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 | 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 | Apr 6, 2025 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, ChatGPT, Corruption, GPT, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, OpenAI, Politics |
What are some other AI models (post LLM, not using LLM methods) that go beyond the current high-end LLMs and LLMs on the near horizon but are not proven to work yet? Several experimental AI architectures and paradigms push beyond current post-LLM models but remain...
by Scott Howard Swain | Apr 2, 2025 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, ChatGPT, Corruption, GPT, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, OpenAI, Politics |
Why is OpenAI a potential problem and what can us puny mortals do to contribute to a solution? OpenAI’s “Chat GPT” has become the most well known of Large Language Models (LLMs). By the way, it isn’t the best. I have a beef or two with OpenAI....
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 27, 2025 | AGI, AI, All Articles, ChatGPT, GPT, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, OpenAI |
Some of my favorite childhood memories are of sitting in front of a tiny TV hooked up to my Commodore Vic-20 (with tape drive and 300 baud modem) making games and other apps in 1982. Thirty years of freelance coding later, I still love doing it! In early 2022, I...
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 | Mar 21, 2025 | All Articles, Humor, Life, Politics, Voluntaryism |
Written March 2025. It would be exciting to find out all the funky flying, crashes, and anal probing by species far beyond us were just drunk driving homos, so advanced that we can not and should not question their existence and should have faith, for the faithful...
by Scott Howard Swain | Mar 9, 2025 | All Articles, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Updated. Originally written 2024-03. *”Anarchy” has many flavors. I’m talking about the flavors that respect property & body rights, such as “Voluntaryism,” “Anarcho-Capitalism,” and “Agorism.” ONE. We...
by Scott Howard Swain | Feb 6, 2025 | All Videos, V-EQ, V-Parenting, V-PEP |
On YouTube: Transcript of the talk: I want to talk about something I’m really passionate about. Building romance with bottle-nosed dolphins – no, actually – [pause for laughter] the topic is empathy and acceptance, and how it can free us in 12,582...
by Scott Howard Swain | Feb 6, 2025 | All Videos, V-Health |
On YouTube: Transcript: now my take on carbohydrates particularly glucose and fructose if they’re so good for us why does the body do absolutely everything in its capacity to get it out of the bloodstream low carb has got a clear scientific role in the...
by Scott Howard Swain | Feb 1, 2025 | All Videos, V-Biz, V-EQ, V-PEP, V-Relationships |
Talk on Chapter 1 – Primary Advantages of Practical Empathy from the book A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind by Scott Howard Swain. video created with the help of AI tools “Deep Dive” on Chapter 1 – Primary Advantages of Practical Empathy Practice...
by Scott Howard Swain | Feb 1, 2025 | All Videos, V-Biz, V-EQ, V-PEP, V-Relationships |
Talk on Chapter 2 – Challenges from Practical Empathy Practice from the book A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind by Scott Howard Swain. video created with the help of AI tools Chapter 2 – Challenges from Practical Empathy Practice (PEP) from the book A...
by Scott Howard Swain | Feb 1, 2025 | All Videos, V-EQ, V-PEP, V-Relationships |
Talk on Chapter 3 – Core Principles and No No’s of PEP from the book A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind by Scott Howard Swain. video created with the help of AI tools Chapter 3 – Core Principles and No No’s of Practical Empathy Practice...
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