HEALING WORDS FOR MAD TIMES.

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THE WILD.

Why I have to leave on a consistent basis just to stay on a permanent one.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GOD OF THE SIMULATION.

On the consequence of making super intelligence tantamount to divinity (or SKRAM against the robots).

JOHN HENRY.

The one kind of intelligence which can never be artificial. A few lines on how to think about thinking.

ORWELL.

How to be true blue in an Orwellian age of deception. Boom boom boom.

THE BLANKET.

How faith traditions try their best to name the transcendent energy that make it all go.

MEDUSA.

How to hold your mythology and why what really happened is the worst question.

WILD LIFE.

What we can learn from the animals about peace, presence, and being here for what we are here to be.

FOLLOW YOUR BLISS.

Why you should do what you love and do it honestly…

BLOG POSTS.

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FAITH AND DOUBT 04.

FAITH AND DOUBT 03.

FAITH AND DOUBT 02.

FAITH AND DOUBT 01.

HOW TO THINK ABOUT YOUR INEVITABLE DEATH.

SOMETIMES VIRTUE IS A GODDESS.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

WHAT IS VIRTUE?

SKRAM THE POET is the creative work of Mark Shaffer. Mark is an antiquarian, writer, producer, part-time punk rocker, and full-time coffee snob.

He holds a Ph.D. in ancient Near Eastern and Classical Studies and writes about the uncomfortable truth that human beings haven’t changed nearly as much as we like to imagine. Sorry, not sorry.

For Mark, poetry is the economy of truth: poets notice what everyone else has learned to ignore… and say it plainly.

HEALING WORDS FOR MAD TIMES.

READ A POEM.

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SKRAM THE POET.