by Scott Howard Swain | Feb 6, 2025 | All Videos, V-AI, V-EQ, V-PEP, V-Voluntaryism, V-War |
Originally published September 2024. Scroll down for video 1080p on YouTube: See it on Odysee so you can “like” it: https://odysee.com/@Voluntary:4/2024-09-04-720p A Music Video Trip into the Near Future to see where AI goes and brings us A near future...
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 | 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 | Dec 15, 2023 | All Articles, Business, EQ |
Originally published in 2019 Have you experienced times when you felt you did your best and you receive only criticism? How about feeling completely misunderstood or unappreciated when your accomplishments seem to be in plain sight? Many of us spend a significant...
by Scott Howard Swain | Nov 22, 2023 | All Videos, V-EQ, V-Humor, V-PEP |
Scroll down for video A couple arguing about what activity to do together. She wants to go out but he wants to stay in. These “wants” are strategies to get needs/values met. They choose to go below strategies to investigate the...
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 | 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 | Aug 27, 2022 | All Videos, V-EQ, V-Parenting, V-PEP, V-Relationships, V-Voluntaryism |
Scroll down for video On Odysee (LBRY): On DoucheTube: Looking for the article by this name? https://clearsay.net/what-does-integrity-mean-to-you-2 We all wear SOME “mask” that shifts based on who we are currently interacting with. Typically, our masks...
by Scott Howard Swain | Aug 21, 2022 | All Articles, Health, Liberty, Life, Prepping, Voluntaryism |
Began December 2021. Modified often. Price: Free This is for growth, learning, play, and connection. Not a money-making endeavor. New Location On lovely, wooden, back deck. Msg for address. Calendar: Next sessions If I don’t have other plans, I’m usually...
by Scott Howard Swain | Aug 20, 2022 | All Articles, EQ, Liberty, Parenting, Relationships, Voluntaryism |
vir-tue [ vurchoo ] 1. goodness: the quality of being morally good or righteous 2. good quality: a quality that is morally good 3. admirable quality: a quality that is good or admirable, but not necessarily in terms of morality. “If you make a choice under...
by Scott Howard Swain | Aug 1, 2022 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Marxism, Parenting, Relationships, V-PEP |
Originally written by Scott Howard Swain in 2016. Based on his book, the "A Practical EmPath" system, and NVC. Who started it? I think most of us can agree that forcing another person to do something against their will rarely works out as we’d like to see. Yet...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jun 5, 2022 | All Articles, Business, Culture, EQ, Life, Parenting, PEP, Practical Empathy Book, Relationships |
from my book, A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind. I used to think fear was the emotion underlying anger. Until a woman in one of my Practical Empathy Practice Groups said it was actually frustration. I thought about that. I tried to think of a situation where anger...
by Scott Howard Swain | May 10, 2022 | All Articles, Business, Culture, Economics, EQ, Liberty, Life, Parenting, PEP, Politics, Practical Empathy Book, Privacy, Relationships, Unschooling, Voluntaryism |
Updated. Originally written in 2014. You probably see the inequities and corruption in our current system. Do you also see the growing distance between you and other humans, in your beliefs, amount of time spent with others, and level of compassion you feel or are...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jul 15, 2021 | All Videos, V-Marxism, V-Racism, V-Voluntaryism |
From the premiere episode of Jason Whitlock’s new BlazeTV show, comes one of his patented fire-starter monologues. It’s a letter to black America that covers everything from Colin Kaepernick to George Floyd to LeBron James and the all-too-cozy relationship...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jun 28, 2020 | All Videos, V-Humor, V-Racism, V-Voluntaryism |
Video is below A satirical animated trip into an alternate future where Hillary Clinton won against Donald Trump for the Presidency and makes an appearance on the David Letterman Show. David asks hard questions and Hillary has answers. Included is her plan to equalize...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jun 9, 2020 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Marxism, Parenting, Relationships |
Originally written by Scott Howard Swain in 2017. Not authoritarian or permissive What I’m recommending is neither “permissive parenting” or “authoritarian parenting”. It’s part of a growing movement called “peaceful...
by Scott Howard Swain | May 22, 2020 | All Articles, Liberty, Life, Privacy, Voluntaryism |
“But if I am doing nothing wrong then why worry?” What if privacy is something that makes you a human? While it is useful to deny snoopers such as Facebook, Google, US National Security Agency (NSA), FBI, Police, insurance companies, etc., from seeing your...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jan 13, 2026 | AI, All Articles, Coding Assistants, LLM, Machine Learning |
Phase 1: Veteran Coder Early teens: Geekin on 8-bit computers; Vic 20 and C64, making games.1995-2017: Full-stack freelancing: Mostly web/database SAAS. Phase 2: Machine Learning Pioneer 2018-2021: Codification of cognitive empathy combined with SQL and huge amounts...
