Historically the name refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on +May 1, 1776 to oppose superstition, prejudice, religious influence over public life, abuses of state power, and to support women’s education and gender equality.
My kind of people. Maybe I am one, and they’re so good it’s a big secret.
Important read about our “Angry Atheists” – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-tegmark/angry-atheists_b_2716134.html Upshot: “We need to make sure we don’t try to stop religion’s intolerance and fundamentalism (more…)
1) Studying attention & memory as it is effected by the technology & pace of modern culture. Being off-grid & in nature repairs our tech-hysteria & dependence: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/technology/16brain.html?_r=0 2) (more…)
Well…. it’s like this (I will keep it simple): I fiddled with my phone constantly. I enjoy Twitter, but for the most part, 15 minutes past my due date in a bathroom stall, I would query (more…)
I am really digging on the lessons of Ishmael vs Ahab, and the metaphor of Moby Dick as seeking meaning in an empty universe, until it grinds you up and whittles you away. I am less about that struggle (more…)
I constantly think about this…. consistency as a notion must be central to the duality of the human condition. In our youth, mostly, we run from consistency as if it is terrorizing us. As (more…)
The 4th Amendment doesn’t extend to 3rd party agreements. Privacy is a trick and diversion. Let’s talk about civil liberties before they’re gone, as well.
This is water….. Short version: Life is what happens when you are annoyed and think time is being wasted. If you can truly live in those moments without judgement, you are just KILLING it. For real. (more…)
TL;DR = LOOK AT THE BEAUTY IN LIFE – as suggested by a 109 year old Holocaust Survivor: “I know about the bad things, but I look to the good things.“ Alice Herz-Sommer I was (more…)