Do you not live in the present because you’re afraid of it, or of some things in it, or suffer from external or imaginary adversity or discomfort or confusion, or are uncertain or alienated, or feel guilty, or are bored, or had bad visions or role models, or are just oriented toward something else, or are weak or low-energy, or cowardly, or ashamed, or … ?

September 19, 2024

Grain domestication gets all the press because grains allow large armies and empire, so those societies and stories won out and became foundational. But cultivation of other plants – tubers, nuts, fruits, fibers, herbs, honey and sap, whatever rhubarb is, etc. – was going on alongside if not before that, and remained foundational in other regions, who developed consciousnesses and social orders not centered on war and empire, perhaps not on kings and priests – more decentralized and democratic, more localized and close-knit, more organic

July 9, 2024

The grain-fed army as the original machine