Michael

Rational Black Thought

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A discussion of all topics as seen through the eyes of a Black Atheist, Skeptic, Humanist, Existentialist

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Michael

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Rational Black Thought Episode #141 June 17, 2023 - The devolution of humanity 17.06.2023 1:20:22

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The corrosive nature of false information: https://sonomasun.com/2018/02/07/the-devolution-of-consciousness/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/think-well/202205/is-misinformation-worse-covid News: The Trump indictment deep dive: https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-documents-922839660373 What Christians want: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/bor...

Rational Black Thought Episode #140 June 10, 2023 - We must prove our predictions about the future with action…George Jackson 10.06.2023 1:31:32

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Can you make a difference: https://www.fingerprintforsuccess.com/blog/how-to-make-a-difference#:~:text=Whether%20you%E2%80%99re%20eager%20to%20figure%20out%20how%20to,Find%20a%20cause%20you%20care%20about%20and%20act News: 2 down, 3 to go: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/08/us/trump-indictment-documents Worms in the woodwork: https://apnews.com/article/cap...

Rational Black Thought Episode #139 June 3, 2023 - The motivating power of a thorough ass whipping 03.06.2023 1:18:31

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The motivating power of pain: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5350036/#:~:text=The%20sensation%20of%20pain%20generates,is%20rewarding%20(see%20below). News: Trump testifies against himself: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/us/politics/trump-recording-documents-evidence.html Racist even hate the image of Black people: https://www.theroot.com/not-e...

Rational Black Thought Episode #138 May 27, 2023 - "...ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."— James Baldwin 27.05.2023 1:25:19

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Is it too late: https://chat.openai.com/ News: This is what happens when one asshole joins another: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/technology/elon-musk-desantis-twitter.html It is always about race: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/nyregion/a-mother-smoked-weed-her-baby-was-put-in-foster-care.html?smid=url-share Three losers sent to prison: https://apnews...

Rational Black Thought Episode #137 May 20, 2023 - “If those who know why and how neglect to act, those who do not know will act, and the world will continue to flounder.” ― Alfred Korzybski 20.05.2023 1:20:56

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The art of wokeness: https://www.languagehumanities.org/what-is-general-semantics.htm News: Rudy fucked up but no one is talking about it: https://www.salon.com/2023/05/16/thats-an-actual-crime-experts-stunned-at-alleged-giuliani-plot-to-sell-pardons-for-2m/#:~:text=The%20complaint%20also%20states%20that,with%20then%2DPresident%20Donald%20Trump. MTG channels Car...

Rational Black Thought Episode #136 May 13, 2023 - "It Just Looks Like We’re Not Hurting"…Terrie M. Williams 13.05.2023 1:12:36

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Personal Emergent Practice: https://www.optimisticanthro.com/blog/2018/2/8/what-the-heck-is-emergent-learning News: Trump gets his hand slapped: https://www.npr.org/2023/05/09/1174975870/trump-carroll-verdict Santos is in jail for lying, how is Trump still free: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/05/10/nyregion/george-santos-charges-news Homophobia is the new Co...

Rational Black Thought Episode #135 May 6, 2023 - I really don’t think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do…Nikki Giovanni 06.05.2023 1:08:23

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Living a Limitless Life: https://summaries.com/blog/limitless News: More shit about Clearance “happy slave” Thomas: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/may/05/clarence-thomas-ginni-supreme-court-ethics-scandal-live-updates Systemic racism leads to death: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/04/26/opinion/road-deaths-racial-gap.html Another Zimmerm...

Rational Black Thought Episode #134 April 29, 2023 - All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better…Ralph Waldo Emerson 29.04.2023 1:33:44

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Living Life as a DoE: http://integralleadershipreview.com/6368-integral-life-practice/ https://www.blazkos.com/experiments-in-personal-life/ News: I don’t think there is anyone dumber than the My Pillow guy: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/us/politics/mike-lindell-arbitration-case-5-million.html Ingrained disparities of racism: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...

