<?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>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:47:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@old-joe-hill/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Swimmer]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man on the beach walks parallel to the shore, knee deep in the water. A wave crashes into his legs, and he stumbles toward the shore, but he again moves back to the knee deep of the water. He continues]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@old-joe-hill/the-swimmer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@old-joe-hill/the-swimmer</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[old-joe-hill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:59:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPPNKJo37QuAWFxVuSG64QhznPHHf6o21ZxGFitzFHQrk3XF4qJeTSRNGFgxSmwbmq1EaMXxDEE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Seven Tiers of Human Problem Solving]]></title><description><![CDATA[People think in unremarkably similar ways. As humans we all required a certain level of problem solving skills to work ourselves up the chain of civilization. As hunters and gatherers, or more likely,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@old-joe-hill/the-seven-tiers-of-human-problem-solving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@old-joe-hill/the-seven-tiers-of-human-problem-solving</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[old-joe-hill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:19:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChQCWgTK7n42udtPXF5MxVJwCLRzw1P3ZPEPDNLTrJeJHsqc1oYWtpppFQqN8KDKHESuRifhQUz2PDi14?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Local Man Realizes He Doesn't Really Need to Spend Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[[BOISE, IDAHO] A completely deranged lunatic walking down the streets of Boise today decided that he could live without spending as much money as he is usually inclined to do. Going to the grocery store,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@old-joe-hill/local-man-realizes-he-doesn-t-really-need-to-spend-money</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@old-joe-hill/local-man-realizes-he-doesn-t-really-need-to-spend-money</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[old-joe-hill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 19:39:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYw21nkyUN9V53jvmCCTLRNLwKQBiPk5uxYTP5AJa6bBCTohSi87brLQep24usewAXdtpMjUmGz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your house isn't a real investment.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It isn't. Don't think of it like one. "But houses always go up." Riddle me this: If a random house in a neighborhood were actually a good investment, why is the bank lending money to you instead]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@old-joe-hill/your-house-isn-t-a-real-investment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@old-joe-hill/your-house-isn-t-a-real-investment</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[old-joe-hill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 00:36:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PrxqAS8My84z8QnDpEsSBnKFsBYXvoFDmsXENqjdEw6iq8ZFy3wpnFACs8ALnN1TJPrB3jdEi95BFKhPYhQ5ukRjZxvZzzxS2Y6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The False Mask of Ideology]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are a bunch of monkeys that climbed to the summit of a mountain and in our wonder, gaze out into the vast sea of fog below us, thinking that it is the floor. Modern society only understands where we]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@old-joe-hill/the-cult-of-modern-ideology</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@old-joe-hill/the-cult-of-modern-ideology</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[old-joe-hill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:08:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZB3hoZRzyWkX34EzpWJaHbzZaYkFJt19awxgBjyy4JbmoGED3ybyZmhyzeqi97EQUCUWK5BEWr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fundamentally Unsustainable]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you were born and live in a first-world country, you should feel lucky that you were born in this era, for there likely will be no era like it, ever again, in the rest of human history. The way that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@old-joe-hill/fundamentally-unsustainable</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@old-joe-hill/fundamentally-unsustainable</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[old-joe-hill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 18:02:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChZaWG2fgcwBXsWZFWmcpBXr4fvZThv7JmC7vz7UeUp5Xpo4w7FMCpwy94L9AeqybKxtuN9ApyrJrKp5c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Loser's Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diogenes walked backward across the Agora. He kept an indifferent, calm expression, despite the throngs of people surrounding him, who turned to look, snickering, and laughing. When he eventually gathered]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@old-joe-hill/a-loser-s-deal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@old-joe-hill/a-loser-s-deal</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[old-joe-hill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2018 01:04:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K62f7YfU7y8uo5L9JMmRyUSY76ZXypjvgUYrozRXfSahtX596FvubacRqFMVnVc7BiYPM9rXg3kPQaDyXmpa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cooking