Hidden Depths of Human Experience and Emotions Emotions are at the core of the vivid scenes that compose our stories. They colour our days with joy, sorrow, anger, and everything in between. How much have you ever paused to consider the shades beneath the vividness? What about the subtler hues that often go unnoticed? Emotions,…
Ideation’s Limit at Extreme Scales and Idolatry Our reason, often a beacon of clarity, becomes ever blinder with distance and difference in scales. Thus we are also often lead down paths laden with unintended consequences and ultimate failure when rely upon reason alone. If a scientist shifts the variables in an experiment, the results become…
Human Ideations, Human Idolatry Imagine two cliff climbing teams scaling the tallest and most extreme cliff face ever discovered, twenty times bigger than anything else, with its root in a deep cave. One team has each member follow their own logically planned route, though without any safety equipment, focused solely on reaching the summit at…
To Look Beyond Ideations Let us now turn our attention to scepticism, which is too often cast as mere doubt rather than the tool of discovery it is. In a world where ideas have become idols, scepticism becomes the break from their chains enabling us to seek greater things. The more we question, the more…
Shmolitics Is Not It, Your Fight Is Stockholm Syndrome, a psychological phenomenon, causes hostages to develop positive feelings towards captors. In a broader sense, it can manifest as a societal condition where individuals internalise the narratives imposed upon them by people who are holding them hostage, most often to their detriment. In contemporary society, many…
Shmolitics Out of Control A man walks into a room, his heart brimming with good intentions, ready to make a difference. Instead of warmth, he encounters cold stares and disinterest. His offers to help are met with suspicion, kindness with scorn. Sound familiar? This isn’t a tale from a bygone era but a reality for…
Disabuse and Disillusion The most dangerous political illusion of our time? The belief that political victory is synonymous with legitimate success. We are encouraged to vote, to protest, to get charged up, and to align ourselves with parties that promise change. History demonstrates that even the most well-intentioned actions can lead to ruin, out of…
Shmolitical Distractions People might ask at this point, without shmolitics, how do we organise and accomplish anything? An organisation is more than a set of rules or procedures; it is the blueprint for how power is harnessed and directed within. Every person who labours for said organisation empowers that structure. This is the skeleton upon…
Innocence in Misunderstanding Temptation’s Paradoxes Paradoxically, coming to understand temptation is one element in the humbling yet empowering recognition process of self through virtues earned in discourse. Without the discourse, this value is lost, however, because all must be funnelled through it for growth of emboldened progressive virtues. This process is lost for the majority…
Diagnosing the Mental Health Industry – A Legacy of Manipulation, Foolishness, & Windfalls Mental Health Reform Argument by Dr. Marcus Roe, founder of 24K Journal of Virtues Science This paper was written as part of a lawsuit effort, please consider joining the lawsuit here:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R-p1AmFOZRLWJdbo_PKwjenZAFFq7GYjylGeAC2NDkQ/edit?tab=t.0 Battle for the soul of mental health care. To win this…