“The Whole Thing Is a Con Job” – Trump’s Windmill Rant at EU Presser

Minds at large discussing the Mind-at-Large Project

-1 phone call is all it would take to stop israels genocide -if israel doesnt comply, shut off weapons transfers -if israel looks to get weapons elsewhere, put a sanctions package -and if that fails invade israel militarily. this is why all it takes is one phone call

If only there were some kind of intellectual language which cut directly to why people would choose some values over others and how some choices are just plain immoral…

Buckminster Fuller, 4D Tower: Time Interval 1 Meter. 1928. Gouache and graphite on paper.

This is absurd. From 1980 to 2023, the richest 1% captured 54% of global growth. Don't tell me global inequality is getting better.

The big no-no in policy circles is culture — you’re not supposed to talk about national characteristics in broad terms because relativism has such a stranglehold on academia, especially social science. The idea that different cultures are different, and some more functional, is

If I like Alan Watts, who else would I enjoy listening to?

I have a suggestion..

Most likely, the United States will never again be a "great" country. It will be ordinary and will probably not exist in its present (governmental) form. "Welcome to the Era of Big Stupid in America America is no longer anti-intellectual. We’re actively anti-intellect. It might

Fifty years ago #otd Monday Aug 11, 1975, #RobertPirsig departed #BayfieldWI #sailing on Arête, his #Westsail32 sailboat on the trip described in his 2nd novel #Lila: An Inquiry into Morals. #RobertMPirsig #Pirsig #ZenandtheArtofMotorcycleMaintenance

Ghosted by Book Bub (after having published over a dozen books, some priize-winning, three of which Book Bub offers). The advantage this presents me is that I can now present my next book (coming soon!) as my debut novel, thereby wiping out the disadvantage from which almost all

Western Leaders in Zen? "A Comparative Study of Alan Watts and Robert Pirsig through the Lens of Zen Buddhism" By Brandon Mayfield August 2025 (P) The Robert Pirsig Association robertpirsig.org/western-leader…

Can you possibly trust a President who can't spell, has serious problems with grammar, and capitalizes at random? I think not. A President who can't write can't think. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

50th Anniversary of #RobertPirsig "Lila" Sailing Voyage robertpirsig.org/50th-anniversa…

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2 books showed me how to write The Omega Course. The 1st was Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, which combines a road trip across the USA + a history of philosophy. I read & loved it in my 20s, re-read it while writing Omega & disagreed with some of it but still loved it.

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Karl Friston and I had a great discussion yesterday about artificial consciousness (on a podcast). Can't wait to post it! Should be available soon ...