Shattering the Screen of Unreality
"We have to reject the form of life that has been thrust upon us by the media and the digital world." This article is free at AmGreatness.com (see link)
Arts & Humanities
"The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose!"
from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice
David Lynch
filmmaker, painter, visual artist, musician, and writer. He directed The Elephant Man, Dune, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet and created Twin Peaks.
postmodernism
defined by an attitude of skepticism toward what it describes as the grand narratives and ideologies of modernism, as well as opposition to epistemic certainty and the stability of meaning --wikipedia
Self authoring
"a series of online writing programs that collectively help you explore your past, present and future." Jordan Peterson is attached to the project.
Moloch (Canaanite god)
often been portrayed as a bull-headed idol with outstretched hands over a fire; this depiction takes the brief mentions of Moloch in the Bible and combines them with various sources --wikipedia
Hillsdale College online courses (free)
Learn from distinguished faculty (including Victor Davis Hanson) in courses inspired by Hillsdale’s core curriculum.
technocracy
a proposed system of government in which the decision-maker or makers are selected on the basis of their expertise in a given area of responsibility, particularly with regard to scientific or technical knowledge --wikipedia
Khan Academy
Our mission is to provide a free, world‑class education for anyone, anywhere.
direct democracy
the electorate decides on policy initiatives without legislative representatives as proxies. This differs from the majority of currently established democracies, which are representative democracies. --wikipedia
panpsychism
In the philosophy of mind, panpsychism is the view that mind or a mindlike aspect is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of reality --wikipedia
The Fibonacci sequence or "golden ratio"
Almost everything has dimensional properties that adhere to the ratio of 1.618, so it seems to have a fundamental function for the building blocks of nature. --investopedia.com
Charles Bukowski, literary works
The New Yorker wrote, "the secret of Bukowski's appeal ... [is that] he combines the confessional poet's promise of intimacy with the larger-than-life aplomb of a pulp-fiction hero."
Slavoj Žižek
"challenges many of the founding assumptions of today’s left-liberal academy, including the elevation of difference or otherness to ends in themselves."
"To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower"
by request: From the poem "Auguries of Innocence" by William Blake