Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Karyn
Where #Karen demands undue respect and acquiescence. Karyn is striving to do her best every day.
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Civic Engagement to end Police Violence
I’m trying to deepen my involvement in local politics. It’s hard to understand and follow who my representatives are, what they are doing, and how I can help shape policy. In light of the most recent acts of police violence I’ve renewed my commitment to do this work. In an effort of accountability and sharing…
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Sounds of Protest May 30th, 2020
Sound mash up of records I took on May 30th, 2020 in Downtown Denver during the beginning days of the George Floyd protests.
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Weval – Someday Video
Outstanding video of shape and form. One commented called it “Koyaanisqatsi on Ketamine”
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Visitors Progress
I’m working on a comic about aliens visiting earth to sing them a song. Here’s some process sketches and early drafts along with the first draft s Check out the poem/words kept in this post.
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Brooklyn 2008
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Southest Canada
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Dark Moon Tarot Collage
I cut this paper up and made this.
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Exquisite Corpse Collection
2005-2010 collaborative drawings with friends. Author: everyone.
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Exposed Shadow
Here is a wacky diamond shaped panel for a video game I’m working on. It’s about an alien that visits earth to sing a song. Here’s the first draft. It arriveda pin prick of light. Slowly unfolding.We held our breath as it grew. It became unbearable.This specter beyond comprehension.Hanging over our heads. So we projected…
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Occupy Wall Street Tech Projects
Look at an old document outlining the Tech Ops projects for the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011-2012.
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Zoom Portraits
In the time of Covid19 I’ve found myself on many zoom calls staring into so many faces.
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Hiking Costa Rica: The Mar a Mar
in 2018 I hiked across Costa Rica with my 80 year old father. This is journal I kept.
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The Landmark Forum
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Clip: Decolonizing Wealth in the Nation’s Biggest Charities
I think medicine is so sacred. By saying that money can be medicine, I’ve taken something that has a really negative connotation associated with it and put it with something saying that it can be sacred.
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The Golden Age of Rich People Not Paying Their Taxes
Corporations and the wealthy are the biggest beneficiaries of the IRS’s decay. Most Americans’ interaction with the IRS is largely automated. But it takes specialized, well-trained personnel to audit a business or a billionaire or to unravel a tax scheme
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Do Good by Giving Up More: A Vision of Restorative Investing
financial elites are winning by the rules of a rigged game. What is required is a paradigmatic shift in the rules — moving from systemic power imbalance and wealth accumulation to distributing wealth and power equitably.
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Abolish Billionaires
When American capitalism sends us its billionaires, it’s not sending its best. It’s sending us people who have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with them. They’re bringing inequality. They’re bringing injustice. They’re buying politicians. And some, I assume, are good people.
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Matching Resources to Needs: Learning to Receive through Participating in “Money Piles”
The basic format of the money pile is that all those who are requesting to receive money collected at an event gather together and dynamically decide how to divide the money.
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