Day 360 of 1000: Nietzsche’s Perspectivism and a Postmodern Presidency
Exploring how Nietzsche’s perspectivism relates to postmodernism, especially that practiced by the American right.
Day 359 of 1000: Two Things A Novel Can Do that Nonfiction Cannot
A novel presents life incarnate not just abstracted, and it gets at complicated many layered themes in roundabout inefficient ways. The Bell as an example.
Day 358 of 1000: Two Very Different Books
I’m reading The Bell and The Argonauts at the same time. Two very different books, which share a common theme.
Day 357 of 1000: Using a Donchian Channel for asset Entry and Exit
The Donchian channel is a relatively simple indicator that can help you decide when to enter and exit trades. A brief review of its use.
Day 356 of 1000: Burning Up Instead of Burning Out
King of Wands Tarot making me think of how a fire that burns everything to ashes could make for a pretty good story.
Day 355 of 1000: The Textuality of Life
Nietzsche thought your life should be lived as literature, according to Alexander Nehamas. Life as a text to interpret.
Day 353 of 1000: Experiencing Suffering and Freedom from Suffering
Thoughts from dharma teacher Ines Freedman on being somebody and nobody. Meeting the sadness and joy of everyday life without a defended ego.
Day 352 of 1000: Revisiting the Dot Com Crash
The dot com boom went far further than most people expected, for far longer. What is going to happen with the AI boom?
Day 351 of 1000: Stumbling into the Second Half of Life
In his book Falling Upward, Rohr says that stumbling and falling down (to later rise up) is the key to midlife transformation. Applying it to my midlife journey.
Day 350 of 1000: Investing in Oil Futures
So many ways to get exposure to increases in oil and other commodity prices. A new one I’m going to try soon.
Day 349 of 1000: Midlife Manual Competence
When I was married, I let my husband to do any fix-it tasks around the house. After the divorce, I began a slow process of learning to do those tasks myself.
Day 348 of 1000: Magic at Midlife
Riffing off a Tarot reading that included Justice, King of Swords, and Two of Pentacles. Finding magic in acting with attentiveness and character.
Day 347 of 1000: The Acorn of My Being
James Hillman on the soul’s purpose. Does my soul have a purpose, and have I left it behind?
Day 346 of 1000: How Work is Changing in the AI Age
Are we headed for a quick upheaval of the cognitive workforce? I don’t think so.
Day 345 of 1000: Marxism in the (post-) Modern Era
Considering Marxist ideas, financialization, and what happens if AI causes extreme unemployment.
Day 344 of 1000: Backcasting for Improving Decision-Making
In her book Thinking in Bets, Annie Duke suggests you don’t just forecast outcomes but try backcasting. Imagine good and bad outcomes and how you might get there.
Day 343 of 1000: Self as a Verb | Selfing and Unselfing
Ideas from three dharma talks about selfing and unselfing from Ines Freedman and Gil Fronsdal. The freedom unselfing brings.
Day 342 of 1000: What I don’t Want to Do
Finding your own path often involves doing things that feel weird, and that feel wrong too. Time to bust out of the shackles of what society tells you to do.
Day 341 of 1000: Affirming Abundance
I got a new rug cleaning machine today, to complement my four vacuum cleaners. Have I reached enough yet? Is this abundance?
DAy 340 of 1000: The 11,000 Day Project next?
What if I finish this 1,000 day blogging project without feeling transformed? Maybe a 30-year blogging project is next.
Day 339 of 1000: Aspirational and Non-Aspirational Transformation
Some transformations involve Callard-style aspirational proleptic reasoning, and some just unfold.
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