"That didn't happen.And if it did, it wasn't that bad.And if it was, that's not a big deal.And if it is, that's not my fault.And if it was, I didn't mean it.And if I did...You deserved it."-Anonymous There's a support group on Reddit called /r/raisedbynarcissists that provides some basic resources for helping people understand the … Continue reading A Narcissist’s Prayer
Category: writing
Dunning-Kruger Applies to Racism
"More fundamentally, 'the research suggests that, even if motivational considerations were accounted for, there may be important cognitive hindrances to understanding and reducing [one's] prejudice.''Very prejudiced individuals may be genuinely unaware of their shortcomings because they lack the meta-cognition necessary to perceive them,' the researchers conclude."—Tom Jacobs, "The Most Racist People Are Also the Most … Continue reading Dunning-Kruger Applies to Racism
Knife Missiles
"Designated the Hellfire R9X, the missile has no explosive warhead—instead, its payload is more than 100 pounds of metal, including long blades that deploy from the body of the missile just before impact. 'To the targeted person, it is as if a speeding anvil fell from the sky,' according to the WSJ. Some officials referred … Continue reading Knife Missiles
Book Review: “They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us” by Hanif Adburraqib
"Who is going to be brave enough to ask where home is, and seek out something else if they don't like the answer?" -Hanif Abdurraqib, "Under Half-Lit Fluorescents: The Wonder Years and the Great Suburban Narrative." in "They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us." Columbus, Ohio: Two Dollar Radio, 2017. Hanif Adburraqib writes beautifully. … Continue reading Book Review: “They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us” by Hanif Adburraqib
Peace Privilege
"She describes it as 'peace privilege,' approaching the world from a stability that allows for simplifications. There’s always a lot of denial going on when trauma interrupts our safe outlook on life. We know that people in general don’t want to see horror except in comfortable contexts (like fiction) so seeing human beings systematically torturing, … Continue reading Peace Privilege
Static Websites with Hugo
I created a website back in 2010. It's a professional website. It has a personal profile, description of the work, location and contact page. None of these change with any regularity. So, I just needed a few static pages. I wanted to get up something quick. So, I had coded what I needed over a … Continue reading Static Websites with Hugo
Improving Your Ability To Think
"Here are three ways you can use to put second order thinking into practice today. Always ask yourself “And then what?” Think through time — What do the consequences look like in 10 minutes? 10 months? 10 Years? 1 Create templates like the second image above with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd order consequences. Identify your … Continue reading Improving Your Ability To Think
Power of the Powerless, Vaclav Havel (1978)
"Ideology is a specious way of relating to the world. It offers human beings the illusion of an identity, of dignity, and of morality while making it easier for them to part with them. As the repository of something suprapersonal and objective, it enables people to deceive their conscience and conceal their true position and … Continue reading Power of the Powerless, Vaclav Havel (1978)
Judgment vs. Judgmental
I was thinking about the differences between the noun judgment, "[t]he act or process of judging; the formation of an opinion after consideration or deliberation," and its adjective judgmental, "[i]nclined to make judgments." The adjectival form, by being inclined to make judgements, seems to suggest more opinionated based on prejudices rather than inclined to form … Continue reading Judgment vs. Judgmental
Weird Paul Interview: Vlogging Since 1984, Rocking Since 1987
"Imagine the irreverence of Barnes & Barnes circa their Voobaha album, apply a lo-fi punk aesthetic, add a dash of Half Japanese or the Ramones, sprinkle the lyrical sensibilities of Daniel Johnston on top, puree it in the blender and you have the music of Weird Paul Petroskey. It is pretty great, too." —David Buck, … Continue reading Weird Paul Interview: Vlogging Since 1984, Rocking Since 1987
Happy Bicycle Day
"Exactly [76] years ago, April 19, 1943, Albert Hofmann, a chemist for Sandoz, in Basel, Switzerland, ingested a minute amount—just 250 micrograms--of a compound derived from the ergot fungus. He soon felt so disoriented that he rode his bicycle home, where he experienced all the heavenly and hellish effects of lysergic acid diethylamide."John Horgan, "Tripping … Continue reading Happy Bicycle Day
Automated Authoritarianism
"In China, there is no why." —Chris Buckley, Paul Mozur and Austin Ramzy, "How China Turned a City Into a Prison." The New York Times. April 4, 2019. The future is here; it's just not evenly distributed yet.
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