The Subversive Therapist

The Subversive Therapist


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S3, Part 13, Epilogue: Building a Social Movement
July 27, 2023

This is a wrap-up to Series 3: reflections on, analysis of, and summary on the origin and progression of the StayAtHomeDay movement. To build a social movement requires courage. One must first insert themselves into an institution. After forming a relatio

S3, Part 12, F*#k Big Tech
July 26, 2023

Big Tech steals our attention with the con of convenience, personalization, and persuasive tech design. F*#k that. Big Tech wants us to incorporate, brand, and market the self. The user is compelled to continuously offer status updates of themselves. The

S3, Part 11, School Board Meeting: The Four Statements of Zen
April 25, 2023

One definition of education is the process of systematic instruction such as at a school. Another definition for education is an enlightening experience. Here, enlightening means to have or show a rational, modern, and well-informed outlook. Zen has a

S3, Part 10, School Board Meeting: There Are Children Dying
April 13, 2023

There was a New York Times article from April 2nd, 2023, titled Its Not Deaths of Despair. Its Deaths of Children. In the richest country in the worldthe U.S.1 out of every 25 Kindergarteners will die before they reach 40 (four times higher than o

S3, Part 9, Walk & Talk: Courage & Nihilistic Thinking
April 06, 2023

I free associate about StayAtHomeDay, the schools resistance to it, social movements, raising consciousness, nihilistic nihilism, becoming burnt out with podcasting, and I refer to a recent lecture in Minneapolis (S3, Part 7, Becoming a Real Person) as w

S3, Part 8, School Board Meeting: Mass Shootings & Passive Behavior
April 02, 2023

Prior to this recording, I had never been to a school board meeting. I walked in and sat down for a few minutes and listed some bullet points on a notecard in the few minutes prior to speaking. I had thought very little in terms of what I would say. The f

S3, Part 7, Becoming a Real Person
March 24, 2023

The online user is in a symbiotic relationship with the virtual world, which is optimal for dependency and cultural scripting. Big Tech is our Momma who bounces us on her knee and tells us how to live. The user is Mindless (passive) and Joyless (split fro

S3, Part 6, Walk & Talk: The Politician
March 23, 2023

For my psychotherapy patients, the structural analysis begins with an abstract example to get them thinking differently about themselves. The Politician is Im OK, Youre Not OK. I explain this construct to the patient by using President Donald Trump as a

S3, Part 5, Big Tech: Selling Our Selves to the Sharks
March 06, 2023

YouTubes slogan is, Broadcast Yourself, and that is what we do online. We produce and express ourselves as a brand to be procured and optimized for online achievement: Me Inc. We sell this brand to Big Tech (Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Microso

S3, Part 4, Subversion Is The Answer
February 16, 2023

Martian is direct experience (simple consciousness), while humans have been trained to identify themselves as separate. This sense of separation provides the capacity for reflection, i.e., ego-consciousness. For example, “I am me.” In a nutshell, humans a