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 | Sep 10, 2024 | All Articles, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Voluntaryism |
Updated. Originally written in 2015. “But… I thought we need a government to incentivize, force, and punish some behaviors so the weak and poor are not trampled under the boots of those with more power?” It is a legitimate concern to worry about...
by Scott Howard Swain | Aug 28, 2024 | AGI, AI, All Articles, ASI, LLM, Machine Learning, ML |
Often lately, I hear people expressing a range of opinions about AI. One pattern I’m noticing is instead of referring to AI as “they,” they’re referring to AI as “it” and most often “Chat GPT.” I get it. OpenAI’s...
by Scott Howard Swain | Aug 8, 2024 | All Articles, Health, Life |
Originally written on 2024-Aug-08. 24 citations at bottom. What is autophagy? Autophagy is a cellular process where cells break down and recycle their own components, including damaged proteins and organelles. This “self-eating” mechanism is crucial for...
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 | Feb 23, 2024 | All Videos, V-EQ, V-Parenting, V-PEP, V-Voluntaryism |
Scroll down for video On Odysee (LBRY): On YouTube: 🎙 Scott Swain guides us through the transformative insights of his book, “A Practical Empath: Rewire Your Mind”. In this episode, we explore empathy, liberty, free will, ai, and more. Scott also shares...
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 | Jan 1, 2024 | All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Voluntaryism |
On the surface a person might believe, “If we didn’t have intellectual property laws, it would open the floodgates for copycats everywhere, reducing incentive for people to create. We would have Chinese phones that look like iPhones and poor Apple!...
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,...
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