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Exploring Human Connectivity: Reflections on John Donne and Hemingway

13 Oct 2024 2 minute read 1 comment Alexander Kass

So this guy John Donne says, “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.” Sounds poetic, deep, old-school philosophy. We’re all supposedly connected, pieces of one big landmass, one world. No one exists in a vacuum,...

Mind Loops

12 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist

I know nothing lasts forever, but this loop feels endless.   We find a weak spot, one to shatter, yet it only bends, forever bending, never breaking.   The rush is gone the rage persists and i want to quit, yet i know were not done with this, my mind...

chains of strife

10 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist

Another out the door another i adored The silence screams and i hit the floor.   The clocks tick by, i feel myself losing time its been a long while since life felt worth these dimes. Saving them up so one at a time till i have enough to go cross som...

Starring at the starrs

23 Sep 2024 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist

Starring at the stars Wondering if your alright Seems like it's going to be a cold night   Starring at the stars  Trying to figure out where you are. Bouncing from tragically to drug den   Starring at the stars  Trying to find words you need to hear...

Buddhism and Science

20 Sep 2024 1 minute read 1 comment Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Zu27eWUeDXs0Jm-Y It seems that Buddhism has a lot in common with different sciences, namely the Buddhist characteristics of being: cause and effect, the absence of a constant and unchanging pers...

Own your costly flaws

18 Sep 2024 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Everyone has flaws. Mine is that when I’m exhausted or have a trillion things running through my mind or am fixated on one particular thing, I tend to drop the ball. Sometimes, I am able to reverse my error. No harm done, and life goes on as usual. O...

Trapped in Lies

17 Sep 2024 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist

You lied, now im trapped  i gave you my trust, you laughed. You laughed despite knowing what to come, this aftermath.   You lied, now im trapped Who knew a question could end in a conclusion. Not me but the whole time, certainly you. All the immature...

Let's revive the philosophy of Frédéric Bastiat

14 Sep 2024 2 minute read 0 comments BitcoinBerg

Did you know that many authors who are overlooked in high school and higher education are famous French figures abroad? For instance, who knows that the most frequently cited reference by Margaret Thatcher or Ronald Reagan was Frédéric Bastiat? This...

INDIVIDUATION OR ASSIMILATION

10 Sep 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Hector Combo

The importance of individual self-realization is tragically eclipsed by a collectivized reality: a virtual casino where attention is currency and truth is irrelevant. The hyper real carnival of pleasures, political intrigue and viral trends entrains...

Stay or go, Forget and Repeat, Rewind and Retry

8 Sep 2024 1 minute read 1 comment The Virtual Idealist

Stay or go, im stuck in the unknown. Stay or go, in the fear ive forgotten, forgotten all that was once known.   Forget and repeat, thats how my story goes. Forget and repeat, it always starts out upbeat, yet never seems to end up feeling like a defe...