We grew up with stories—Disney movies, Aesop’s fables, the Bible—that promised the good guys would win. That truth matters. That kindness will triumph.
And right now, it feels like those promises were a lie.
Therapy From Machines? It Might Backfire…
The human connection that’s so essential to any search for mental health is being shunted off to a machine. This is just as bad as people self-diagnosing from TikTok.
Navigating Today's Workplace Polarization
Most of the time, the “optimal performance” people seek with prescription drugs or with whatever hallucinogen is trending at the moment can be achieved without any drugs at all. When performance goals are met through therapy, the impact is lasting, profound, real change.
The Commodification of Angst, Part 2: : The Disorder Scam and the Horrors of Isolation
Industrialized medicine creates “disorders,” sells them to the public, and then profits from the drug use that results. They create the problem and they prescribe the solution.
The Commodification of Angst, Part 1: How To Succeed in the Health Care Industry: Sell the Disease and the Cure
The same corporate entities that cause disease profit from treating it. That affects your mental health.
Staying Sane in Uncertain Times: Harm Reduction for the Stressed-Out Thinker
We all want a more open discourse, while we all feel frightened that the forces dividing us will prevent that from ever happening.