Thank you for the kind words! New episode about the mind/body connection and hallucinatory sickness coming your way in a few hours <3

Right on - I've been talking with lots of folks lately about change through individual choices vs system-level. Seems like many hope they'll be able to elect someone who will make them a better person

Certainly not suggesting that humans should kill the planet (which I actually don't think is possible because we'll kill ourselves and the planet will recover just fine). I'm trying to point out that shifting

Amen to that - but not sure how it's possible to do the things that I love about modernity when there's no one bigger than the village chief. I'm curious, what does it mean to not be into politics?

Well I think it's almost impossible to get people to stop eating fish, fish are delicious and we've been eating them since humans came to be. Turning away from that is almost like turning away from the

Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for offering the interesting perspective - I'm surprised the lack of political freedom didn't feel stifling. Was there ever a time the government made a choice that seemed

@Riverflows is on the right track here - it's just a new package for ancient wisdom of self-discipline. Just like most cultures have a tale of the flood, most have stories about the necessity of self-control.

Funny thing is that most people don't want to hear that the solution has to come from inside of them - pills are much easier. Glad to hear it's been working out for you. What's the pranyam you're talking

That's a good point - the next phase of the internet isn't going to be about search, it's going to be about finding ways to evaluate whether search results are good or not. Hive is a good start! I want

Tit-for-tat seems like the most effective strategy for this sort of thing - be willing to meet violence with violence, but never initiate it. I wonder about this in the form of social movements, though

We do need smart people in the world - and strong ones, too - but I can't get behind the idea that violence is the way to go. My BJJ teacher, strongest guy I've ever met, always made the point that the