<?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>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:30:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@gwiss/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Bill Cosby versus Roman Polanski]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source @dana-edwards had a post yesterday about whether Bill Cosby was guilty of rape or not, and in the process of trying to find out whether there has been any objective proof offered to support the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/society/@gwiss/bill-cosby-versus-roman-polanski</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/society/@gwiss/bill-cosby-versus-roman-polanski</guid><category><![CDATA[society]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2017 13:39:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kws91ecJjkANAzfstp5ietJ4ACvk9NVPpayYcigZ72AYCut29FqkcrYoFfMSCsqR5bu1j7ESrpCiDQ7w2qYMV6i6agVnr3sv1NgpUcwruc8w6GZ6ayBcNSUEJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spiral Dynamics and the Houston flooding]]></title><description><![CDATA[I read a post by @luzcypher this morning about what level of conversation most people enjoy and it got me to thinking and researching about spiral dynamics and the theory of stages of consciousness. Seems]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@gwiss/spiral-dynamics-and-the-houston-flooding</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@gwiss/spiral-dynamics-and-the-houston-flooding</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2017 19:05:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PrxqAS8My84z8QnDpEsSBnKFsBYXvn1DLAwx9CSAb6sWYnqw3HFfRWkFw6TLpAmsfCthbyVjdGr12P3UCDVsJSSTdeMLizyJqEn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woodstock versus Charlottesville]]></title><description><![CDATA[I read a comment by @aedroberts in a recent post about books that will help your children see the wisdom of anarchy, and his comment was that Orwell was actually a Statist and that 1984 was a braggadocious]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@gwiss/woodstock-versus-charlottesville</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@gwiss/woodstock-versus-charlottesville</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2017 19:26:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89uRiXAj2BLnASVkeRxZmoMx2LBJN1y1aAEEM7uzk5LHFjx6fp9QqwZShA6bRWuUGgBBbdqRTaVpA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gender Confusion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source Having read recent posts by @kyriacos about transgender issues and by @lukestokes about the role of women in society I was struck by a contradiction. So let’s walk through my thought process together.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@gwiss/gender-confusion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@gwiss/gender-confusion</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:27:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgA3YjvYAMmhzKqswscLDj8NGGgVTUvPnpx2Kdy4xtkpdxWoL7havybdZMaoRCvT5NXmLnyXrPNinA2LRSGhPVqHVx9WnQgLfx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Star Trek Snowflakes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image link Matt Novack at Gizmodo did a piece recently on William Shatner talking about Shatner's attacks on Social Justice Warriors. Shatner apparently has a distaste for them, calling them]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@gwiss/star-trek-snowflakes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@gwiss/star-trek-snowflakes</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2017 22:38:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmF5VZucjWuzmpXUomGMznGBossB7LD2wJwhrFNZFcRF8qfeHhhppfcuX4hyntKU3B7gye963yKNfLX3V7PxRhNE9dZKasUK2heSozsUnpPatALsLVhxNQuPQSLgNtbqFgPhMZk3q8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroin and Economic Cycles]]></title><description><![CDATA[The poppy has been a part of human civilization for a long time -- the Sumerians in 3400 BC called it hul gil, or "joy plant", and tablets found at Nippur describe the collection of poppy juice]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@gwiss/heroin-and-economic-cycles</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@gwiss/heroin-and-economic-cycles</guid><category><![CDATA[economy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2017 16:03:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwreQdezuxdgVNukGkAu6Ca2dT7ib3kBiKiV3cZBm2B43gv5u27TC3y6nJbLWwqkYFhJagJqeRxVyGpt9VVkVYHrK4w3cJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology and the Generalist]]></title><description><![CDATA[@kyriacos had a post this morning about how thinking critically is more important than citing references and it got me to thinking about the nature of the world that lies ahead of us. Technology is slowly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/society/@gwiss/technology-and-the-generalist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/society/@gwiss/technology-and-the-generalist</guid><category><![CDATA[society]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:53:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle can't stop shooting its own toes off]]></title><description><![CDATA[First they hurt their minimum wage workers with an ill conceived mandatory minimum wage increase. Now, they passed a 2.25% tax on the wealthy. Guess that's one way to fix that pesky real estate bubble.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@gwiss/seattle-can-t-stop-shooting-its-own-toes-off</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@gwiss/seattle-can-t-stop-shooting-its-own-toes-off</guid><category><![CDATA[economy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 16:52:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Future of cryptocurrency]]></title><description><![CDATA[None of us here on Steemit are surprised by the reality that fortunes are being made by cryptocurrency traders. But the question I have is: What will authorities do when they realize this money is difficult]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@gwiss/future-of-cryptocurrency</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@gwiss/future-of-cryptocurrency</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:29:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pesticides behind bee deaths]]></title><description><![CDATA[Neonicotinoid pesticides, often used as seed coatings, is likely cause of