for Lazy People]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don't really like cooking. In my perspective, it is a pure chore; a thing to do simply because I have to do it to stay alive. A painful admission on my part is that I am quite lazy. I would rather go]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/food/@old-joe-hill/cooking-for-lazy-people</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/food/@old-joe-hill/cooking-for-lazy-people</guid><category><![CDATA[food]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[old-joe-hill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:16:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYSPxnanfSPorGbAUkgcWBFtbnoo8RcVAKVLCx89ijsB2HRQjQ71gEsqcVgRxhumuhtV5w5ZXhY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Probably Won't Make it Blogging]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hucksters and charlatans love preying on the desperate, trying to sell you ebooks, upvotes, webinars, and podcasts, all telling you that by pouring a little sweat into a writing a blog that you too, can]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@old-joe-hill/you-probably-won-t-make-it-blogging</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@old-joe-hill/you-probably-won-t-make-it-blogging</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[old-joe-hill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2018 01:42:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2Gkuc4i3nBe1mrfiJimv3Jgy7oQ4kDPkpm7Ygz7XySfPinGprbXM7UnjFYdfbyzDCBgGdxDyjKqxw1t5VVLP2Xfk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your 300 Hour Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are 365 days in a year. You likely work for approximately 250 of them. 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Take out a sheet of paper. Or, open up a word document, or pull up a note application on your tablet. Make a list of absolutely everything you worry about and focus on throughout]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@old-joe-hill/don-t-fall-into-the-trap</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@old-joe-hill/don-t-fall-into-the-trap</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[old-joe-hill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2018 00:59:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVdxJu9p2MkhQJaPm6URpMBumQbwWCuqh4rzCnyZ9bw927S4K6HxZVkcLddYRiocg7rqm1uUGtiJFuDY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Spiral and Anti-Spiral]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everything has order. Life itself, is a cycle, in which each cycle is separated by time, and defined by its inflection points. This is the spiral. There is one, which through historical inflection points]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@old-joe-hill/the-spiral-and-anti-spiral</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@old-joe-hill/the-spiral-and-anti-spiral</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[old-joe-hill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 16:15:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYT31qoCFYCtTwPrxaYJFKnhi4EzDVqZsoobbpRNuvgr8AcrPLGNsWuG3dVax2wj7d9GGro52gE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Short Story] I'll check the headlines.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where are my keys? I can't find them. They must be in my pants. Not those ones. The other ones. No. I didn't wear those yesterday. Check the living room. No. Oh, they're on my desk. Do I have everything?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@old-joe-hill/short-story-i-ll-check-the-headlines</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@old-joe-hill/short-story-i-ll-check-the-headlines</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[old-joe-hill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 20:37:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYcUfFFv9gaguMhn8oSGis5PJFWaxMSqbV8RJ1iroD61w8kAdq8xydHxNn8BLfv2aE7BMBLzhGA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Story] Welcome to your New Life!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to your new home. Welcome to Azimuth Home, provided for you for your new career in the Azimuth Corporation Enclave, area 44. 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Erik nervously]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@old-joe-hill/short-story-the-night-call</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@old-joe-hill/short-story-the-night-call</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[old-joe-hill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2017 03:19:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYN3noxRkSUsXePf2tbMi3NzFqV8U9UWqF3suvsa6fvrYKHmaKk9Ga1t1rYcG3dkD7EsNjgHLZC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to God, Incorporated.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are you aware of an entity that already exists that can readily improve and replace parts of itself? The singularity effectively already exists. 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Profit must grow.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@old-joe-hill/on-the-sacrificial-altars-of-the-temple-of-growth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@old-joe-hill/on-the-sacrificial-altars-of-the-temple-of-growth</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[old-joe-hill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 23:57:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZu6axVfgPsq6ukPyStv7ZPdBP74FmDFxnc8nivzQdDTDDeaDavLypMopqs4m1vp4AKXAi4P6vr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>