01-24-2026, 04:17 PM
Names Varen, though i go by other names as well 
i make no apology for who or what i am, i have earned the right to be my full self and intend to wield it for as long as i can. so, with that in mind, heres a bit about me:
i suppose im what you could call a jack of all trades kind of person - ive done a little bit of everything. im in the US but have lived in many places here. ive done education, social work, construction, analysis, ghost writing, game design, and a few other things im forgetting about atm. for most of my life, ive been a ravenous consumer of knowledge - i read atlas shrugged and the silmarillion at 14 and concluded ayn rand was full of shiiiiiiit. after that realization, and understanding that a lot of our culture is built upon the (silly) principles within, i strived to understand the "why" behind everything. ive studied dozens of fields from astronomy to biology to engineering and urban design to energy. ive tried to find pathways that could lead us out of this cataclysm that is fast approaching and in turned tried to teach people how to use these systems to do so.
i dont specialize though, i generalize across a web of interests and try to deepen the whole web as best as i can. its this tendency of mine that led to an early realization in my youth about the state of the planets biosphere and how its fate is directly tied to that of the existing power superstructure. if the superstructure continues to exist, then it will - like a cancer - consume literally everything until it too dies. in that realization, came what i think one could call a patient obsession.
i also realized that in effect, we're nothing more than slaves to zombie systems. i detest this notion, and above all desire freedom especially in the face of these existential dangers that no one is going to seriously address
ive been working on my own more philosophical structured system for well close to 17 years now i think. ive studied arcologies, western and eastern and indigenous religions and philosophies, esoteric work by weirdos and oddballs, and tried to synthesize it into a series of core systems. i think relying overly much on invoking past names is a pathway to futility and circular debates. ive been in leftists spaces of many flavors and gave up on them all for the same reason - they just debate. they dont build anything. its just theory theory theory. but theory must be tied to praxis or its useless.
there has been a terrible awareness of how little time we actually have left for many years now. its like watching a doomsday clock and no one else cares that its so close to midnight. its maddening. even people who, hypothetically, should be all in on trying to build anything to survive just brush it off and stick with comfort. and the ones who have built their little communes are remarkably insular. there is so, so little time left before things become locked down, utterly dystopian, and firmly fixed on a global pathway to self destruction.
i do not believe any 'expert' or 'hero' or 'leader' can or will save us.
i tend towards building frameworks since they seem to cause less autonomic pushback compared to a "political" strategy. people are coded to reject certain types of phrases and words by the enormously complex propaganda machine that has been erected. so, best way around that is to use alternative phrases, concepts, or systems that the existing propaganda isnt adjusted for. course, thats getting way harder with LLMs everywhere.
but, i will suggest something: people are annoyingly messy, frail, imperfect, and frustrating. you can put the simplest, easiest system in front of them and theyll reject it because they are comfortable, used to convenience, or afraid of change. mind you, this is mainly US folks ive had the friction with, cant speak towards the rest of the planet. but the number of people who actually seem interested in doing something probably could fill a small bucket of water next to the ocean of indifference.
one should plant the seeds of a tree who's shade i'll never know. but i also know the history of this world. i know how old we are as a species, i know the struggles of it, the legacies long forgotten or ignored. i know how precious life itself is in the universe and i cant just sit here and watch it all die. i cant. so i wont. so i dont.
i make no apology for who or what i am, i have earned the right to be my full self and intend to wield it for as long as i can. so, with that in mind, heres a bit about me: i suppose im what you could call a jack of all trades kind of person - ive done a little bit of everything. im in the US but have lived in many places here. ive done education, social work, construction, analysis, ghost writing, game design, and a few other things im forgetting about atm. for most of my life, ive been a ravenous consumer of knowledge - i read atlas shrugged and the silmarillion at 14 and concluded ayn rand was full of shiiiiiiit. after that realization, and understanding that a lot of our culture is built upon the (silly) principles within, i strived to understand the "why" behind everything. ive studied dozens of fields from astronomy to biology to engineering and urban design to energy. ive tried to find pathways that could lead us out of this cataclysm that is fast approaching and in turned tried to teach people how to use these systems to do so.
i dont specialize though, i generalize across a web of interests and try to deepen the whole web as best as i can. its this tendency of mine that led to an early realization in my youth about the state of the planets biosphere and how its fate is directly tied to that of the existing power superstructure. if the superstructure continues to exist, then it will - like a cancer - consume literally everything until it too dies. in that realization, came what i think one could call a patient obsession.
i also realized that in effect, we're nothing more than slaves to zombie systems. i detest this notion, and above all desire freedom especially in the face of these existential dangers that no one is going to seriously address
ive been working on my own more philosophical structured system for well close to 17 years now i think. ive studied arcologies, western and eastern and indigenous religions and philosophies, esoteric work by weirdos and oddballs, and tried to synthesize it into a series of core systems. i think relying overly much on invoking past names is a pathway to futility and circular debates. ive been in leftists spaces of many flavors and gave up on them all for the same reason - they just debate. they dont build anything. its just theory theory theory. but theory must be tied to praxis or its useless.
there has been a terrible awareness of how little time we actually have left for many years now. its like watching a doomsday clock and no one else cares that its so close to midnight. its maddening. even people who, hypothetically, should be all in on trying to build anything to survive just brush it off and stick with comfort. and the ones who have built their little communes are remarkably insular. there is so, so little time left before things become locked down, utterly dystopian, and firmly fixed on a global pathway to self destruction.
i do not believe any 'expert' or 'hero' or 'leader' can or will save us.
i tend towards building frameworks since they seem to cause less autonomic pushback compared to a "political" strategy. people are coded to reject certain types of phrases and words by the enormously complex propaganda machine that has been erected. so, best way around that is to use alternative phrases, concepts, or systems that the existing propaganda isnt adjusted for. course, thats getting way harder with LLMs everywhere.
but, i will suggest something: people are annoyingly messy, frail, imperfect, and frustrating. you can put the simplest, easiest system in front of them and theyll reject it because they are comfortable, used to convenience, or afraid of change. mind you, this is mainly US folks ive had the friction with, cant speak towards the rest of the planet. but the number of people who actually seem interested in doing something probably could fill a small bucket of water next to the ocean of indifference.
one should plant the seeds of a tree who's shade i'll never know. but i also know the history of this world. i know how old we are as a species, i know the struggles of it, the legacies long forgotten or ignored. i know how precious life itself is in the universe and i cant just sit here and watch it all die. i cant. so i wont. so i dont.
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