bee colony deaths being seen in many countries. Quote from study: Overall neonicotinoid residues were detected infrequently and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gwiss/pesticides-behind-bee-deaths</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gwiss/pesticides-behind-bee-deaths</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:04:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taxation, Representation, and Negative Feedback]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was reading a post last night from @calaber24p about hardfork 19 and voting and it got me to thinking about systems design, which got me to thinking about back when the US colonists were trying to figure]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@gwiss/taxation-representation-and-negative-feedback</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@gwiss/taxation-representation-and-negative-feedback</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:28:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[High Intensity Training]]></title><description><![CDATA[@kafkanarchy84 had a good post about running and detoxification. It made me think about the physiology involved with running, why it is good for us, and what it does to the hormone and energy use patterns]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/health/@gwiss/high-intensity-training</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/health/@gwiss/high-intensity-training</guid><category><![CDATA[health]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2017 22:48:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[School is broken]]></title><description><![CDATA[@krnel had a good post about school bullying recently, and it got me thinking about how school functions now and what it might function like in the future. The current US school system is, as far as I'm]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/education/@gwiss/school-is-broken</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/education/@gwiss/school-is-broken</guid><category><![CDATA[education]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2017 01:27:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corporations -- vital or parasites?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Corporations are an ancient concept. They were widespread in Rome, the concept being that when a group of people band together they form a body (corpus) that is treated as a separate, independent entity.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@gwiss/corporations-vital-or-parasites</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@gwiss/corporations-vital-or-parasites</guid><category><![CDATA[economy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2017 13:47:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Separating Cream from Crap]]></title><description><![CDATA[@dana-edwards had a post a couple of days ago about whether centralized pyramid style organizations favor psychopaths, and it got me to thinking about how the reward structure of a system is what creates]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/society/@gwiss/separating-cream-from-crap</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/society/@gwiss/separating-cream-from-crap</guid><category><![CDATA[society]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2017 20:05:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CNN Producer:  American voters are "stupid as sh*t"]]></title><description><![CDATA[So this is what we get when we combine a perpetual sensation of low danger, a society where all of the corners are padded, with a relentless corporate drive for profits at all cost. We get voters that,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@gwiss/cnn-producer-american-voters-are-stupid-as-sh-t</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@gwiss/cnn-producer-american-voters-are-stupid-as-sh-t</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2017 15:41:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dw46XNkWEgKPXGLFA2syMLbD7yDycdeopqk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On getting Forked...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was watching the video of the Playboy reporter and the White House press secretary Sanders, and was struck by something he said: Come on, you’re inflaming everybody right here, right now, with those]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@gwiss/on-getting-forked</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@gwiss/on-getting-forked</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2017 15:17:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victim Mentality versus The Village]]></title><description><![CDATA[So let's imagine that we are all part of a small village in the jungle. One of us keeps licking toads, and every time has to be tended to hand and foot for a few days until the poison wears off. Relatives]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@gwiss/victim-mentality-versus-the-village</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@gwiss/victim-mentality-versus-the-village</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2017 03:09:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratuitous Suffering]]></title><description><![CDATA[A recent post I read made me start thinking about the effectiveness of public protesting as a means to change society, and if society isn't better off by spending time solving their own problems instead]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/society/@gwiss/gratuitous-suffering</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/society/@gwiss/gratuitous-suffering</guid><category><![CDATA[society]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:55:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vaccines -- choice or required?]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I noticed a recent post about vaccine injury that I thought was great, but also noted that most of the comments were anti-vaccine -- which was surprising (and heartwarming) to me. And I was wondering]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/health/@gwiss/vaccines-choice-or-required</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/health/@gwiss/vaccines-choice-or-required</guid><category><![CDATA[health]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwiss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:32:54 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>