<?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>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:41:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@masonmiler/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Navigating relationships and building meaningful connections]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source Relationships and connections are essential parts of human life. They provide us with emotional support, a sense of belonging, and opportunities for personal growth. However, navigating relationships]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@masonmiler/navigating-relationships-and-building-meaningful-connections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@masonmiler/navigating-relationships-and-building-meaningful-connections</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2023 06:21:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxsHqdmM6dK96o1nbFP2M2fsQKHnBVr5PBgSZLLc2C9yMGWsGUGrKcAQrXGpg8L8VNgSxWfjUFkkubV1TcXjw7H4RkTzXoXrqMTYrjtc5KZ7G4nuFZcpQS8uB8RGNYyJ6nGa2S8s1K8F?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Evolution of Human Being  Made Coronavirus Pandemic Our Ideal Enemy and Importance of Social Distancing.]]></title><description><![CDATA[sourceWe don’t have fangs, claws, armor, or venom. Yet it’s our species who has dominated other animals on Earth. Because humanity is at its best when we combine together. Our social nature is what made]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/corona/@masonmiler/how-evolution-of-human-being-made-coronavirus-pandemic-our-ideal-enemy-and-importance-of-social-distancing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/corona/@masonmiler/how-evolution-of-human-being-made-coronavirus-pandemic-our-ideal-enemy-and-importance-of-social-distancing</guid><category><![CDATA[corona]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 13:54:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3ejZQFLqXedKbM6aqDVeTfdVwHeRWYJRNAjeLu2fQWgB2ZtJabcdGve91XvJUmCUP2wui6zr5yC6223w1P28Xze3HKX7Ub2Zq4fXRJbXqFNFWjfubQPUsUji6tQYnLukXFKzLQBn5TyyN9DX8A8jZY5gzv3F2nAZ4wZiXe4aqT5HVbvVw6Q7pkamVYNxc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Video Games have Taught me about Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have never thought I will ever make a video on video games but recently I installed my all time favorite game and started playing, I literally played for 2 straight hours and wanted to continue, but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/games/@masonmiler/what-video-games-have-taught-me-about-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/games/@masonmiler/what-video-games-have-taught-me-about-life</guid><category><![CDATA[games]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 17:38:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrTps6cjEv1kc8aTmyNx622BJzDw5FtUCvLi3yCdSyZ26BZEEh6jZ7HKKfcampyTzNZBSSkj3Ru3HSJNL5rPWmgVup6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-discipline. How to Become Supremely Focused]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am sure that time to time you feel like  everything sucks, I mean when you look back  at your life and ask yourself how on earth  did the last 10 years passed so fast.  I have achieved]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@masonmiler/self-discipline-how-to-become-supremely-focused</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@masonmiler/self-discipline-how-to-become-supremely-focused</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 19:54:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/eAyTuXc4toTVtuZ9FwSk6jctJQFDCrGchebM1e5hGsG7kzeGp163kVqLRSCDgLhhQ4yRvvXR17p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Seven Deadly Sins.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Christianity has, traditionally, spoken a lot about sinners. In the fourth century, the Church describe 'The seven deadly sins': failings of character that were to be particularly condemned and avoided]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sevensins/@masonmiler/the-seven-deadly-sins</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sevensins/@masonmiler/the-seven-deadly-sins</guid><category><![CDATA[sevensins]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:59:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk2bRb9gatmwEsdvNEZvoNsXZZUbUj3NHM5c9zNMaa7znRUY8V9GxdspBMMJW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The World's Longest-Running Experiments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Science is all about asking questions and then running carefully controlled experiments to find the answers. Most of the time, it doesn't take too long to actually run those experiments - maybe a few years]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@masonmiler/the-world-s-longest-running-experiments</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@masonmiler/the-world-s-longest-running-experiments</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 17:52:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UDtyTTuCfh4mxLLGYS56F4DZ7VAX19ZdHBp64Ta3CoXfiam7gDXyY4Zfdqskc9nzfrhS8m2E4fUq6ThSRY58fkuMVjLrZk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ATHEISTS VS THEISTS: Science Says Religious People Live Better Lives.]