<?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>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:53:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/intellectuals/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA["Задушене Відродження" України]]></title><description><![CDATA[50 років тому, 12 січня 1972 року в радянській Україні почалась каральна акція КДБ УРСР «Блок», метою якої було "приборкання" української інтелігенції. Іван Драч пізніше назве цей історичний]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-165469/@socbez1/zadushene-vidrodzhennya-ukrayini</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-165469/@socbez1/zadushene-vidrodzhennya-ukrayini</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-165469]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[socbez1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2022 19:35:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgprEdabys8DLKDWB7c4Amihrm6pDnnwNkBgiRoQGw2Ua94um7JxYhfGkntXLaAvLtkdWf1MDXEnPfcaLVqcDsE65GzGvcs14q9Sorc3UsL8Hs2Vug?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellectuals are the dumbest people in society (no, really)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intellectuals are some of the dumbest, and most dangerous, people in society. An intellect that isn't guided by the moral virtues of the heart is one of the most destructive forces in the universe. When]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@mckeever/intellectuals-are-the-dumbest-people-in-society-no-really</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@mckeever/intellectuals-are-the-dumbest-people-in-society-no-really</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mckeever]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:30:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8RBevPfbFmh7NyVDoW9UCdBfdht4qehdUa71m4dtQ6viywqx9irrZKssjTJDHBFCbRNXPs7kR6cNk4KQtH4peMHXhZH9NTPh96e5XB6TzJLXnvEsbJbRCyT5nv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Intellectual"]]></title><description><![CDATA["Intellectual" is not a dirty word. It disturbs me how often it is used as one. On the other hand, many of those who are called "intellectuals"-- particularly "public]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@dullhawk/intellectual</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@dullhawk/intellectual</guid><category><![CDATA[liberty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dullhawk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2019 02:10:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZH3dvHEXTt2U7A2AZACizVzdYwGk54dEQunQJpQa4Z147fgWqp99RSrQyndc7oZ47WSWnHNtZuexFBp8oWyofgFPyG6GG7anRLnsMhTceDKbV5k2xV6qW4sawi7wfdY9Gd8MLFqhvTVjJUYf8SDY8enmtr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tree of knowledge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Read more at]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/knowledge/@jayatheertha/the-tree-of-knowledge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/knowledge/@jayatheertha/the-tree-of-knowledge</guid><category><![CDATA[knowledge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jayatheertha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 11:20:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJZWBXFXnbnQ1FtoZhRqrTWozhqoqWHpGmpmnSNxYVGESsTtuUKFLarpYpkPAvBmEMa7m9uAFMcDKFer9ufStYoXPQBVgD8nQ3YCpTkokz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The role of the intellectual: improving or worsening?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The other day I had a very intense debate with a person who was hoisting the book of the open veins of Latin America and its contents. Arguing that the value and content of the book were invaluable because]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@blackliberal/the-role-of-the-intellectual-improving-or-worsening</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@blackliberal/the-role-of-the-intellectual-improving-or-worsening</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blackliberal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:39:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WxjSNMv2dFcFoYWJMbGzqPPftGSkzueA1yeopQVGa2wpnkLcyifqiqYwzUpfhiegxR978pBcYvWvut?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Limiting Satire? - Professor Gad Saad, always misunderstood.]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of my favorite thinkers today is a very interesting professor who migrated from Lebanon many decades ago. As an evolutionary psychologist Professor Gad Saad has some fascinating ideas to share with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@meno/limiting-satire-professor-gad-saad-always-misunderstood</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@meno/limiting-satire-professor-gad-saad-always-misunderstood</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[meno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:59:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9FUiVtuQg2nZKdxX5Sky2cxUvLibDudcCAxaa51uR3cPDWphJdZfn7pMJbiHVGDPWWFtUt5h1bS9c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why The Hell Are People Drawn To Faux Intellectuals?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this Majority Report clip, author Douglas Lain joins the show to talk about the draw of fake intellectuals versus real world issues.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@samseder/why-the-hell-are-people-drawn-to-faux-intellectuals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@samseder/why-the-hell-are-people-drawn-to-faux-intellectuals</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samseder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2018 18:08:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eFziKD6gYx9jvJ7WeBm8fJcE1d89BZWzQXg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sapiosexuals- the rare humans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most times when we hear the word sexuality, what comes to our minds are male, female, sex, etc. Also, the word intellectuality invokes the picture of a mental acuteness, elitism or a class of people obsessed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sexuality/@lordxerxes/sapiosexuals-the-rare-humans</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sexuality/@lordxerxes/sapiosexuals-the-rare-humans</guid><category><![CDATA[sexuality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lordxerxes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:17:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2H74Fic92U9jxRCwM5ycTQmw57KsZyP5n2BnkuYsM3j3KsXGCp5nVqqeNJGNxmDr8DV534L17SEwynSAoyyS8Z7dN4Ma4jAkP14YB9Jo2rLUFSVkT8yrSbY2S9HtQgdKDHCyWnt4Vd2qeX1QEwLQE79hqevEgXURjWiSo9tioxneTvb2ff39SVgQJuDhoCEjVa5WQSP1gaZHEQF1cYaBHeMZLqtRFmZU9TffmU2eRzL5CwyUXKwR8AdCUT3c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[They Are Limited But Able To Pass The Limit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Physical limitations (disablitas) are not an obstacle for most people to move forward. they prove to their surroundings and even the world, that the shortcomings in the body do not become an obstacle to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/strengths/@lutfi/they-are-limited-but-able-to-pass-the-limit-d90677fba51fd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/strengths/@lutfi/they-are-limited-but-able-to-pass-the-limit-d90677fba51fd</guid><category><![CDATA[strengths]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lutfi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 15:08:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN2PrkvcM1HV2rKEybk7G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introduce yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello Steemians , my name is Colette Whyte. I am a lawyer with a passion for entreneurship. Am a very creative person and I like to do same things people do but in a different and exciting way . I am really]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@colettewhyte/introduce-yourself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@colettewhyte/introduce-yourself</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[colettewhyte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 18:53:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVehLxpcJdHKtNutHJdUuFbGPGrTr4uJ2FzSohdJTZFAXsWVisd16Rm24BJR4MSFpmDtRnhrKnPT6J7Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[intellectuals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anyone ask me what is the intellectuals? Intellectuals are thinkers who not only have to produce "a" thinking but can also formulate and direct and exemplify the implementation of its socialization]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/intellectuals/@celow/intellectuals-8109fae389d41</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/intellectuals/@celow/intellectuals-8109fae389d41</guid><category><![CDATA[intellectuals]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[celow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2018 14:58:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN4JuRGBbPhs1T7ikqZ82?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[the scholars came to the aceh foyer mecca]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Ulama of Aceh Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand / Pattani Darussalam, Indonesia are scheduled to fill lectures / tausiah in some areas in Aceh Darussalam, Here are the Schedule,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/intellectuals/@hamdansteem/the-scholars-came-to-the-aceh-foyer-mecca-229f9c5916cf</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/intellectuals/@hamdansteem/the-scholars-came-to-the-aceh-foyer-mecca-229f9c5916cf</guid><category><![CDATA[intellectuals]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hamdansteem]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2017 03:49:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMwhk5JnP8ZwYqmCELZQA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's Shaheed Intellectuals Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lifestyile Desk: Today's Shaheed Intellectual Day. On this day of 1971, the occupation forces of Pakistan and their collaborator Razakar al-Badar, Al-Shams, combined the killing of the best child intellectuals]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/todays/@bmalim77/today-s-shaheed-intellectuals-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/todays/@bmalim77/today-s-shaheed-intellectuals-day</guid><category><![CDATA[todays]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bmalim77]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2017 02:56:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTx2giPpgDghnU6aRSvwhjBiEdQT97TWwECN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[14 december shahid dibosh..........Martyred Intellectuals Day.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Martyred Intellectuals Day Martyred Intellectuals Day (Bengali: শহীদ বুদ্ধিজীবী দিবস Shaheed Buddhijibi Dibôsh) is observed on 14 December in Bangladesh to commemorate those intellectuals who were killed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/december/@mamunurmsi/14-december-shahid-dibosh-martyred-intellectuals-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/december/@mamunurmsi/14-december-shahid-dibosh-martyred-intellectuals-day</guid><category><![CDATA[december]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mamunurmsi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:02:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZooXP45BVzjZv8MB9TRmZ4v7raNYQHYhMh4dASEdd1R6DxZ3JTPWvsYGPRJZijqUKJ95jNU74S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chomsky Revisited: As fresh as the day it was baked]]></title><description><![CDATA[(The Responsibility of Intellectuals, Noam Chomsky, Nov 2017) The premise of this 50 year old essay is simply that “It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies”. In it,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/chomsky/@davidwineberg/chomsky-revisited-as-fresh-as-the-day-it-was-baked</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/chomsky/@davidwineberg/chomsky-revisited-as-fresh-as-the-day-it-was-baked</guid><category><![CDATA[chomsky]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidwineberg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2017 23:52:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep it Short and Sweet!]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Intellectual is somebody who uses more words than he needs, in order to say something more than he knows (Dwight D. Eisenhower)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@citizenluke/keep-it-short-and-sweet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@citizenluke/keep-it-short-and-sweet</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[citizenluke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:52:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsTDm32NQoNDokJe823LEouwEmfzLJ35THxosuguCVLKtjaM4FEUPv6FfHibL55KhxDdPUyUUEeeyqzJT8x4NWYK2ira?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jordan Peterson: Advice for Hyper-Intellectual People]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@anamnesia/jordan-peterson-advice-for-hyper-intellectual-people</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@anamnesia/jordan-peterson-advice-for-hyper-intellectual-people</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[anamnesia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2017 01:36:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e31huE9KKqc42qQ9hnxuxR5zfzKbVGVLR9Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Reason Millenials Are Losing Their Minds Over Trump]]></title><description><![CDATA[Millenials have been hearing for most of their teen and adult life a fairy tale, carefully crafted by the democratic establishment. Trump represents confrontation, toughness and the raw power that comes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@kyriacos/the-reason-millenials-are-loosing-their-mind-over-trump</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@kyriacos/the-reason-millenials-are-loosing-their-mind-over-trump</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kyriacos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2016 19:48:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/sML2JBPsdAyMUJWzxvYnDYtKNvrTaMv1eeo9E5PP1dpWRnTsFZb64Brh5213pon6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["The Intellectual Yet Idiot" by Nassim Taleb]]></title><description><![CDATA[Note to Curators : This is a copypasta of Nassim Taleb's excellent article from Medium.com. It will be (metaphorically) flagged by Cheetah and those too caught up in the game to read this line. Please]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@tuck-fheman/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-by-nassim-taleb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@tuck-fheman/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-by-nassim-taleb</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tuck-fheman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2016 15:59:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXB7bpWyVQg7oNMk3fpuYNB2ShQza8wdVGnMLX9eKNJptdYeaEA1ievGvy1FY9jc8RDC8UyYfkVoz3wXrVcv1S23NStmM8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>