<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:34:44 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@drrobertmuller/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing the magnificent Belair National Park in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia - Part Five]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just 20 minutes drive south of the Adelaide CBD, the capital city of South Australia, is the Belair National Park. This is also a 5 minute drive from where I live, so this is where I spend most lunchtimes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@drrobertmuller/introducing-the-magnificent-belair-national-park-in-the-adelaide-hills-region-of-south-australia-part-five</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@drrobertmuller/introducing-the-magnificent-belair-national-park-in-the-adelaide-hills-region-of-south-australia-part-five</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:53:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeuRkgiwx3XbeNCD4rfEH7kj9PFuwAzWvpdrrEBbWUSpEHo7Czv1AKsZKKMBfha8ivVgt5kj1MRaT7U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fundamental Connection to Nature]]></title><description><![CDATA[So ... we have moved so far from nature - or have we? I mean, I'm not a spiritual guy. I don't believe in any higher being, and I certainly don't believe God or any such concept. And yet ... I walk into]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@drrobertmuller/the-fundamental-connection-to-nature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@drrobertmuller/the-fundamental-connection-to-nature</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2017 11:23:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WTySVi815wTBS1cviU2Mho5Jm3v8vr8Jo7CB5MVbZMaPrF6Bi8TxootycPkyK6Ujado3nGn3P5k7xjEJjPu8w6oba9KkGK49aQjLW1kVQFksrRRm2UDUaoXBTqX1Mdg96mxxEvCYND5wwEQw1FinsN2tcnYHe9dKPc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Community Building for the 21st Century]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the 21st Century, we have moved into an era in which there are an increasing number of contradictions in the capitalist system. On the one hand, profit is unable to be accumulated by the corporate elites]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@drrobertmuller/community-building-for-the-21st-century</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@drrobertmuller/community-building-for-the-21st-century</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2017 05:34:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1YbtxZZQNoa9g3W1Mm1fgRN2yudUgrtCKA7nxYVjD3qsnvsUGoHGaFNCL64d7h5RzBPPs1moWFSrMnBRbYVTPBGjUi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bentham's Panopticon: Forerunner of Mass Regulation or Self Regulation?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Panopticon (Source: YouTube) A fascinating architectural piece from 1791 which wasn't fully explored, at least theoretically, until the work of Michel Foucault in the 1960s/1970s. But, let's explore]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@drrobertmuller/bentham-s-panopticon-forerunner-of-mass-regulation-or-self-regulation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@drrobertmuller/bentham-s-panopticon-forerunner-of-mass-regulation-or-self-regulation</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2017 11:41:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eRAaCePSxNX2WPDXAYYeXfJsWGPWcXs3E1c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ultimate SteemIt Verification Post!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just doing a mass verification process now so I can legitimise my presence here. My understanding is that one’s posts need to be displayed on other platforms, so I’ll provide these links, but as well,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@drrobertmuller/the-ultimate-steemit-verification-post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@drrobertmuller/the-ultimate-steemit-verification-post</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2017 04:48:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVf9v53v8rxcdvQQ1cEHdraCvmZg7uYmWDAuU5ytBTx1a5mzUJpozrYAtTN1FDoqs6e5vcCDmFsq71Gr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Striving for a Better Future? Community is the Answer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Community is a major sources of resilience as it is within community that we, as the people, have the possibility of being nurtured and cared for. Let's unpack this notion of community here to gain a better]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@drrobertmuller/striving-for-a-better-future-community-is-the-answer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@drrobertmuller/striving-for-a-better-future-community-is-the-answer</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2017 01:58:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1YbtxcUfMCf7zkkwfsznCYj9xprL3c8FrCuG1yEHiEaGL3eAaL5uppQszoivzfseAd5xYJ4EZXivh5ATgyVC4pDPSv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ash Grunwald - Australia's leading slide guitarist!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi all, The video below is of Ash Grunwald, Australia's leading slide guitarist. I first met Ash about 10 years ago when I was doing a graveyard shift radio show at Radio Adelaide (the university station)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@drrobertmuller/483ls4-ash-grunwald-australia-s-leading-slide-guitarist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@drrobertmuller/483ls4-ash-grunwald-australia-s-leading-slide-guitarist</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2017 13:01:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eAN5Cn4RCbLCiXF8GDsKess6HLMCT6CXihL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are we entering the 'Second Victorian Era'?