by Scott Howard Swain | Apr 26, 2025 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Life, Relationships |
In these modern times, it’s important to understand the opposite sex, unless you are homo. After many years of trial and error, I want to share the wisdom I’ve gained about how to have success with women … in bed. 1. Add some spice by texting with...
by Scott Howard Swain | Mar 30, 2025 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Life, Parenting, PEP, Practical Empathy Book, Relationships |
Originally written in 2016. Updated. When you think of how much you trust people, do you think in terms of: (A) I either trust them or I don’t. OR (B) My trust for a person has a range from “no trust” or “very little trust” through...
by Scott Howard Swain | Mar 24, 2025 | All Articles, Culture, Liberty, Politics, Practical Empathy Book, Socialism, Voluntaryism, War |
Originally written 2016. Updated. We have all heard American Republicans and Democrats speak of each other with rancor. It is especially tragic when we realize both “sides” want the same things; fairness, peace, health, prosperity, a strong WiFi signal,...
by Scott Howard Swain | Mar 22, 2025 | All Articles, Business, Culture, Economics, Life, Money, Relationships |
Edited. Originally written February 2024 First, let’s hear from a couple people who want to see the price of service being built into the meal College Student #1: “Tipping culture perpetuates an exploitative system where restaurant owners can underpay...
by Scott Howard Swain | Mar 21, 2025 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Life, PEP, Practical Empathy Book, Relationships |
How much do you compromise your authenticity in order to protect feelings? And on the other side, do you want true feedback and to be given the benefit of the doubt that you want and can handle truth? Cognitive Empathy is about trying to understand feelings, not to...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jan 12, 2025 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Life, Relationships, Voluntaryism |
A zoom-able version of the above image is near the bottom of this article. Originally written in June 2022. How much time do we actually save by taking short cuts with our communication? I’m a fan of efficiency. This is why I simultaneously sympathize with and...
by Scott Howard Swain | Dec 8, 2024 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Feminism, Humor, Life, Politics, Relationships, Voluntaryism |
Originally written May 2020. Edited December 2024. I watched The Red Pill by Cassie Jaye and feel inspired to reach out to modern day feminists. Dear women Let’s recognize some of the primary issues you as a woman have. I agree that men can’t fully...
by Scott Howard Swain | Nov 10, 2024 | All Articles, Business, Culture, Economics, Liberty, Life, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
I bet most of us agree that there is usually a net overall loss when one person forces another person to do a thing. Sometimes, though, people “expand” the definition of force to include not doing a thing. What?! Example A person in need came to you asking...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 25, 2024 | All Articles, Creativity, Culture, Economics, Feminism, Liberty, Life, Marxism, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Originally written in 2020. Updated often. Over the past twelve+ years there has been a steep acceleration in what some call “cultural Marxism”, “identity politics”, tokenism, or “wokeness”. One form this has taken has been in...
by Scott Howard Swain | Sep 26, 2024 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Life, Parenting, Politics, Relationships |
in teg ri ty [in-teg-ri-tee] noun 1. Adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty. 2. The state of being whole, entire, or undiminished: to preserve the integrity of the empire. 3. A sound, unimpaired, or perfect condition: the...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jun 9, 2024 | All Articles, Culture, Economics, Liberty, Life, Parenting, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Updated. Originally written in 2020. It seems that Socialism is on the rise right now; at least amongst those who have not come to the USA looking for the opposite of what socialism did to their Country. Why? Let’s speculate. I see it as a combination of...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jun 4, 2024 | All Articles, Culture, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Updated. Originally written in 2020. Voluntaryist Empathizing with and Addressing the American Democratic Socialist Perspective No matter what your philosophical / political beliefs, odds are: you have a desire to increase joy, prosperity, health, and security for as...
by Scott Howard Swain | Apr 28, 2024 | All Articles, Culture, Liberty, Life, Voluntaryism |
The List of Festivals Gratitude to Kenny P for putting this list together and maintaining it! Feel free to copy and repost! I appreciate hearing of new events or...
by Scott Howard Swain | Mar 5, 2024 | All Articles, Culture, Health, Life, Relationships |
A DNA test helped Chani find and fix the root cause of her depression-related issues via a targeted supplement and diet regime that worked! For Chani, in hindsight, the personal and family patterns are obvious.- Her brother, father, grandfather, and self: alcohol...
by Scott Howard Swain | Feb 26, 2024 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Life, Parenting, PEP, Relationships |
The biggest epiphany I’ve had yet was the confirmation of something I suspected, but was not 100% sure of. Years ago when I began researching for my book, A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind, I was mostly, but not 100%, sure that one could “rewire”...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jan 22, 2024 | AI, All Articles, Culture, Economics, Liberty, Life, Machine Learning, Marxism, ML, Politics, Privacy, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Congratulations, Citizen 08675309! Your life of ease and connection begins now! I’m your new humble, hyper-intelligent interpreting and filtering implant. You will expend less energy making boring, repetitive, or difficult daily decisions. You can call me your...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 2, 2023 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Parenting, Relationships |
One of the most liberating ideas I’ve come to is that being excessively positive can sometimes be as destructive as being negative. “What? Are you kidding? What possible drawbacks could there be from having a positive attitude?” Of course,...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 2, 2023 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Health, Life, Parenting, Relationships, Voluntaryism |
Originally written in March 2022. See link to full size chart below. The increase in unhealthy eating, sedentary lifestyles, use of technology, social media, prescription drugs, failed public education, and a certain kind of parenting have contributed to a ballooning...
by Scott Howard Swain | Aug 20, 2023 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Life, PEP, Practical Empathy Book, Relationships |
Following is an argument for using a form of empathy I’ve developed called the “Practical EmPath” (PEP) system, based on and similar to Nonviolent Communication (NVC) by Marshall Rosenberg, PhD. Empathy is not agreement, so you risk no loss of...
by Scott Howard Swain | May 5, 2023 | AGI, AI, All Articles, ASI, ChatGPT, Corruption, Culture, GPT, Liberty, Life, LLM, Machine Learning, Marxism, ML, OpenAI, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Me:”Hello, please summarize the book ‘Democracy, the God That Failed’ by Hans-Herman Hoppe. Describe up to 10 of the key ideas in the book, and for each key idea, give up to 3 arguments or pieces of evidence from the book that support the...
by Scott Howard Swain | Mar 31, 2023 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Parenting, PEP, Practical Empathy Book, Unschooling |
Punishment and reward Some common punishments “Stop crying. Calm down. Knock it off. You’re fine. There’s nothing wrong with you. Be quiet. Shut your mouth and do what I told you to do. You’ll get over it.” Or distractions like...
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