Rational Black Thought Episode #133 April 22, 2023 - Life is tragic simply because…one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.…James Baldwin 22.04.2023 1:36:44

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The Pale Blue Dot and existential anxiety: https://www.planetary.org/worlds/pale-blue-dot https://ethics.org.au/ethics-explainer-existentialism/#:~:text=Existentialism%20is%20the%20philosophical%20belief,governments%2C%20teachers%20or%20other%20authorities. https://philosophynow.org/issues/115/all_the_consequences_of_this News: Shot for ringing a doorbell while...

Rational Black Thought Episode #132 April 15, 2023 - Won't you help to sing, These songs of freedom? Bob Marley 15.04.2023 1:36:44

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Why the Right hates critical thinking: https://louisville.edu/ideastoaction/about/criticalthinking/what News: Racism’s epic fail: https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the-depth-of-the-tennessee-gops-disdain-for-democracy/ Pardoning the Devil: https://www.theroot.com/what-texas-gov-abbott-is-eager-to-pardon-a-man-who-ki-1850318625 They are all sick bastards:...

Rational Black Thought Episode #131 April 8, 2023 - Live like you’re dying 08.04.2023 1:35:15

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Instead of the road less travelled, let’s get off the path: https://aseemthakar.com/the-pathless-path-paul-millerd-book-summary-notes-review/ News: Trump indictment details: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/opinion/donald-trump-alvin-bragg-indictment-charges.html Even Robo cop is a racist: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/technology/facial-recognition-false...

Rational Black Thought Episode #130 April 1, 2023 - We are the creators of the universe 01.04.2023 1:35:03

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: A creative way of being: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-creative-act-rick-rubin-book-review-declan-ryan/ News: Trump finally indicated: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/03/30/nyregion/trump-indictment-news Another mass shooting the same fucking response: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nashville-school-shooting-details-victims-investigation-latest/ One mo...

Rational Black Thought Episode #129 March 25, 2023 - The illusion of shades of gray. 25.03.2023 1:34:25

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Identifying and managing nuance: https://kieranhealy.org/files/papers/fuck-nuance.pdf https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/the-problem-with-nuance-for-the-sake-of-nuance/ News: Trump indictment watch: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/your-guide-to-all-of-the-investigations-into-trump A promise dies: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/world/americas/haiti-...

Rational Black Thought Episode #128 March 17, 2023 - So life is just a game, And there is many ways to play, And all you do is choose …Stanley Clarke 18.03.2023 1:05:17

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Winning the game of life: https://yukaichou.com/10k-hp/ News: Trump indictment likely…Not: https://yukaichou.com/10k-hp/ They killed the music: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/us/politics/trump-indictment-stormy-daniels-bragg.html Cowboy pastor arrested: https://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/news/local_news/cowboy-way-church-pastor-arrested/article_51936832-07...

Rational Black Thought Episode #127 March 11, 2023 - Actions speak louder than words 11.03.2023 1:17:34

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The magic of getting off your ass and doing something: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/pdfs/Workbook-Time-of-your-Life.pdf https://www.academia.edu/34193650/The_RPM_Philosophy News: Black Americans attacked in Mexico: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kidnapped-americans-gulf-cartel-gang-apologizes-deaths-letter-associated-press/ No surprise: https://www.rollingstone.co...

Rational Black Thought Episode #126 March 4, 2023 - The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place…George Bernard Shaw 04.03.2023 1:27:57

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The speaker is responsible for the message: https://pressbooks.nscc.ca/nscccommtrades/chapter/1-3-the-communication-process/#:~:text=Feedback%20occurs%20the%20sender%20and,be%20verbal%20or%20non%2Dverbal. News: Why Lori Lightfoot lost and what it means: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/03/how-mayor-lori-lightfoot-lost-chicago.html So “now” we know Fox News...

