“Hear me now and believe me later”, por Chris Gaither

Every Reincarnation Is Also a Preincarnation

If things feel prearranged it’s because you’ve already rearranged

All Words Have Meaning, Even if Nothing Else Does

As users of language we give off meaning the same way that plants as users of sunlight give off oxygen

The two-week lockdown To bend the curve Turned into a year-and-a-half That bent our minds When

They weren’t allowed to forcibly i… but in 2032 the Supreme Court app… for those who refused In a stroke of luck I was assigne… to the “Canadian” tar sands

“A sign is anything that communicates a meaning that is not the sign itself”

Either like swords all signs have a point Or like the needle of a compass

Be Prepared

In his weekend forays for psilocyb… he had always been wary of poisono… but he never accounted for the con… that did him in in the end

“Why We Must Resist AI’s Soft Mind Control”

Rest assured AI will give us exactly what we d… Because the devil is gentle but fa… Whereas God is tough but more tha…

We’ve Gone From the Big Question of Unanswered Prayers to the Final Answer of No Unquestioned Prayers

There was a time when fools managed perceptions in order to manage reality, realists managed perceptions because they couldn’t manage reali…

Happiness Is a Thin Layer of Gilt

After years of therapy I was able to go from survivor’s guilt to thriver’s guilt

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In Through Your Heart or Out of Your Mind

God is hard to know– That’s how you know He is God And how He knows you care Whereas the devil doesn’t care How you found him

In Sales You’re Always Selling Yourself

Beware the self-loathing salesman who loves what he does– If you buy what he’s selling then you bought it because you broke it

The Internet Is Structured Like a Language

We’ve all learned to speak interne… Rendering us one people divided By a common language Of zeros and ones Convinced we’ve broken the code

Ludwig Wittgenstein’s First Name Means “Famous Warrior”, His Last Name Means “Stone of Wit”, and, Famously, He Showed Us That Our Real Battle Is Not to Outwit Ourselves

Per Wittgenstein Words only gain meaning through th… And they are always used in the co… Of the game being played in the mo… So, when we use words

All Loss Is a Form of Dislocation, but It Is Only Through Loss That We Arrive at God

Like Jacob If you wrestle with the divine Through the darkest hours You will get hurt and limp away Which we call experiencing loss

Our Manic Power Struggle Takes the Form of a Competition for Attention; Depressingly, the More Attention Can Be Had, the Less It Can Be Given

The most radical act has become One that gives you meaning Without getting you attention Not because we don’t need one anot… We all do–

Chris Gaither

“Hear me now and believe me later”

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