Archive for June 2024
Why The Holy Bible is the Greatest Book Ever Written
Most People Miss The Forrest Through the Trees If you’re not a believer in literal interpretations of ancient teachings, you’re not very popular. If you appreciate the value of the teachings without succumbing to euphoric indoctrination or pure antagonism, you’re even less popular. Striking a balance where you don’t buy into the general belief in…
Read MoreOn a Thailand Confidential Personal Note…
Transparency in all things is paramount In This Loaded Issue of Thailand Confidential (4,860 Words): Some years ago—it’s gotta be at least ten—I downloaded a book, “Say Everything.” I don’t even recall who wrote it. I believe it became somewhat popular and was penned by one of the earlier successful bloggers. It was essentially about…
Read MoreWhat Worry Warts Elon Musk and Geoffrey Hinton May Be Missing About AI
If the universe was malevolent and immoral, we wouldn’t even be here. So far, only humans have shown the capacity to be destructive with a purpose, so why assume superintelligence will be worse? For a limited time, get this paywalled post delivered to your email by subscribing to my free newsletter. Alternatively, if you join…
Read MoreNo UFOs; Never Have Been, Never Will Be
Do you have a burning desire to spend all your money to travel to distant jungles to strike up convos with screeching monkeys in trees? I’m not dressing up posts with header images anymore. Clean and simple. But, for this one, I’ll make an exception. It’s funny, and it drives the point home. For the…
Read MoreScott Adams: “Everything I was told about America as a kid was a lie.”
“History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren’t there.” ~ George Santayana History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten. … What is interesting is brought forward as if it had been central and efficacious in the march of events, and harmonies are…
Read MoreThailand Road Trip: Nikhom Kham Soi, Mukdahan
A Taste of Hyper-Intense Thai Neighborhood Life Part 1: Thailand Road Trip: Pattaya to Mukdahan via Sisaket Preface and Summary To preface this part two of my Thailand road trip from Pattaya up to Mukdahan Province via Sisaket and back—1,540 kilometers round-trip, just shy of 1,000 miles (960 to be exact)—here’s the reaction to part…...
The Obesity of Nations — Introduction
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Introduction Purpose. That’s a play on the famous Scottish economist-philosopher’s tome of 1776. Adam Smith. Why that’s so will become apparent over the course of this series. It’s not just a coincidence, but a factor in the multifactorial cause of why people get fat. Because of the…
Read MoreAmerica Is Skating on Thin Ice
It Has Lost Its Moral Compass By Abandoning The Practical for Feels Alone America was the first country founded on an idea, not just the conquest of real estate. Initially a territory for exploration, it evolved into a British colony, and with a growing population, the imperative to separate and form a unique country emerged.…
Read MoreThailand Road Trip: Pattaya to Mukdahan via Sisaket
A Visit With The Girls; Then a Lesson in Infrastructure Development and Mom & Pop Entrepreneurship on Hyperdrive INTRODUCTION There’s a difference between sitting around, reading everyone’s hot takes, and waxing poetic about it…and actually doing some original journaling and logging and telling real stories. The latter means getting off your ass, gathering facts or…...
Lessons In Agency and Morality Through The Lens of Cannabis Policy
How To Set Authoritarian and Childish Thinking Aside For Well Being and Prosperity The moral is that which is objectively good for the human organism.The immoral is that which is objectively bad for the human organism.— The 114 No-Pill Advantages Have you ever stopped to wonder why there is such social and political antagonism over…
Read MoreA Most Awful Rant
A Peaceful Walk Up To A Shrine Turns Ugly and Sour It all started with good intentions. I looked outside and thought, “This is a perfect day.” A tropical, hot, and humid country, but at 7 o’clock in the morning, it was overcast and misting just enough to keep things cool. Ideal for a walk.…
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