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Victorian Era of the 19th century (1837-1901) was a period closely associated with the Industrial Revolution, particularly in the United Kingdom. The period was also known for its moral policing of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@drrobertmuller/are-we-entering-the-second-victorian-era</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@drrobertmuller/are-we-entering-the-second-victorian-era</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:10:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAWXDGUT6XfPTLRBbYW7TUFpRSTArzFoa5d6YRkzirugR6PHXw7jEXSP1d17ymGbPga3d24VgqLbm9ktGxdT7UJ1dhq2eY6eLQpbWgxDWotGfqWco4SPhhkZ9fqYLNGR3TsBK7L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cartesian Philosophy and Steemit]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Anthropocene era has been argued as starting from when Rene Descartes proposed the split between mind and body through the maxim "I think, therefore I am" in the first half of the 17th century.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@drrobertmuller/cartesian-philosophy-and-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@drrobertmuller/cartesian-philosophy-and-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2017 13:49:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8nehFd1J8HSa3WaVKydmDdQSeu7AofXgn9hui3LMA97j4ftrat2JP7uAEvtW1rtnTtqoEcc894t3StSjo3N1prDej6Gn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ash Grunwald - Australia's leading slide guitarist!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi all, The video below is of Ash Grunwald, Australia's leading slide guitarist. I first met Ash about 10 years ago when I was doing a graveyard shift radio show at Radio Adelaide (the university station)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@drrobertmuller/ash-grunwald-australia-s-leading-slide-guitarist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@drrobertmuller/ash-grunwald-australia-s-leading-slide-guitarist</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 05:43:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between the 'Market' in early liberalism and in contemporary neoliberalism]]></title><description><![CDATA[The distinction between the original liberal conception of 'the market' and the contemporary view of 'the market' reveals much about the way in which modern capitalism operates. The following is an excerpt]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@drrobertmuller/the-difference-between-the-market-in-early-liberalism-and-in-contemporary-neoliberalism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@drrobertmuller/the-difference-between-the-market-in-early-liberalism-and-in-contemporary-neoliberalism</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 04:04:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1YbtwqfPvBuM6gqU6c9c19jWnM8ZkuHpZ4whK7YHvBh7cZQK4r8wbJkRemzgvH2v7x9whYQkZQQQ69E8PjPxk3GRc2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Showing Humanity or Extending Humanity to the 'Singularity'?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi all, Today, I want to have a bit of a rant on the obsessions we currently have with the 'Singularity'. (Source: jimpintoblog.blogspot.com) Now, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the 'Singularity',]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@drrobertmuller/showing-humanity-or-extending-humanity-to-the-singularity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@drrobertmuller/showing-humanity-or-extending-humanity-to-the-singularity</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2017 02:32:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrZBeJiSsjtN8NxaVRbDURjiW5ZxCLWMrMxsY9siY2tWvCknHszV5GEYD7UcYjnPpjAqFDjL4REc24xGdhhevgy4N9FGS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the Difference Between Neoliberalism and Neoconservatism?]]></title><description><![CDATA[After examining neoliberalism in my PhD thesis from the point of view of the Governmentality theorists, which I think have the most comprehensive critiques of neoliberalism. People mix up the two ideologies]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@drrobertmuller/what-s-the-difference-between-neoliberalism-and-neoconservatism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@drrobertmuller/what-s-the-difference-between-neoliberalism-and-neoconservatism</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 06:49:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7Wc9v9EbDJdpKF4ktVFVwBpu2dSV2zgy65MiFXjx3yJ4iri1oePHr8Acn1WadQphkx5bQB9Y2XtbTrbMgkRfCJbCQdJ292LDgS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing the magnificent Belair National Park in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia - Part Four]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just 20 minutes drive south of the Adelaide CBD, the capital city of South Australia, is the Belair National Park. This is also a 5 minute drive from where I live, so this is where I spend most lunchtimes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@drrobertmuller/introducing-the-magnificent-belair-national-park-in-the-adelaide-hills-region-of-south-australia-part-four</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@drrobertmuller/introducing-the-magnificent-belair-national-park-in-the-adelaide-hills-region-of-south-australia-part-four</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2017 