Nick Williams·19h agoThe ‘Disease of Thought’Psychology in the West addresses itself to the identity, to the ‘formalised notion of who (or what) we are’. We can’t think what else it…
Nick Williams·2d agoThe Ideal is not the RealThe rational-purposeful mind is a ‘blocker’, not an opener (or facilitator). It shuts doors rather than opening them (which is what it…
Nick Williams·Jul 4The Dirtiest Trick EverWhat — we may ask — is the dirtiest, rottenest, most low-down trick there is? We human beings are experts in the Dirty Tricks Department —…
Nick Williams·Jun 24Converting ‘Expected’ into ‘Actual’Life isn’t to be found within the drab and dreary confines of our crappy mental categories. It does not comply with our regulations; it…A response icon1A response icon1
Nick Williams·Jun 21Deconstructing CertaintyIn the Rational-Mechanical Paradigm certainty is the only thing that matters — we have no time for anything else. We are interested in hard…
Nick Williams·Jun 16Monetarizing the simulationInstead of life, we’re given a package, a game, and this package / game is made up of two aspects: [1] the aspect that we are supposed to…
Nick Williams·Jun 13The System Will Eat ItselfSociety is a ‘crazy-making’ machine. A set of values are solemnly held up as being true when they absolutely aren’t. If we dare to say…
Nick Williams·Jun 7The Game Of LogicIf the negative psychologist pays attention to stillness, then positive psychology concerns itself exclusively with action, with noise…
Nick Williams·Jun 2Stuck to the ScriptOur everyday, common-or-garden type of consciousness is 100% stuck. it is stuck to the map, stuck to the model, stuck to the doctrine…
Nick Williams·Jun 1The Empire of the TakersBeing an adapted member of society is an entirely mechanical kind of thing, which is to say, it is a sublimely non-nuanced. There’s no…