"...when we [as children], in fear and trembling, could tell our first lie, and make, for ourselves, the discovery that we are irredeemably alone in certain respects, and know that within the territory of ourselves there can be only our footprints..." - RD Laing, 1959, Comparing the schizoid person's desire to reveal and conceal themselves with the universal experience of the interior, personal life

Where can you go to sit in the loneliness and ennui of life without needing to put on a pretense about it?

Travel is supposed to decrease your prejudices (and maybe overall it has) But living in Thailand has also increased my dislike of mainland Chinese people like 1000% Obviously this is a generalization (not everyone) but they are not good tourists

Thinking is a Disease (pt 1)

Do you think IQ is a good measurement of intelligence?

Don't quit

Jung coined the terms extrovert and introvert in 1921. He saw them as adaptive biological strategies Extrovert is analogous to high fertility with low defense and short lives of certain animals While introvert is analogous to low fertility but higher self-preservation Funny

Update: YouTube has now changed the reason for demonetizing Tricked Entertain from "inauthentic content" to "reused content." This makes even less sense. Here's exactly how every video is made: Scripts written from scratch by me. Our main character was designed and built by one of our own animators with our own logo on it Videos hand-animated in 3D Blender by our animators nothing AI-generated, nothing automated Editing handled by a dedicated editor who builds every clip and sound design by hand 6 full-time people working on one channel How is that reused content? @TeamYouTube the appeals process rejected us within hours. Twice. We understand YouTube is trying to filter out AI slop. But in the process, you're taking down original creators who have poured everything into building something real on your platform only to get wiped out overnight with no real recourse. Six people are on the verge of losing their jobs because of this. Give us the human review that creators on this platform actually deserve.

"Fanatical political activity (but not the performance of essential duties) seems somehow incompatible with individuation.... If man no longer finds any meaning in his life, it makes no difference whether he wastes away under a communist or capitalist regime... Only if he can use his freedom to create something meaningful is it relevant if he is free. That is why finding the inner meaning of life is more important to the individual than anything else, and why the process of individuation must be given priority" -- Louis Von Franz in Man and His Symbols

The UAE stands as a strong partner of the United States. No ceasefire with the Islamic regime in Iran. Not now. You don’t negotiate with terror. You end it. The UAE stands firm. Zero space for terrorists. Germany, Britain, Spain's governments say they want a diplomatic solution with this terrorist regime. Fine. Let it be your neighbour. Take its leadership, as you did with the Muslim Brotherhood. Give them citizenship. They are all yours. If you want the rubbish, take it but don’t ask us to accept it or live with it. It stinks. You can have it. Live with it alone. This Saturday will not pass quietly. It will be marked. It will be remembered.

Carl Jung on the infantile delusion of communism/the welfare state, 1961 (shortly before his death) "The communist world.. has one big myth...It is the time-hallowed archetypal dream of a Golden Age (or Paradise) where everything is provided for in abundance for everyone, and a great, just, wise chief rules over a human kindergarten... It will never disappear from the world at the mere sight of a superior view... Unconsciously, we cherish the same prejudices, hopes and expectations. We too believe in the welfare state, in universal peace, in the equality of man, in his eternal human rights, in justice, truth, and the Kingdom of God on earth.... The sad truth is that man's life consists of a complex of inexproable opposites... We are not even sure that one will prevail against the other, that good will overcome evil, or joy defeat pain...Life is a battleground. It always has been and always will be; and if it were no so, existence would come to an end" - Man and His Symbols, pg 73-75

In 2025, 66 of 93 Austrian clinical psychologists rated their experienced frequency of patients self-diagnosing as higher These patients were commonly described as "female, highly educated, and strongly engaged in online activities” The CPs asked about patients’ motives when suspecting a desired diagnosis and the answers were explained mainly in terms of relief from guilt, identity affirmation, and social recognition.....