Historically the name refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on +May 1, 1776 to oppose superstition, prejudice, religious influence over public life, abuses of state power, and to support women’s education and gender equality.
My kind of people. Maybe I am one, and they’re so good it’s a big secret.
Okay this was a ramble. Coffee laden. Everything is a waste of time by nature. I find the way I spend my time to be something to be profoundly vigilant about. It might be hypocritical, then, to get Continue Reading…
Important read about our “Angry Atheists” – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-tegmark/angry-atheists_b_2716134.html Upshot: “We need to make sure we don’t try to stop religion’s intolerance and fundamentalism Continue Reading…
1) Studying attention & memory as it is effected by the technology & pace of modern culture. Being off-grid & in nature repairs our tech-hysteria & dependence: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/technology/16brain.html?_r=0 2) Continue Reading…
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2013/10/watch-as-woman-goes-from-average-to-fabulous-in-37-seconds/ That video is nutso, because we’ve actually created a human image that doesn’t exist, and Continue Reading…
How does time end for humanity? Let’s assume the best case scenario, right? Â We are able to continue our legacy as wanderers, hopping from planet to planet, solar system to system…. and I won’t even Continue Reading…
The 4th Amendment doesn’t extend to 3rd party agreements. Privacy is a trick and diversion. Let’s talk about civil liberties before they’re gone, as well.
Yes. This stuff is fascinating to me, especially watching reactionary people relatively clueless about rights and privacy, reacting to stuff like the NSA Verizon thing. Â Seriously? You have not needed Continue Reading…
——–> Psychedelic experiences with the ultimate end of audiophilia http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/31/4379774/ecstasy-for-my-eardrums-tripping-through-the-psychedelia-million-dollar-hi-fi THAT Continue Reading…
The line “Hold on. If love is the answer, you’re home” is one of the most eloquent, beautiful, timely, and moving lines I have heard in a song in a decade, easily. Vulnerable, elegant, grace……