Nicholas McCay Nicholas McCay

Object Oriented Ontology

“Object-Oriented Ontology” or “OOO” is a branch of philosophy, also associated with speculative realism, that puts “things” at the center of its study. In addition, it states that an object is not the sum of its bits or all of its effects, but instead just an object in itself.”

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Our Second Psychedelic Renaissance

Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy is undergoing a second renaissance with renewed interest in treating mental ailments such as addiction and the fear of dying.

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Anomie

Acts of self-destruction by individuals & society are partly caused by the disintegration of social bonds

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Skin In The Game

“Skin In The Game” is a multilayered & continuously evolving aphorism about viewing the world through incurred risk to yourself and others. Risk *should* be shared more symmetrically. If we look at history, then systems that evolve, and thus survive, fundamentally have “Skin In The Game” characteristics.

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Systems Thinking

Summary of Systems Principles, 12 Places to Intervene, 15 Guidelines for Living in a World of Systems

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Non-Zero Sum

In game theory, a Zero-Sum game is one where correlations are always inverse. So there is always a binary winner and a loser. In a Non-Zero Sum game the correlations are joined. The circumstances can be either Win/Win, or Lose/Lose. The outcomes are linked!

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Terrestrial Politics

A theoretical approach to the political reorganization of every Terrestrial being’s dwelling place (within Earth’s “Critical Zone”), including its own way of identifying what is local, what is global, and of defining its entanglements with other beings.

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The Overview Effect

The psychological effect of seeing the Earth from Space. Four Pillars: The Void, Fragile Atmosphere, No Borders, & a Unified Planetary Protection Society

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Hello World!

"Tripping over the Truth" allegory, What is Eclectic Spacewalk? How? & Why?

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