<?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>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:04:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/normalcy/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How to Fight Selfishness! Freedomain Livestream]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sunday Morning Live 9 February 2025 In this episode, I examine the balance between uniqueness and normalcy in our thinking, particularly in relation to creativity and reality. I reflect on political dynamics,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/reason/@stefan.molyneux/how-to-fight-selfishness-freedomain-livestream</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/reason/@stefan.molyneux/how-to-fight-selfishness-freedomain-livestream</guid><category><![CDATA[reason]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefan.molyneux]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 23:25:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKmTr9Z4jhbPj9GHY1wjtmcKenorTCparWfVMi9ufySxTzj63hSTkb9ctiaX23JDgZgP6XXndkzsmWPgHSiB2e4CZegiimFjk6KJDE2KzshPpab1MNcE4YtxeWxHdRYL2TcS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason why the hunt for normalcy is blocking people]]></title><description><![CDATA[Italian version below ... Recently, burglars entered the house of a friend of mine. He lives in a "normal" neighborhood where nothing terrible ever happens. This is just the latest in a long]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/normalcy/@mightyfiction2/the-reason-why-the-hunt-for-normalcy-is-blocking-people</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/normalcy/@mightyfiction2/the-reason-why-the-hunt-for-normalcy-is-blocking-people</guid><category><![CDATA[normalcy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mightyfiction2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2024 10:06:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2CwnDyeL7SRXJeyXAmkhCeNxP8rtbeeKed9n3mYeQ2PtZqe5iszJBdkMH38VLFksWHkFDhE5qMN2nCoJTc5UjJ7KxdBWTzj6kJHV2wyWfsmfvEpnsCZsRY7j1AWNs6u19bhBvaDZXcfsi9pgDVf3CiayqoVvz2T3APCU7n5vxu1Brz5q2moGS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life in Our Times: "Normal" Seems to be Becoming Smaller and Smaller]]></title><description><![CDATA[We had friends visiting from out-of-state, yesterday. Among the many interesting discussions we had throughout the evening, one of the most poignant concerned the whole notion of what constitutes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/life-in-our-times-normal-seems-to-be-becoming-smaller-and-smaller</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/life-in-our-times-normal-seems-to-be-becoming-smaller-and-smaller</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106316]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 08:58:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJ6f5P7HArQE3XTCa6iT526mMyoKwmzdcyHBRPrM9aM3nxhiiqkZrjhxUniMCkvcDtmDD9nPHCAayeztLzAeyEdEL7cmSZoi7qWRXa36xzTyZZqf6k6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am more convinced than ever that we are being set up and prepped for far deeper disasters to both body and soul.]]></title><description><![CDATA[As masks and border regulations fall and we are led to believe that things are returning to some more perfidious form of normalcy, I am more convinced than ever that we are being set up and prepped for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pandemic/@nooses/i-am-more-convinced-than-ever-that-we-are-being-set-up-and-prepped-for-far-deeper-disasters-to-both-body-and-soul</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pandemic/@nooses/i-am-more-convinced-than-ever-that-we-are-being-set-up-and-prepped-for-far-deeper-disasters-to-both-body-and-soul</guid><category><![CDATA[pandemic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2022 23:22:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCZ6odhod2CJFyq7EtyUYV2pU1Er9To85M1YUJMdAkCQJhTY4xUghNA3hYNv8Q4cMeqndHd2PxBnBz6tmnNmjQCudF3Y86apdMuUUozgxgVuGSa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When degeneracy is presented as chic, its allure is doubly enticing.]]></title><description><![CDATA[People don’t often “form” their opinions but rather regularly “choose” them from among a smorgasbord of ready-made, prepackaged propaganda and demagoguery. Formerly members of the clerisy were the midwives]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/culture/@nooses/when-degeneracy-is-presented-as-chic-its-allure-is-doubly-enticing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/culture/@nooses/when-degeneracy-is-presented-as-chic-its-allure-is-doubly-enticing</guid><category><![CDATA[culture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:36:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCZ6odhod2CJFypVeGRTaZcwMENc5NihHb7KNygmVkzDCM5HALdXYrgc4e2LwQFKJ25Bw5u3ri2Yo7cA4xo9cfc8n7V2sxuxVBVcU75NoLiPvJz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The WHO or World Health Organization gave some interesting and amusing ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[The WHO or World Health Organization gave some interesting and amusing ideas that'll allow people to live out their lives somewhat normally amidst the pandemic. Read the article here]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@chrislyr/s74jk1hdv5kkgac0w8okh9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@chrislyr/s74jk1hdv5kkgac0w8okh9</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chrislyr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2020 03:21:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA["Back to Normal?" I have NO Idea What You're Talking About...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I can't help but feel surprised whenever I come across someone who's talking about the idea of doing something "when the world returns to normal." Normal??? What is this "normal," of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@denmarkguy/back-to-normal-i-have-no-idea-what-you-re-talking-about</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@denmarkguy/back-to-normal-i-have-no-idea-what-you-re-talking-about</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-114105]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 05:56:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBBQkN3tCkeqGDncZiRLVNg5Jyv5RiCGf2FwTABcit1xhrCqeZ6jFBKNWPs9CmJmmk6ztzzpS9YEjz5RGorTJA8svKowL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Steps to Opening Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's May the Fourth!           I hope you all have kept up with your Jedi arts. This year's celebrations will have to be a bit low key thanks to the outbreak. 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Author: Susan Sontag]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/normalcy/@travelmaster/20180226t125840062z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/normalcy/@travelmaster/20180226t125840062z</guid><category><![CDATA[normalcy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[travelmaster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:58:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQyVgdUYN7bbXfnJucsZDpJVJ8s1hxfNn3p7PE4DAkwGU9abEw3kxUPMPJToscgFCYaTCcoP1ZaGwaaSzxK8MZKduwKRG2UJ7wieGEvp9djMMDMW2gmFB9Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise Man Words About Normalcy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The majority of people have successfully alienated themselves from change; they tediously arrange their lives into a familiar pattern, they give themselves to normalcy, they are proud if they are able]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/normalcy/@travelmaster/20180222t095827410z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/normalcy/@travelmaster/20180222t095827410z</guid><category><![CDATA[normalcy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[travelmaster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 09:58:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQyVgdUYN7bbXfnJucsZDpJVJ8HX8rXWDzeK9ppsvV4WZupmPA6S5byUEBVYdSmzRytaHfWezs9vikHVzG6hJRZpzhGL1g5PxwLbn4fW3JHgQhavDVNy6jY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise Man Words About Normalcy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The normal is that which nobody quite is. 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