGING (more…)
Philosophy Time! The Prime Aim of Life, Work / Life Balance, Stillness & Calm, Leisure as human culture, and being present, and the art of doing nothing.
What is the prime aim of life? Queensbury’s Defense Attorney questioned Oscar Wilde on the stand, and this was a response to the question: “Pleasure is the only thing one should live for”? I (more…)
Something wrong in the Smurf Universe, ie Gargamel is blind?
Dirty Little Potato People! AKA Ep #131 – The one with that guy’s laugh into the next 30 eps??? I don’t know if I can do it. I’m in first run of the podcast, since August, and I’ve been popping in for (more…)
Newsletter #0010 – Never Interfere With an Enemy While He’s in the Process of Destroying Himself
Bonaparte wasn’t wrong… Reminds me of that “Better to Remain Silent and Be Thought a Fool than to Speak and Remove All Doubt”, but I fear it’s too late for me. BUT… we’re in the double digits! 990 (more…)