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Accepting Our Lack of Agency

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  An early morning picture at Black Rock Mountain State Park in Georgia

Exploring Acceptance

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  Seeing the forest through the trees can be difficult; this is the Section Eight Woods in the Cache River Wetlands in Southern Illinois

Why is Excessive Optimism Often Rewarded With a Reset of Reality?

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  Fairy Stone State Park, Stuart, Virginia

Why are "Solutions" Really Just Bargaining?

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Flag Rock Recreation Area, Norton, Virginia

What Are Self-Sufficient Communities and Why Are They More Hype Than Substance?

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Some selected images from Pike Lake State Park

Collapse and the End of Industrial Civilization

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On the  Big Four Bridge  in Louisville, Kentucky

Feedback Loops and Unsustainable Systems

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Mountains as seen from Tennessee Welcome Center

Don't Postpone Joy!

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  Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Morehead City, North Carolina I have a list of posts coming which I am working on finishing, but I decided to insert one post dedicated to something I find highly frustrating and add some enlightening information about these topics, centered once again around so-called "solutions" which often don't really add up. So many people and organizations are offering educational "journeys" (also known as "manifestation mindsets" in some circles) into many different themes and in different ways in an effort to help people who are suffering with the grief, confusion, anxiety, or other troubles caused by the predicaments we face. While I applaud such efforts, the one thing that is annoying is how little attention is paid to "free" information, such as the information I provide here. How hard can it be for folks to give helpful advice without demanding money or payment of some sort (click the "like" button and s...

Enlightenment and the Maximum Power Principle

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  Inspiration Point is at the top of this cliff in southern Illinois

What is Degrowth?

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C.R. "Doodle" White Overlook, Hampton, Tennessee

The Beauty of The Silence

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Recently, I have received several really awesome comments recently across the different media platforms I use, the subject of one of which is the topic for this article. However, I also wish to thank my readers for the encouragement you give for me to continue writing. That in and of itself is what actually keeps me going. Knowing that I am not wasting my time writing these articles and that others enjoy my musings keeps me active and researching.  I also appreciate the opportunity to (try) to explain the science as I understand it. My understanding is constantly being reshaped and clarified by the science as new science becomes available. Part of the reason I tend to focus on psychology is because of how my own beliefs have changed over the past decade or two. Much of how society operates is based upon our psychology and how our behaviors affect the interactions between ourselves and the rest of the planet. Here is a rather poignant quote in this instance, from Albert Einstein: "...