People say there's nothing left to explore, no new places to go. That's wrong. If you go looking for the truth, you will go far, to places where few or no people have gone. And you don't have to go anywhere. You can do it with just your mind and books.
ON THE ORIGIN OF MARTIAL ARTS
How people “learned” to fight is a contentious question. In many cases, it’s very tied into ethnic pride. Here’s a rough sketch of my hypothesis.
In short, I think the better question is when people *forgot* how to fight.
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In 2025 we are going to witness an accelerated unraveling of the rationalist worldview.
The following topics will be discussed more often and with more seriousness:
- UFOs & aliens
- telepathy
- non-local consciousness
- panpsychism
- levitation
Considering starting a group chat for discussing topics like these. LMK if you’d be interested.
"Where Marx sees Ebenezer Scrooge as a meticulous debt collector whose position is untenable for civilized society, Dickens sees a potential benefactor, a heart of stone that can still be made flesh. Where Marx surveys battle lines between the ownership class and the workers, Dickens unveils the inclusion of all persons in the kingdom of Heaven.
In a season of undeniable class tensions, it is incredibly easy to imagine that those above deserve blame only. After all, we are obligated as citizens of this Republic to critique power and expose its corruption, just as Dickens critiqued the empire in which he lived.
But more than that, we must also understand the radical effect of loving those more fortunate than us, praying for their redemption and repentance with both words and actions." —H. Ellis Williams