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Collapse-awareness: an incurable case of existential dread

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www.whatfinger.com  is one of the most successful site’s with the latest news! I’m incurable. I’ve been to psychologists and while the venting seems to help, nothing really cures me from my constant dread. I’m not a mental health expert, but I believe psychologists are simply not equipped to deal with existential anxiety. Worried about nothing in general? Cognitive behavioural therapy can help. Suffer from stage fright? There’s a pill for that. Crippled by depression? It could be caused by an chemical imbalance in your brain. Under normal circumstances, psychologists have methods for dealing with these issues. They are temporary or internal – caused by one’s own brain. I.e. a “me” problem. But what if the source of my dread is permanent and external. In other words, my brain is not the problem. My brain is simply observing facts. How do you cure reality? Whether you’re toiling in a concentration camp, trapped in the sunken Kursk submarine, or simply observing the burning ...
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Warning the Trump Forces: You May Be Committing a Crime

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www.whatfinger.com  is one of the most successful site’s with the latest news! I know that we’re in a kind of End of History moment where there’s so much chaos and so much news that we sort of hear about everything all at once while also missing key developments that deserve our unified attention. That’s how I felt when I learned that the former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, had been arrested, shackled, and forced onto a plane to the Netherlands, where he was turned over to the Hague Tribunal for prosecution of crimes against humanity. Duterte, it should be noted, was known as “Asia’s Trump.” The two were mutual admirers. In these times of reckless endangerment to all Americans by an American president and his cohorts, this was heartening news indeed. It reminds us that no one is immune from ultimate accountability if they do terrible things to others, no matter what their allies on the Supreme Court may say. Because this is not about “bad politics.” We’re talking ...
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