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are studies that show that people benefit from having belief that church is actually a good thing it's good for you we might benefit from having a belief system in general. People who stated going]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@masonmiler/atheists-vs-theists-science-says-religious-people-live-better-lives</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@masonmiler/atheists-vs-theists-science-says-religious-people-live-better-lives</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:39:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk2bRb9gatmwEsdvNEZvoP1g2VJ5ieL2nP8ZAzbWMNtJzocupW8ypLrqtorLN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should we bring extinct species back from the dead?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that a bunch of really cool animals are currently extinct: dinosaurs, wooly mammoths, saber-toothed tigers, and my personal favorite: the Carolina parakeet.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@masonmiler/should-we-bring-extinct-species-back-from-the-dead</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@masonmiler/should-we-bring-extinct-species-back-from-the-dead</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:25:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKQoqeqD1nfN5TF4y1gmMhUoNekpWHCcvKadbL5YaFn6x9nbusfjzN2M3w6EchJc6x4yCp5L3bpTbsmovXgNm3PJdPSqDiNxEQ59f3sk3ja7KKp4F9XhMTFgJofvpg2fKMmP5mu757VZLTgZMaw8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fulfill Your Potential - ( An original poem By @Masonmiler )]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fulfill Your Potential  You could be so much more  But someone swore  You'd be nothing You have so much in store  But you took their words into your core  Instead of seeing they were]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@masonmiler/fulfill-your-potential-an-original-poem-by-masonmiler</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@masonmiler/fulfill-your-potential-an-original-poem-by-masonmiler</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2017 08:29:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/hgjbks2vRxvmvUvppVwwNiZoa2suRuPnUbMvFpenCE5Wa6DDYrrQGZUm1uUyUxeBsBNCnjX1dErBMNL4vPxmpdA9yG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future of technology in warfare: Laser Cannons & Drone Armies.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The technology of warfare is in constant flux. I mean, there weren't even drones as we know them until late in the last century, and now?  Military technology has been a driver of innovation for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@masonmiler/the-future-of-technology-in-warfare-laser-cannons-and-drone-armies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@masonmiler/the-future-of-technology-in-warfare-laser-cannons-and-drone-armies</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2017 16:02:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQbWfyXBgyyKVeXASYdHAwXDKFwDpFNa2tqGFAmPy2f49hHnwJZqSac97HHHZVPWNn76t1qKzLdcCdiwRah61ypXS1JQGmtdF2oeUZgrBVG7FRzn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global Climate Change: Driver of Infectious Deadly Diseases?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sure climate change is bad but at least it’s not causing more cases of flesh eating bacteria or something… no you’re kidding, seriously? We talk about climate change a lot here, probably because it’s a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/globalwarming/@masonmiler/global-climate-change-driver-of-infectious-deadly-diseases</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/globalwarming/@masonmiler/global-climate-change-driver-of-infectious-deadly-diseases</guid><category><![CDATA[globalwarming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2016 08:12:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj99Ky2Uh4WcRX69G4ypBKXmXdN6jMVJGuTpH8E7DyNVshayDdwW134fYrWZECwNYmbdTicYTa9B6hprJ5sDLY5pWrf1me7Wn64VwRTZJSuVeYhZxa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where does our household water come from? And Is the world's fresh water supply Is Really Running Out?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Snow is great for skiing making Calvin -style snow people, and also for drinking or boiling to make mac and cheese and sausage. what do you think that water came from? The Sierra Nevada mountains in California]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@masonmiler/where-does-our-household-water-come-from-and-is-the-world-s-fresh-water-supply-is-really-running-out</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@masonmiler/where-does-our-household-water-come-from-and-is-the-world-s-fresh-water-supply-is-really-running-out</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2016 13:57:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bf3YpctudJywvMSBDu936oLBLpER4Y84w1RfWTtGz9Ljf2skXD5Kynaiq4mY14UF8yZMeskQ2kKvEtxu71MzQ8RhHVKcQ1uQ1GsE6SUu76iWYy2dQ2BviniHbYPDfpyoZmRSXka7TbUNJthV7ZJW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs): Are Genetically Modified Animals Or Plants Safe to Eat?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's been a lot of outcry as the FDA just approved a genetically modified animal for human consumption for the first time. Sure, tweak 80 percent of U.S. food, but keep your test tubes off our salmon!