Rational Black Thought Episode #125 – February 25, 2023 – Just a little bit of love to make it right…Curtis Mayfield 25.02.2023 1:32:43

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: What’s Love got to do with it: https://www.impactfund.org/social-justice-blog/loveinactivism News: Cruel and Unusual: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/us/politics/federal-prisons-inmate-abuse.html No question of allegiance: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/23/kevin-mccarthy-tucker-carlson-jan-6-tapes Just like shit race traitors float: https://www...

Rational Black Thought Episode #124 February 18, 2023 - Survival is not enough, survival has never been enough…Black Cake 18.02.2023 1:29:42

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to think like a Quant, and why you should: https://calvinrosser.com/notes/thinking-in-bets-annie-duke/#:~:text=Professional%20poker%20player%20Annie%20Duke,outcomes%20and%20a%20better%20life. News: When the police are the government: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/opinion/police-violence-democracy.html Evidently, the truth is relative: https://www.nytim...

Rational Black Thought Episode #123 February 11, 2023 - I have marched until my feet have bled, And I have rioted until they called the feds, What's left, My conscience said…Revolution…Arrested Development 11.02.2023 1:14:02

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: A human response to AI: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/opinion/ai-human-education.html News: The Scorpions Rolled Through Memphis: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/04/us/memphis-police-scorpion.html State of the Union…Fucked up: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/us/politics/biden-state-of-the-union-takeaways.html Lunatic food fight: https://www.rightwingwat...

Rational Black Thought Episode #122 February 04, 2023 - They don’t know their language, they don’t know they’re god, They take what their given, Even when it seems odd…Erykah Badu Twinkle 04.02.2023 1:26:34

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to live like a Human-ist: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/gaia-hypothesis News: It is the color and the badge: https://news.yahoo.com/memphis-pd-disciplines-sixth-cop-165643918.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=ma Republicans are anti-Black, including the Black ones: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/02/house-re...

Rational Black Thought Episode #121 January 28, 2023 - Do you see me or do you see what you what to see? 28.01.2023 1:21:15

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Africa shows us how to see one another: https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ubuntu_(philosophy)#Ubuntu_and_Western_Humanism News: So, Justice Kavanaugh is a rapist: https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-allegations-in-secret-sundance-doc-justice Faith is the evidence of dead kids: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/idaho-faith-...

Rational Black Thought Episode #120 January 21, 2023 - To be human is like being a weed 21.01.2023 1:20:07

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: What does it mean to be human: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/philosophy-dispatches/201205/what-does-it-mean-be-human https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/14/can-artificial-intelligence-ever-be-sentient-googles-new-ai-program-is-raising-questions News: George Santos is exactly what America deserves: https://www.economist.com/united-states/20...

Rational Black Thought Episode #119 January 14, 2023 - It's a dangerous thing to mistake speaking without thought for speaking the truth...Glass Onion 14.01.2023 1:28:53

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Lakeside thinking: https://www.powerofpositivity.com/cynical-trap/ News: Kevin McCarthy’s House is fucked up: https://www.axios.com/2023/01/10/republicans-mccarthy-house-rules-addendum Andrew Tate is arrested…it’s about time: https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/1/4/23539528/andrew-tate-arrest-jail-rape-human-trafficking Democrats are fucking stupid: https://www.ny...

Rational Black Thought Episode #118 January 7, 2023 - Don't Shit in the Well you Drink from...African proverb 07.01.2023 1:13:05

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to be happy in hell: News: Kevin McCarthy’s lifelong dream crushed: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/after-two-days-failure-us-house-republicans-try-again-pick-leader-2023-01-05/ Fuck 12: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/nyregion/nypd-officer-suspended.html Fuck 12 again: https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/watch-cops-cuffed-black-wsj-reporter-doing-intervi...

Rational Black Thought Episode #117 December 31, 2022 - Happy New Year! 31.12.2022 58:44

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Year in Review 2022: https://aframnews.com/2022-in-review/ News: Fake Republican, is anybody surprised? https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-york-officials-probe-george-santos-congressman-elect-with-fabricated-resume-2022-12-28/ Well of course…: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/michael-capps-kansas-lawmaker-god-guilty-covid-relief-fraud/ Is this what we are co...