“We continue to see myths in current novels, where we see a hero that defies the odds and make the world a better place. However, we read these passively instead of becoming inspired to be a hero in the real world that we live in. Myths were never meant to be passive. They were meant…
Mental Tools
Trauma: Did Your Childhood Mess You Up, Man?
by khatzumoto
American culture has has created, popularized and amplified a great many wonderful things. But one of its bastard children is decidedly unwonderful. And, no, I’m not talking about fast food, although that was a good guess. Trauma. Specifically, the idea of trauma as being indelible and definitive. We take the idea for granted now, but…
Crisis: Sic Semper Erat, et Sic Semper Erit
by khatzumoto
Recently, I was doing some immersion multiplexing, and this song come up in the background behind the Cantonese podcast I was foregrounding (it’s a very weird podcast, I wouldn’t recommend it unless you like weird things): [(34) gotta get thru this (acoustic) – daniel bedingfield – YouTube] goo.gl/DiQHLy [Gotta Get Thru This (song) – Wikipedia]…
The One True Secret to Being Happy, Productive and Sane Forever
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 26 of 26 in the series Timeboxing TrilogyWhen you’re doing one thing (which by, definition, is something you can do, otherwise you wouldn’t be doing it) never, ever, not for even one femtosecond, think about the infinities of other things you aren’t doing. That includes all the things you can’t do,…
Fight Battles, Not Wars
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 16 of 17 in the series The Art of War of LearningYou don’t fight wars. You plan wars. Heaven help us, I do sound awfully bellicose, don’t I? Again, this is war as metaphor; I’m a pacifist and a coward to boot. I’m literally afraid of the dark (still sleep with…
War! What Is It Good For?
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 4 of 17 in the series The Art of War of Learning Teaching us how to allocate our time, energy and resources (TER) productively. People take limits in war seriously because death and destruction are salient consequences. Reified fecal matter can come into contact with air distribution appliances rather rapidly. …