03:55:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeZ7RPvQQfdD5r4YYNP6hNwojCHtfueowkgAiQiMyzgYQq6SFjM7UDSpBTqDTJz3A81hGPRDUmBPFcJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The magnificent doorways of Greece]]></title><description><![CDATA[Doorways in Greece range from works of art, through to the plain functional, or the gritty entry to a haven of peace. From the Classical Greek through to the functionality of the present-day, Greek doorways]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@drrobertmuller/the-magnificent-doorways-of-greece</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@drrobertmuller/the-magnificent-doorways-of-greece</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2017 01:11:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVevLwizqEhiQsjW349y2MYbqYHX83mnaEBU5UfJAD9G1foA6REbrCAWKMKUeLoo5z5MMaKGJnGJABwC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing the magnificent Belair National Park in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia - Part Three]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just 20 minutes drive south of the Adelaide CBD, the capital city of South Australia, is the Belair National Park. This is also a 5 minute drive from where I live, so this is where I spend most lunchtimes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@drrobertmuller/introducing-the-magnificent-belair-national-park-in-the-adelaide-hills-region-of-south-australia-part-three</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@drrobertmuller/introducing-the-magnificent-belair-national-park-in-the-adelaide-hills-region-of-south-australia-part-three</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2017 00:23:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVf46LpszdGzQz4W9yTL3EFCb9rywQ8bV4bmXRFqyuWXxnVahEUAXSeJBnUsGgn4tYygGbin2opcoZTc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surveillance and Control in the 21st Century Security State]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a post I have been working on over the last 6 months in which time I have been working on the topic of the demise of neoliberalism in western societies and what it is being replaced by (a security]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@drrobertmuller/surveillance-and-control-in-the-21st-century-security-state</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@drrobertmuller/surveillance-and-control-in-the-21st-century-security-state</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2017 07:10:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89qAGcuSKWKKggrZmK15UiWt2EavZRBSMdWFrc7eF74GNrosixqpSbdJsk5wb14ZcBA3vcRzVtS5c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing the magnificent Belair National Park in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia - Part Two]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just 20 minutes drive south of the Adelaide CBD, the capital city of South Australia, is the Belair National Park. This is also a 5 minute drive from where I live, so this is where I spend most lunchtimes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@drrobertmuller/introducing-the-magnificent-belair-national-park-in-the-adelaide-hills-region-of-south-australia-part-two</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@drrobertmuller/introducing-the-magnificent-belair-national-park-in-the-adelaide-hills-region-of-south-australia-part-two</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:13:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVg7A36u7uTjpbSUuGdJ7gTUP5L64peRzQZRJpzSsna66n1b8aFUHUYoTtjWnwBRs2bwG2EvSsHzyQMt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dissecting the latest statistics on the Bitcoin Blockchain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just looking at the latest information on the Bitcoin Blockchain, and the current movements are quite interesting. (Source: Intelligent HQ: Across the major Bitcoin exchanges, the average $USD price at]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@drrobertmuller/dissecting-the-latest-statistics-on-the-bitcoin-blockchain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@drrobertmuller/dissecting-the-latest-statistics-on-the-bitcoin-blockchain</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:18:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQyotRPt1Hd7fPufGf1WCpCvB7qBKbTm7bsRSfnQm5ppGnPLyuEgK23qpBZa2FDbuGLKA1jA2We6i3hi2Q52hpWhy1jWsk8oBwX2E3bLd12gsiDBA6mbGuDbVnQ2pruxnkwisst6Gf28N2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing the magnificent Belair National Park in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia - Part One]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just 20 minutes drive south of the Adelaide CBD, the capital city of South Australia, is the Belair National Park. This is also a 5 minute drive from where I live, so this is where I spend most lunchtimes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@drrobertmuller/introducing-the-magnificent-belair-national-park-in-the-adelaide-hills-region-of-south-australia-part-one</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@drrobertmuller/introducing-the-magnificent-belair-national-park-in-the-adelaide-hills-region-of-south-australia-part-one</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[drrobertmuller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:20:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVe5gWUS9q3TKKQBXJTx6zd7NUpwG7WswwRfv8MYVJ6FFJTAFeDD3WQbuYCaYt9aakRzWHuM7P2T89nW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>