Category: digital collage

Rubik’s Cube (Elimination of Bad Thoughts)

The arrogance of youth… / The world is not a machine for generating fairness; / Other people especially not so. / / / If you want to drain everything out of your life? / You are no king or aristocrat: / Your life will never be filled with people dedicated to your happiness. […]

China Saved the World Economy (So Far)

China Saved the World Economy (So Far) Direct link to original post:https://verysmallocean.org/blog.html#china-saves-world-economy An incomplete summary of China Quietly Saved the World Last Month (also embedded below) by Max Fisher Months ago, the news and many other people were expecting a much more massive oil shock. Oil at $150-200 a barrel. Gas lines. No jet flights. An economic […]

Humans Will Never Live on Mars Permanently

The barriers to establishing a permanent presence on mars are many and appear insurmountable to anyone with a little bit of critical thinking and scientific knowledge. Among them are the radiation, lack of atmosphere, biological effects of low gravity, and toxic dirt. Elon Musk and others are selling a dangerous fantasy

Very Small Ocean Flyers

In 2025, Solar & Clean Power met all demand growth while fossil electricity stayed flat. Fossil exports in mid-2026 are paralyzed on 4 seas & in Russia, while China rolls out EVs (electric vehicles) & renewables at massive scales. Climate Victory is Possible. But Climate Change presents a less talked-about problem: the threat to Ocean Oxygen. Seawater only contains 6-10 mg/kg of molecular oxygen, O2, compared to 210,000 mg/kg in the air.

Only 2 Hands – A guided meditation as a poem

[…] I only have one lifetime in this form, / this form with two feet, / this form with two hands, / this form with one voice, / this form with this mind, / the moss goes on without me. / The ants go on without me. / The trees go on without me. / The sun burns on without me. […]

#MEGA – Make the Enlightenment Great Again

#MEGA – Make the Enlightenment Great Again

“Characterized by an emphasis on reason, empirical evidence, and the scientific method, the Enlightenment promoted ideals of individual liberty, religious tolerance, progress, and natural rights. Its thinkers advocated for constitutional government, the separation of church and state, and the application of rational principles to social and political reform.”

Permission

You have my permission to disregard the meditation I wrote and do something else: /// Like / Walk along the side of a stream endlessly / Like / Go through a laundry list of affirmations in your head, examining and discarding each one / Like / Planning your to do list / Like / Trying (and failing) to just watch your breath and think no thoughts / Like / Criticize yourself for doing the meditation all wrong [….]

Emptiness (and a grain of salt)

[…] One of the many things we could say instead of — /
— instead of “I hate my stupid life” /
Confronting a memory /
Confronting a hypothetical /
Confronting other peoples’ theoretical thoughts about us /
Confronting ‘what if I had done it that way instead?’ /
All these emotions come and go, passing like ships, or birds, swiftly by […]