There are times, with a little thought, you can get to the crux of a matter and not get sidetracked by the “surface structure” of it, as Bateson might say. For example, in Futurepace a videocast about the future of our spirituality which will be made after “Traffic ME?!”, I will demonstrate how the Bible creates immaturity and dependency among it’s advocates oftentimes. It also creates mental health problems among all users of it--Christian, Moslem, Judaism--and don’t even bring up Satanists. The reason is simply that the core issues of the Bible are largely for…

Musings I was thinking about genius again after writing the last article on the subject when I realized that people typically love to do what they are great at doing. In fact, I don’t think I know of a single person who doesn’t.  Is this so significant? I don’t know but it speaks to our evolutionary psychology, no? I mean, we’ve all heard of debilitating pain, even a common flu can put one down on the couch as well as make you miss that day of work and it’s pay, right? But debilitating pleasure?…

Trickle Down Category: Game science; trend analysis        Author:  Christ Titus There is a way of looking at trends that I happened along that I thought I would pass along. I think maybe if you sensitize yourself to it, maybe you would be able to anticipate changes coming as opposed to listening to dry information from reading or speeches or news broadcasts. Sometimes, the roll of a single rock can hit others causing them to cascade and hit others, growing the avalanche of rocks rolling down the mountain. In politics an obvious…

Rumor Patrol If you knew Me personally then you would know historically I don't really mind what other people think too much.Even that might be overstating it. Richard Feynman wrote a book, "What Do You Care What Other People Think About You?" and I couldn't agree more at one point in time. He said, "A lot of people have their misconceptions about me. It's not my job to go around straightening them out."Similarly, I have historically been something of a sherman tank when walking through other people's misconceptions or objections or concerns. This…