Artificial v. Natural Intelligence
I love epiphanies, and I’ve been having more of them lately. While everyone is talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI), I’ve been learning how to grow different strands of beneficial bacteria, to rebuild my gut microbiome from the damage of antibiotics (see the book Super Gut by William Davis). I’m also…
Everyone has a slave and a master
I have great respect for quotemasters and aphorists. People who make keen pithy observations with general truths have serious intellect, and a superior style in the art of communication. Slavery is not an easy topic to intellectualize, let alone aphorize. We like to think of ourselves as enlightened post-enslavement creatures,…
What Is a Dollar?
I’ve always been fascinated by non-verbal communication, particularly letters and symbols, but also body language. In college I took a counseling course on Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). Here, I learned about directional eye movements and how to determine what type of thinking people are doing as they speak. If your boyfriend…
Our Ancestors Are Stones
With my eyes closed, I can smell the water and feel the beach sand clinging to my feet. A wind whips over my face, tangling up my hair. The rhythm of the deep blue waves sync to my heart beat, while the sun rises over a sandy dune sprinkled with…
All the World Is a Stage
I just found out that Javier Milei was elected President of Argentina. At first, I was surprised. Then a little excited to see some change on the horizon, until it occurred to me that I was being taken for a lamb. It isn’t the first time that I’ve been tricked…
Go Local, Not Green
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” –Edgar Degas Edgar Degas was a French Impressionist best known for painting ballet dancers. He was fascinated by their grace and power and tried to capture their energy on the canvas. When he couldn’t paint them anymore, because…
The West and East Lives in Your Brain
“Logic can take you from A to Z. Imagination can take you anywhere.” —Albert Einstein There is no logic without nonsense, no reality without imagination, no future without past, no something without nothing, no woman without man, no you without another. There is no hot without cold, no dark without…
Is passion energy?
“Passion is energy,” said Oprah Winfrey. “Feel the power from focusing on what excites you.” This quote not only epitomizes the West, but highlights the privilege that all Americans have experienced since the dollar has been the world reserve currency. I mean, we can afford to focus on our passion,…
The Art of Ignorance
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. — Thomas Jefferson, 1749-1826, American President [1801-1809] While intelligence is necessary for survival, ignorance (the willful kind) is an art of living. Deep within our beliefs, ignorance is rejection of reality that doesn’t…
The Great Prostitute
Last night’s sunset was tempestuous, and so am I. Watching the U.S. dollar rise yet again, while everything else falls faster and faster into oblivion, is unsettling to say the least. My blog is not religious, but I am a spiritual person, meaning I am affected by things that are…