I think I've finally learned how to not put pressure on myself. Its hard, after a lifetime of doing so. All my achievements have been a result of pressuring myself....but at the expense of my health (both physical and mental ( Read more... )

I've been sleeping a lot lately. Even forgoing sex in favor of more hours of sleep! Ha! But before you accuse me of being 'over the hill, grandpa', let me just say: I feel SO MUCH BETTER. I have years and years of sleep deficit to make up for. Its amazing what one day of sleep will do for your mood, and one whole WEEK now of working part-time ( Read more... )

Quotes from the EARLY days of Goa-Trance, Full-moon parties in Goa, India, circa 1985 ( Read more... )

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are alwyas so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts" -Bertrand Russel ( Read more... )

"Mr. Willis, you are going to be fine. Despite how horrible you feel, the damage to your brain is not nearly as severe as you might think. A few weeks rest will fix most of the damage, and just make sure you don't go back to Engineering, and everything will work istelf out in time."

Breathing easier now...

"My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute." -Ayn Rand ( Read more... )

Another thing corporations do is destroy your self-confidence. Partially, because of the 'impossible to achieve excellence' thing mentioned earlier. But also, because they make you second-guess every decision, and have other people double and triple-checking your work, and ask you constantly: are you SURE about that, are you absolutely 100% ( Read more... )

Without enough stimulation from your environment, your brain can atrophy and dementia sets in ( Read more... )

"The debt and work cycle is an ingenious tool of subjugation. Make people think they need all these things, then they must have a job, and they give up control of their lives. It's as simple as that. We live in one of the most free countries in the world, but we fix it so we are not free at all ( Read more... )

"Fuller's point in Critical Path was that even many of those gainfully employed are doing nothing very vital to the creation of sustainable life support systems. Market pricing is just the tip of the iceberg of a system of pushes and pulls. At the far end of the cheap jeans is the barrel of a gun, pointed at people who cannot prove legal tenure to ( Read more... )