BrandonMedium Smith

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Mar 27, 2021

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Tai Chi, Taiji, Tai Chi Chuan, Taijiquan

Wikipedia is a good starting place to sort out what’s what:

Jun 6, 2021

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Awakening

Third Culture Kid: I only recently discovered that there is a term for the kind of upbringing I had. This story is about the experience…

Mar 15, 2021

Mar 15, 2021

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NPR is both arrogant and ignorant more often than I’d like

American newsrooms view scientific research conducted anywhere except in an American institution as not real science. NPR is no exception…

Sep 21, 2021

NPR is both arrogant and ignorant more often than I’d like

Sep 21, 2021

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Dealing with fixation of belief

“In his well-known paper “The fixation of belief” (1877), Charles Sanders Peirce describes four methods for belief fixation: the method of…

Aug 13, 2021

The solution is to completely rewrite the constitution.

We currently have a defacto "one dollar, one vote" election system. This is not going to be changed by anything short of a total rewrite of…

Aug 8, 2021

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The role of education in the opioid epidemic

The focus of the American Educational system, public and private, is a significant factor in both the opioid epidemic and the COVID…

Jul 31, 2021

The role of education in the opioid epidemic

Jul 31, 2021

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The orientation spectrum

The tension between the “left” and the “right” is simply the tension between idealism and realism.

Jul 29, 2021

Jul 29, 2021

Anyone who has spent hours and hours trying to master a difficult skill knows what atapi is -- if…

In my Tai Chi Chuan practice, it is worthless to simply let muscle memory get me through a session. If I don't focus and intensely examine…

Jul 23, 2021

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The mental side of physical health

Sometimes you discover that being stupid is good for your physical health, up to a point.

Jul 20, 2021

And it is now time to rewrite that constitution.

Is it worth the risk that we in fact end up with an explicit credo of one dollar one vote? At least the question would be settled. And all…

Jul 20, 2021

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Effective boycotts to bring about cultural change.

One of the biggest problems working folks have these days is 24/7/365. “Essential workers” are the people who carry the load to make the…

Jul 15, 2021

I think most of them should be at the homes of people who buy electric cars.

And if you are willing to charge your car slower, overnight, it's even cheaper.

Jul 12, 2021

Even when the side effects are much worse, it's not so much the vaccine as it is the fact that I…

As my doctor explained, the vaccine is supposed to give your immune system a kick in the butt. And my immune system took a hit. I have not…

Jul 9, 2021

Check out the slow food movement.

The single most disturbing culture shock I experienced when coming back to the States after growing up in Southeast Asia was visiting a…

Jul 6, 2021

(This is an indirect response to one of the other comments)

From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Jul 4, 2021

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Makes me think of Paul Bunyan, Davy Crockett, Superman, Captain Kirk as well as actors like John…

The peculiar American brand of larger than life heroes means that those of us who form our character through entertainment also structure…

Jun 30, 2021

I entered a photo context and exhibition a few years ago and when I looked up the judges, two of…

I have since done a lot of what I call tonal abstractions. This is where I take a regular photograph, or one of my long exposure shots of a…

Jun 24, 2021

We need to change the dream.

Dreams come from the stories we are told in our formative years, i.e. propaganda. Told not in classrooms, but in entertainment media. We…

Jun 23, 2021

Consider what kind of moral education older white men had in high school and that young white men…

To solve this issue of white boys being raised with very one sided concepts about themselves and other people, we need to furnish…

Jun 20, 2021

Bio a bit longer than 160 characters

Putting a place name in the bio doesn’t work for me.

Tai Chi, Taiji, Tai Chi Chuan, Taijiquan

Wikipedia is a good starting place to sort out what’s what:

Awakening

Third Culture Kid: I only recently discovered that there is a term for the kind of upbringing I had. This story is about the experience…

NPR is both arrogant and ignorant more often than I’d like

American newsrooms view scientific research conducted anywhere except in an American institution as not real science. NPR is no exception…

Dealing with fixation of belief

“In his well-known paper “The fixation of belief” (1877), Charles Sanders Peirce describes four methods for belief fixation: the method of…

The solution is to completely rewrite the constitution.

We currently have a defacto "one dollar, one vote" election system. This is not going to be changed by anything short of a total rewrite of…

The role of education in the opioid epidemic

The focus of the American Educational system, public and private, is a significant factor in both the opioid epidemic and the COVID…

The orientation spectrum

The tension between the “left” and the “right” is simply the tension between idealism and realism.

Anyone who has spent hours and hours trying to master a difficult skill knows what atapi is -- if…

In my Tai Chi Chuan practice, it is worthless to simply let muscle memory get me through a session. If I don't focus and intensely examine…

The mental side of physical health

Sometimes you discover that being stupid is good for your physical health, up to a point.

And it is now time to rewrite that constitution.

Is it worth the risk that we in fact end up with an explicit credo of one dollar one vote? At least the question would be settled. And all…

Effective boycotts to bring about cultural change.

One of the biggest problems working folks have these days is 24/7/365. “Essential workers” are the people who carry the load to make the…

I think most of them should be at the homes of people who buy electric cars.

And if you are willing to charge your car slower, overnight, it's even cheaper.

Even when the side effects are much worse, it's not so much the vaccine as it is the fact that I…

As my doctor explained, the vaccine is supposed to give your immune system a kick in the butt. And my immune system took a hit. I have not…

Check out the slow food movement.

The single most disturbing culture shock I experienced when coming back to the States after growing up in Southeast Asia was visiting a…

(This is an indirect response to one of the other comments)

From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Makes me think of Paul Bunyan, Davy Crockett, Superman, Captain Kirk as well as actors like John…

The peculiar American brand of larger than life heroes means that those of us who form our character through entertainment also structure…

I entered a photo context and exhibition a few years ago and when I looked up the judges, two of…

I have since done a lot of what I call tonal abstractions. This is where I take a regular photograph, or one of my long exposure shots of a…

We need to change the dream.

Dreams come from the stories we are told in our formative years, i.e. propaganda. Told not in classrooms, but in entertainment media. We…

Consider what kind of moral education older white men had in high school and that young white men…

To solve this issue of white boys being raised with very one sided concepts about themselves and other people, we need to furnish…

BrandonMedium Smith

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