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/health/@masonmiler/genetically-modified-organisms-gmos-are-genetically-modified-animals-or-plants-safe-to-eat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/health/@masonmiler/genetically-modified-organisms-gmos-are-genetically-modified-animals-or-plants-safe-to-eat</guid><category><![CDATA[health]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2016 10:44:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMMe7x1dBWU9wfdxa1CoR1tjE1fzxUNtaqpQgyK86PNKsdN2B85z11t4i6mpo8WuHc7NxjDdGz1JWekhL5dZyvB5FdugUf3K7t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animals who change sex or reverse sex roles And Why do some species change sex?]]></title><description><![CDATA[If animals were on Facebook, they'd be pretty stoked about the non-binary sex options out there.  Humans have spent the last few millennia attempting to paint biological sex as purely black and white,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@masonmiler/animals-who-change-sex-or-reverse-sex-roles-and-why-do-some-species-change-sex</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@masonmiler/animals-who-change-sex-or-reverse-sex-roles-and-why-do-some-species-change-sex</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2016 14:22:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/eAyTuUW97k85qe43mS68kGiFRMv998MtLbiC4eNG416ycZdCRw3Xs8LPzvcrxqmyCDC7YgqPRZx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity, the Arts, and Madness.]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I've always been fascinated by the relationship between creativity and madness, right? like Timothy Leary famously said, in order to use your head, you've got to go out of your mind. And this of course]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/creativity/@masonmiler/creativity-the-arts-and-madness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/creativity/@masonmiler/creativity-the-arts-and-madness</guid><category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:15:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNcexr7CN6oLFxdYPTk9EAY9hdGJZM5wxLb8Jbjf8UeRMBQFHVp5PyAc33xk2i5tRM4m17wK5xTFZBHQFeNcdUmAwTDis2TRjUknNBfb3LB5ZQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Smoking Weed Good or Bad for You? The Effects Of Weed On Your Health And Is marijuana a gateway drug? Here's what the research says.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marijuana is good or bad for you? This is a complicated question and I do not want to answer it unequivocally, because that's actually probably impossible at this point. 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Will artificial intelligence surpass human intelligence?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is artificial intelligence? I mean I guess really when you ask that you have to know what is intelligence. So intelligence is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge or skills according to the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/artificial-intelligence/@masonmiler/what-is-artificial-intelligence-ai-will-artificial-intelligence-surpass-human-intelligence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/artificial-intelligence/@masonmiler/what-is-artificial-intelligence-ai-will-artificial-intelligence-surpass-human-intelligence</guid><category><![CDATA[artificial-intelligence]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2016 17:05:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEgfimpFb2SKQzecKC2B5ZvMKtg2XgEFXDipB5h5TPrEw71EZKQp7URGGJBTSPcnU7hpoeBvbZcd8j1dQvtNiQnRo8RrNVEGzvai2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ponzi vs. Pyramid Scheme:  So what exactly are they and how do they work? Charles Ponzi and Bernie Madoff The Masters of the Ponzi Scheme.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, in short, a ponzi scheme is a scam, in which victims are coerced into investing in an entity that doesn't exist. Ponzi Scheme operators recruit unsuspecting individuals by promising that they will]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ponzi/@masonmiler/ponzi-vs-pyramid-scheme-so-what-exactly-are-they-and-how-do-they-work-charles-ponzi-and-bernie-madoff-the-masters-of-the-ponzi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ponzi/@masonmiler/ponzi-vs-pyramid-scheme-so-what-exactly-are-they-and-how-do-they-work-charles-ponzi-and-bernie-madoff-the-masters-of-the-ponzi</guid><category><![CDATA[ponzi]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:43:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4FeQn623yk6rYtBd5rG6vUNLwaaAY1SspeztTvKcCJA1k6Tq9uscgnv66GHYL1sH1HDuLHfoRRxZvpRqUSSeiT5eLe2bJBDY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sugar is 'addictive and the most dangerous drug of the times'. Even Sugar Is More Harmful Than Marijuana.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new crisis is threatening the prosperity of our great nation! This valuable white powder is being imported by the tons to satisfy the cravings of millions of deliciously delinquent addicts! And the most]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/food/@masonmiler/sugar-is-addictive-and-the-most-dangerous-drug-of-the-times-even-sugar-is-more-harmful-than-marijuana</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/food/@masonmiler/sugar-is-addictive-and-the-most-dangerous-drug-of-the-times-even-sugar-is-more-harmful-than-marijuana</guid><category><![CDATA[food]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[masonmiler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2016 17:22:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonWToSX7uJugu1zJsb2AUtYgw49EYzEfozrzDK6hL1z4KWgqbuQ93j8fRgUMs3RuSRqRNXonoY1dsLtHw9F6QozNfbRMmsgoXxenodWN7up?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>