Observations on the human condition
I finished the previous article with “My next step will be to discuss how we are already experiencing the transition to direct value handling: we are socialising problems and solutions via various platforms/portals.“. Here is the resulting discussion with ChatGPT based on this paper:https://www.outersite.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TheNewOrganisationalParadigm.pdf Yes — I think your claim is well-founded, and importantly, it … Read more
Pondering our work on value and adapting (to reality) late in the night, listening to Radio Paradise, I was moved to ask ChatGPT what it thought of the Baba Yaga in the Digital Age article, the video within it and the other links. After a shaky start (retreating into academic gate-keeping – its words, not … Read more
Hot on the heels of a recent conversation about Donald Trump’s tariffs being the cause of reducing job opportunities and rising inflation in the United States, another Deep Dive Perspective has been published in which I explain why the ongoing economic collapse in the United Kingdom is structural. Also available on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@Outersite.org:7/EndofCapitalism-RadicalEconomicBlueprint:b Irrespective of … Read more
On Saturday 20 September 2025, academics and historians are convening under the title INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR 9/11 (IHC9). Purposes: The Purpose of the IHC9 is to discover answers to the key questions still remaining from the tragic events of September 9, 2001. 1: Who authorized, planned and proposed the attacks of 9/11 and 9/9? … Read more
I was asked to comment on conflict in the world, with particular focus on the recent missile strikes on Iran. Hidayat TV Global Peace And Justice – 2025.06.26 (video 18 minutes 31 seconds) The full 41 minute discussion is available here; although it has the wrong title, the content is fine:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGwV66lFuHY We are, albeit indirectly, … Read more
Since the evolution of institutional hierarchy (monarchy, oligarchy, clergy, representative democracies, corporations, NGOs etc,), men, women and children have been exploited – our energy and resources are harvested while we are conditioned into welcoming our participation in this abusive and destructive structure. Slavery is visibly exploitative; board, lodging and food are provided in return for … Read more
The work that started with the Critical Thinking project in 2012 continues and over the last few years has included deep exploration of money because it is the basis on which we organise ourselves. We tend to view most things through the prism of money. Money drives the three flaws in the global political economy: … Read more
Mark recommended The Great Taking. The Great Taking by David Rogers WebbWhat is this book about? It is about the taking of collateral, all of it, the end game of this globally synchronous debt accumulation super cycle. This is being executed by long-planned, intelligent design, the audacity and scope of which is difficult for the … Read more
This article was written for the Idler bi-monthly magazine but didn’t make the cut for the next issue although they’ve promised to publish an edited version on their letters page. An edit will inevitably miss some important facets of the full article; hence it is published here. I’ve been idling for a dozen years or … Read more
Those who’ve followed the work of Critical Thinking and this blog are probably aware that fundamental change is underway. The many perspectives we’ve explored all point in the same direction: the old order is collapsing and new structures are emerging. One of the biggest obstacles faced by individuals attempting to embrace these changes are their … Read more
I was asked to comment on the recent developments in Scottish and UK politics. Politics is theatre, a distraction, like most everything else that is put in front of us in both mainstream and alternative media, provoking excitement and consternation – fear – all round. We manifest what we focus on which is why our … Read more