Hmm, well, I think at least the balloons are significantly better in the later two options, no? The original uses WildWords, which I used for Lesbian Zombies, so I kind of wanted to change things up. Option

Absolutely - I agree there is lots of diversity within the "conspiracy theory" community. My thesis, though, is that all of that diversity is inspired by a certain mode of thought (and if I ever

Re-reading this, and I think I may have misunderstood part of what you were saying. While it's true that people do conspire, for the purposes of this post, and for my thinking in general, I would not refer

You make reasonable points. For me, however, the purpose of my writing this was not to prove or disprove particular conspiracy theories. I'm more interested in the over-arching concept by itself. Presumably,

Good luck! I know, I still haven't had a chance to respond to your previous post. Will try to look closer when I get home later.

Agreed. Reading this post, it gave me the urge. But I've also got a lot on my reading list. Will definitely be trying.

Agreed. Though I'd suggest that the audience for this kind of thing does trust some sources - they're just bad sources. It's the breakdown of trust in institutions that is part of the reason for the greater

You know, I did it because I prefer movies to comics for the most part, and I wanted to see this story come out that way. :) I'm not sure I ever did a full blog post about the how. It's pretty simple -

Will Smith looks like he's getting kind of old... In any case, he's always seemed like an inspiring guy. Thanks for sharing!

It's been too long since I've read some Vonnegut.

Bad-ass!

Our brain tricks us into not noticing. That's why we never realize our hypocrisies. I know this is true, at least some of the time. But it's so hard to believe. In both ways: hard to believe that others

Very interesting. But we should also keep in mind that our minds are pattern-seeking machines. We always search for meaning and order in chaos - and sometimes we're right. Sometimes (I'm looking at you

Happy birthday!

That's something that Daniel has done from the beginning. But I've asked him to deliver the drawings in layers, so that I can animate them for a motion comic later. So the different colors are mostly the

Thanks! You know, I think it's always tough starting basically from scratch. I am hopeful that, when/if part one is successfully funded, parts 2 and 3 will come easier, because an audience will have built

This is why I said I agreed with your overall sentiment. I understood pretty much all that you're saying here in your original post. My issue was with the way you specifically defined "enlightened

Hmm. Now I'm further confused. We behave due to our motives. That seemed to be what your whole post was about: "enlightened self-interest". However one defines this, it is, conceptually, a question

I agree with a lot of your sentiment here. I do want to say that your definition of "enlightened self-interest" seems a bit flawed to me. At least, it doesn't coincide with my understanding of

Thanks for taking a look!