by The New Agora | Jun 28, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Thorn in the Whirlwind: Disaster Shamanism Addendum by Gary Z. McGee “The influence of a vital person vitalizes.” ~Joseph Campbell Order, comfort, and tranquility are...
by The New Agora | Jun 19, 2025 | Open Forum
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Ache of High Humor By Gary Z McGee “The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.” ~Mark Twain In the face of an absurd universe, we have the choice to balk, to fear,...
by The New Agora | Mar 2, 2024 | The New Agora
Hacking Human Nature What happens when psychopaths manipulate you Simply put, manipulation is the act of getting you to do something you wouldn’t ordinarily do, if you had sufficient information. If you’re the manipulator, the...
by The New Agora | Mar 1, 2024 | The New Agora
michaeltsarion.com In Words We Trust by Michael Tsarion Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs – Pearl Hurd Good advice, but who obeys it? Who can afford to? And how many of us don’t make good use of...
by NewNow | Dec 22, 2023 | Open Forum
On Optimism: A Chant of Darkness By Cynthia Chung is the President of the Rising Tide Foundation “So my optimism is no mild and unreasoning satisfaction. A poet once said I must be happy because I did not see the bare, cold present, but lived in a...