by Scott Howard Swain | Dec 29, 2025 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, Corruption, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, Politics |
Rarely do I see people talking about exponential growth of AI capability and few about any kind of growth. Too many seem to base their predictions on current state of the art with barely a hat tip to the increase in capability we’ve seen in just the past 2...
by Scott Howard Swain | Dec 28, 2025 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, Corruption, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, Politics |
For nearly a decade, the “Attention Is All You Need” paper defined the laws of artificial intelligence. The Transformer architecture was the hammer, and every problem was a nail. But as we close out 2025, the era of “peak Transformer” is behind...
by Scott Howard Swain | Dec 23, 2025 | AI, All Articles, Coding Assistants, LLM, Machine Learning |
A couple quotes that caught my eye today: “We are dangerously confusing computational speed with legal reasoning. While AI can be extraordinarily useful, it cannot replace the reasoning of educated, experienced lawyers. The fact is that AI only simulates...
by Scott Howard Swain | Dec 13, 2025 | AI, All Articles, Coding Assistants, LLM, Machine Learning |
“An interesting trend I’m seeing is that some of the most elite teams are abandoning AI coding altogether.” I hear this is happening in some companies and figure it is because:(a) They either started too soon (before LLMs were smart enough;(b) They...
by Scott Howard Swain | Dec 13, 2025 | All Videos, V-AI, V-EQ, V-Parenting, V-PEP, V-Relationships, V-Voluntaryism |
Max Torres and Scott Howard Swain talk about Practical Empathy, including Scott’s Practical Empathy Practice system and the A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind book by Scott Howard Swain. Direct YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnHTPV6P5Ns Scott...
by Scott Howard Swain | Dec 5, 2025 | All Articles, Business, Culture, EQ, Life, Parenting, PEP, Relationships |
After 35+ years studying human behavior, 20+ years doing the Practical Empathy Practice (PEP), and some dabbling in evolutionary biology/psychology/sociology, I’ve come to the conclusion that we’re naturally wired to help each other. Your daily acts of...
by Scott Howard Swain | Nov 15, 2025 | All Videos, V-Biz, V-EQ, V-PEP, V-Relationships |
7 minute video (see below) on Chapter 23 – Slowing down time from the A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind book by Scott Howard Swain. Direct YouTube link: https://youtu.be/pMH4xhYFosE AND a 10 minute 2-person talk on same:...
by Scott Howard Swain | Nov 9, 2025 | AI, All Articles, Coding Assistants, LLM, Machine Learning |
Want a free customizable AI coding team? Use it to create new apps or make changes/additions to existing ones. This set of instructions (markdown files) enhances and extends the modes/agents that come with many coding agent/asisstants (or make your own). The...
by Scott Howard Swain | Nov 7, 2025 | All Articles, Health, Life |
Health Risks: Dextrose and Maltodextrin List 1: Common Issues (Both Dextrose & Maltodextrin) – Rapid blood sugar/insulin spikes: Both have high glycemic index (dextrose ~100, maltodextrin 85–105+), driving sharp glucose and insulin rises followed by...
by Scott Howard Swain | Nov 7, 2025 | All Articles, Health, Life |
Riesgos para la Salud: Dextrosa y Maltodextrina Lista 1: Problemas Comunes (Tanto Dextrosa como Maltodextrina) – Picos rápidos de azúcar en sangre/insulina: Ambas tienen índice glucémico alto (dextrosa ~100, maltodextrina 85–105+), provocando aumentos bruscos de...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 9, 2025 | AI, All Articles, Coding Assistants, LLM, Machine Learning |
Yay there are many to choose from! If you work in VS Code, the one that stands out for me is Roo Code. Some things I love about it: (1) Free – you just plug the API keys in for whatever models you wan to use. The only limits come from the models through API. (2)...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 8, 2025 | All Articles, Health, Life |
Originalmente escrito en 2021 después de poco más de 2 años del estilo de vida de abajo. Se actualiza seguido conforme aprendo más. ¡Sube de nivel tu salud! ¡Gracias por tener interés en esta nueva perspectiva de un estilo de vida milenario de meter comida al hocico!...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 8, 2025 | All Articles, Health, Life |
Originally written in 2021 after a little over 2 years of the lifestyle routine below. Updated often as I learn more. Health level up! Thanks for having interest in this new take on a millennia-old pie-hole stuffing lifestyle! Before refined grains. Before Nestle and...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 7, 2025 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, Politics, Voluntaryism |
Let’s talk about AI trainers “stealing” people’s data or creations. If your child sits in front of YouTube learning how to pair photons using Swain’s Wobulation Theorem, invents wormholes, and goes on to get mega rich by commercializing...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 5, 2025 | All Articles, Liberty, Life, Privacy, Voluntaryism |
Originally written 2016. Updated often. “I want to have snoop-free online communication. Should I go with Telegram or Signal?” Before you go any further: There is no app you can use on your phone or computer that will give you 100% privacy. Much evidence...
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