January 1, 2014
The most repeated question for me, applied to every yoga-claim about the origin of the world or consciousness or the nature of the internal self-sense, is “How is this idea useful?”
December 29, 2013
First of all, I don’t really teach. I used to think I was teaching, back at the dawn of my nine-year span of leading this course. […]
December 17, 2013
What’s the difference between how a person metabolizes food and exchanges carbon with the natural world and how they metabolize work and exchange labour for value within their society? How can we ignore the obvious health connection between how a person works and is valued in the world, and how they feel themselves to be?
December 10, 2013
When you’re the top online retailer in the world, it’s appropriate to be curious as to what kind of world it actually is. In our case, Jeff, it’s a burning world. While Arctic ice disappears, we scorch the earth with fracking and reach for another handful of flamethrower buffalo wings – on track to blow our 3 degree temperature rise budget before hell unleashes. Do you really want to plot out ways to increase the heat and speed of our consumption? Your drones are all sleek and cool, and I’m sure their propellers throw off a refreshing draft, but they will only fan the fire of consumer excess, and the infantile regression at its root.