<?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>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:08:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/idealism/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[El problema del perfeccionismo extremo - Reflexiones filosóficas de un pensador nocturno: 31/03/2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[En ocasiones me considero una persona demasiado perfeccionista a nivel general, y aunque a veces eso puede ser visto como algo positivo, la más de las veces creo que a las personas que somos así nos hace]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-131951/@piensocrates/el-problema-del-perfeccionismo-extremo-reflexiones-filosoficas-de-un-pensador-nocturno-31-03-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-131951/@piensocrates/el-problema-del-perfeccionismo-extremo-reflexiones-filosoficas-de-un-pensador-nocturno-31-03-2026</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-131951]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[piensocrates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 03:22:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rhrxzHkTYutmS1UMyU8rgA9CMVWgMBr8wP36jZPSrFTf6huCJyLUEHx3dqmi1tNjycq97crD1ci?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life, Country and Everything in Between You Were Once Is Gone, Period!]]></title><description><![CDATA[A small clarity arrived the day I stopped naming the losses as tragedies and began treating them like furniture I no longer needed in the room. I am not speaking of sudden violence or headline grief, but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194848/@chris-chris92/life-country-and-everything-in-between-you-were-once-is-gone-period</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194848/@chris-chris92/life-country-and-everything-in-between-you-were-once-is-gone-period</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194848]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chris-chris92]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:52:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUeJEn5AVrJUoyatFqBqfcCJi1N7UixR4g2KPKN7w8NpZJRYoXoHmhBazzYLEapA6u1UKHE17cDmHEFdXaNK4uZc8bQNvA5PBuUP749QHebMM7AwEpREwQBLQGuHZrtNCbA9r6LCxNTjPtQPzhmStYtmhcvhiVa6T6dC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hopium and Copium...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I suppose the term "Hopium" is often used in crypto circles, but it really applies to the broader world, as well. Speaking purely from a personal standpoint, I find that I am often hoping that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/hopium-and-copium</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/hopium-and-copium</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106316]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 03:01:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJ6f5P7HArQE3XTCa7LuUXosancF3msXd2MG2DpxVLzcaWFcPTrh1s4niAcdecVfrifY4fgPPfvmbeUtBYSQZV1iRcnH2jDWoTnrEkzYWSP16o7LMw4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crypto: Bright Future... or a Slowly Closing Noose Around Our Necks?]]></title><description><![CDATA[And so, another month has come to a close, mostly with a whimper. Well, it's at least a "whimper," if you've invested yourself substantially in Hive, as your path towards the future. 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With every step we took deeper into the field of maturity, we denied ourselves the right, freedom, and desire to dream and to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-109288/@loyaltea/the-lost-art-of-dreaming</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-109288/@loyaltea/the-lost-art-of-dreaming</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-109288]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[loyaltea]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 07:47:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennApyggvxbRRHaLD3FfnwR298EWNiUBMs9Yi9rXw79ZcmFWnoAg4wtysr8RVLkJb3PxhjtSSthbgbNy8i1F6Hqz6w9Xpirxcp7SUC9quG1mTg3JrJ2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Cryptocurrency isn't MONEY, What is it?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I use US dollars. That makes sense because I live in the USA. When I walk into a store, a loaf of bread, can of cat food or a bottle of milk costs something in dollars. I don’t invest in dollars. I might]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@curatorcat.leo/if-cryptocurrency-isnt-money-what-is-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@curatorcat.leo/if-cryptocurrency-isnt-money-what-is-it</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curatorcat.leo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 05:50:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQonvfeGshq1dvj75tLJ1Ys7pech3X7EEHGk9YPSkD4xBHbubjCcGXeZ1aW5YgJS9VqEJC6h81jyJWQXWEgU4qaZa1hU6nrGHswE57YH9gi3iK5T4uj1w9Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Web 3.0 Speculations: Harsh Tangible Reality vs. Wishful Dream Reality?]]></title><description><![CDATA[About 100 years ago (that's a lie, I'm not THAT old!), one of the takeaway lessons from college psychology classes was that there were certain ways in which I was not "typical." 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Turns out, not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@edicted/bitcoin-spot-etf-begrudgingly-approved</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@edicted/bitcoin-spot-etf-begrudgingly-approved</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edicted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 02:22:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqZTU2GetDaJo5RSys5g4PrHZB6EWzikA8joK1d5GztxN8bjeJSgKL1msYjdWogpBtzsdb5yrEVWvyHyniEDXw7kqKrqT5J8Q4Kat3bzx1KBCtva?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nostalgia and Looking Backwards — When, What, and Where do We Look?]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the holidays around the corner, many people start to wax nostalgic about times gone past. We remember childhoods, or happier times, or maybe desperate times we feel grateful to have escaped. 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Hiebert's book and the discussion on two post-positivist epistemologies. In the first chapter, Hiebert]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/attacks-on-instrumentalism-and-idealism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/attacks-on-instrumentalism-and-idealism</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kopiko-blanca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2023 04:12:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqrKE4fj96vyHe4Njamm5JNEV7bVGXrCohJU7vZ3N5haBwb1Nwj2rLXmnbSiQ3tchAVf7D4yK2z24cgfi6TSpYnqB9mu8Yy9QyrD25QAmYcwHcNz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instrumentalism, Idealism, and Christianity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prompt: Christian mission in foreign lands, natural light, landscape, dark, Studio Ghibli Source In my previous post, I discussed how postmodernity has been influenced by instrumentalism and idealism.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/instrumentalism-idealism-and-christianity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/instrumentalism-idealism-and-christianity</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kopiko-blanca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2023 00:16:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqrKE4fj96vyHe4Njamm5JNFMhYgXUyJwAe29PktbgXFQQ9xm9UeqFhiKFtzsbYHPeUXTUtZynJGxCjad9sW9uayAKSiPSkoChbfzpW3PYPVFuxr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instrumentalism, Idealism, and Postmodernity ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prompt: postmodernity, painting, a landscape, HDR, UHD, 64K Source In continuing the second chapter of Paul G. 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Onwards!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-109288/@denmarkguy/morning-thoughts-too-many-pots-on-the-stove-part-247-a-6b</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-109288/@denmarkguy/morning-thoughts-too-many-pots-on-the-stove-part-247-a-6b</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-109288]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2023 03:38:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJ6f5P7HArQE3XTCa6iFRtcct1P82rGtSV2agTiSgt4jAR5W6dmcsMbKWwJ5EnBXTuEKjwSzUdC5JnDrtMYx9mEgBgD6pJjKjr7EEyGx9GiKCDWehHp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you figured out your limitations?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'd normally agree that there are some limitations we face as humans and that's the truth, but the interesting part of this discussion is that having in mind that we have limitations is not enough. 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How are you? this time I will introduce "Antinatalism" which I previously wrote on my Blogspot account. on my Blogspot account, I wrote it in Indonesian. Since the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130636/@putradaffa/introducing-antinatalism-as-a-solution</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130636/@putradaffa/introducing-antinatalism-as-a-solution</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-130636]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[putradaffa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2021 06:55:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnVJZ1SQkqTQxb7ibPhpgBmWd822NRPYQD2ou4VUZpUeET7Kv8DwghPs94f3BentkNQcXHyyDgj8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You might want to learn more about the Japanese concept "ikigai"! 😀]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ikigai (Japanese) is achieved when a person can do what they love, what they are good at, what helps the world, and what gives them income, all at the same time. 🧘‍♂️ I mentioned that in my parody at]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@savvyplayer/you-might-want-to-learn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@savvyplayer/you-might-want-to-learn</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[savvyplayer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:56:30 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>