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Why Technology is Enslaving and Dehumanizing Us
Man is caught like a fly in a bottle. His attempts at culture, freedom, and creative endeavor have become mere entries in techniques filing cabinet. Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society In the
Big Pharma and the Big Lie – The Chemical Imbalance Theory of Mental Illness
Big Pharma is one of the largest and most profitable businesses in America, and in order to sell their chemical goods to allegedly treat the mind/psyche, pharmaceutical companies must convince societ
Work Less, Achieve More – Why Working Too Much Cripples Productivity
The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less. Leonardo Da Vinci Today many subscribe to hustle culture and believe that to be successful in business, a career, or a creat
Pessimism of Strength – Nietzsche’s Formula for Greatness
Its easy to be a naive idealist. Its easy to be a cynical realist. Its quite another thing to have no illusions and still hold the inner flame. Marie-Louise von Franz To be a philosophical
The Darkside of AI – Transhumanism and the War Against Humanity
In an interview in 1964, the science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke stated: The most intelligent inhabitants of that future world wont be men or monkeys. Theyll be machinesthe remote descend
The Great Rewiring of Childhood: A Smartphone-Social Media Dystopia
The Great Rewiring of Childhood, in which the phone-based childhood replaced the play-based childhood, is the major cause of the international epidemic of adolescent mental illness. Jonathan Ha
The Wisdom of a Pessimist – Arthur Schopenhauer
There is some wisdom in taking a gloomy view, in looking upon the world as a kind of Hell, and in confining ones efforts to securing a little room that shall not be exposed to the fire. Arthur S
Fyodor Dostoevsky – The Wisdom of a Genius
Fyodor Dostoevsky is considered one of historys greatest novelists, but he is also one of historys greatest psychologists. His stories contain depictions of characters who span the spectrum of human
Should We Obey The Government?
For it was a witty and a truthful rejoinder which was given by a captured pirate to Alexander the Great. The king asked the fellow, What is your idea, in infesting the sea? And the pirate answered,
The Psychology of Narcissism – A Modern Epidemic
One of the surest ways to ruin our life is to be in a close relationship with a narcissist. Whether it be a narcissist as a parent, husband, wife, colleague, or friend, if we are forced to deal with a