Critical Thinking

When the Map Became the Territory

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Quantum Physics, Institutional Mystification, and the Reality Beneath the Equations Also available on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@Outersite.org:7/Quantum-Physics%EF%BC%9A-Disentangling-Fantasy-from-Reality-%EF%BD%9C-A-Critique-by-Steven-A.-Young-PhD–YoP_KAOTCo4-:1 There is a moment in every system of thought when a useful tool becomes a doctrine. The map, which was drawn to help us navigate, is declared to be the territory. From that point, questioning the map is no longer … Read more

Standing In Our Power

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For those who feel the transition is still somewhere ahead, it may be closer than it appears Something is becoming visible that the dominant narrative has no language for. Not a protest, not a movement, not a political programme. Something quieter and more durable: a parallel way of organising life that has been growing, largely … Read more

The Man Who Fixes Things

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A Short Story The farm smell was the first thing — not bad, just animal and green and older than anywhere Isla had lived, which was quite a few places. Mum had said it would be different. Mum always said that. They’d arrived after dark, which meant Isla had seen nothing properly — just shapes, … Read more

The Stable Circus and Beyond

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How Tokenised Money-Market Funds Magnify Systemic Risk and Accelerate Extraction at the Top by Alex Nikolov Following on from Alex’s articles, Borrowed Stability and The Forest of the Order, he expands his critique of stablecoins and the measures granting BlackRock extraordinary privilege and power. I.  The Next Act in the Stable Circus In a previous … Read more

The Inversion

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There is something I should say at the outset. I have been using artificial intelligence to help my writing with increasing frequency since starting to explore what it can and can’t do about a year ago. I don’t particularly worry about what people think, but I am aware of the perception risk: that articles assisted … Read more

The Architecture Is Sound, But the Foundation Is Missing

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Book Review. A review of John Macgregor, The Mechanics of Changing the World: Political Architecture to Roll Back State & Corporate Power — by Clive Menzies John Macgregor’s The Mechanics of Changing the World arrives at a moment when the literature on democratic decline is long on diagnosis and short on remedy. His stated ambition … Read more

Spotlight: US Brinkmanship versus Iran

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I was asked to join Press TV’s Spotlight programme to discuss the arbitrary threat of 25% tariffs being imposed on those who trade with Iran, thereby exposing the US administration’s bad faith in the recent nuclear weapons negotiations. Press TV Spotlight-US Threats Against Iran (video 24 minutes 51 seconds) As I often say in interviews, … Read more

DACSO Explained

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Distributed, Autonomous, Codependent Self-Organisation (DACSO) is a natural practice within families and small groups. It reflects how humans sustained themselves for millennia before the introduction of money, which was adopted to scale activities, organise over distances, and interact with strangers. Core Virtues: Patience, Acceptance, and Forgiveness Successful manifestations of DACSO are underpinned by the virtues … Read more

Who Controls Who?

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A few days ago, I was invited to join this discussion: Hidayat TV Who Controls Who? (video 38 minutes and 52 seconds)Who Controls who ?What is the Current structure of this World ?Who are “They” & How do they Control Humans & Their Humanity ?What tools & Tactics they are Using to maintain their Hegmony/Supremacy/Control/ … Read more

Who Controls Who?

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Recent discussions on Hidayat TV about Israel’s behaviour, involve contrasting schools of thought: The other school of thought is that the US is all powerful and Israel is its tool in the Middle East. Two of the interlocutors in this discussion subscribe to this view and Batool Subeti’s explanation is powerful and compelling: In Critical … Read more

History and Today

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I’ve often said, including during the two interviews posted in the previous article, that an understanding of history, particularly 20th century history, is essential to understand the world today. Jean sent the following video (in two parts) in response to that article. Most of us developed a distorted view of the two world wars through … Read more