A tribute to Kurt Vonnegut, to living through hell, and to the struggle to put into words what words are inadequate for.

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Pity the Reader by Kurt Vonnegut and Suzanne McConnell 

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Wording the Unwordable

When you don't have knowledge yourself, you are a slave to those who do. I'm looking for the knowledge to power our lives, from psychology to productivity to woo-woo. 

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Find Your Buckets and Fill the Damn Buckets

Have you ever thought about where the desire to continually buy more came from? Have you ever considered that it might have be purposefully designed? And to what purpose? Shop Class as Soulcraft 

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The Creation of Consumerism and Debt / from Shop Class as Soulcraft

Thoughts on being online less, dealing with the stimulation reduction, and finding ways to produce content from the activities I'm already doing. The links 

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The Natural By-products of Being Curious

I took a break. Too much noise. Input overload was impeding my output. But it's not just too much stuff coming in, it's too much current media. I’m focusing on books and reducing podcasts. And more importantly, I'm focusing my reading toward a project goal.The Intellectual DevotionalDigital Minimalism 

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Detoxing the Overload

How Much Should I Tell AI? Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence and privacy. Watch Video on X The Age of AI & Our Human Future The thread of podcasts 

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Wording the Unwordable

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