There is nothing wrong with us because there is nothing wrong

Caltech scientists recently did the impossible. Researchers were able to generate a ring of plasma in midair using only a stream of high pressured water and a crystal plate. The charge was thinner than human hair and was blasted from a nozzle that struck at about one thousand feet per second. They literally captured lightning in a bottle. Wow, isn't that amazing? What we thought was just an old cliché has now become objective reality. All we have to do...

End times are not a matter of if, but when. And the moment god chimes the armageddon bell, you need a way to protect the future of those left behind. That’s why my new business idea is to launch an eschatological insurance company that will send policy holders notifications in the event of the rapture. If you are non responsive, our agents will deploy an end times care team to look after your pets, non believing loved ones, personal effects...

Employees love to criticize their leaders for viewing and treating them as a means to an end. There are thousands of online reviews of companies whose former team members file complaints like, this company is just using its people to make profits! Meanwhile, the executive team is thinking to themselves, well, yeah, welcome to capitalism. Because the whole idea of labor has instrumental value, not intrinsic value. Work is a utility. It's not desirable in and of itself. Most people...

It’s easy to be productive when it’s just you Or when it’s just a few of you. But as a company grows, hires more staff, takes on bigger projects and earns more revenue, that means it’ll have to start dealing with bigger, more complex operational issues. As a result, employees will likely make the following problem. There’s no time to get actual work done. Have you ever said that about your job before? Have you ever worked with someone who...

Have you ever heard of revenge consuming? It’s this thing we do when something has happened that annoys, inconveniences or angers us, and so, we eat, drink, shop, gamble, fuck, whatever, as a way of getting back at the person who wronged us. We’ve all done it before. Think back to when you were a kid and your mom made some comment like, honey, you shouldn’t be eating cookies, otherwise you’ll gain more weight. And how would your adolescent brain...