Leary, T. (1957). Interpersonal diagnosis of personality: Here’s a simplified version of the personality compass: For more, we recommend: Timothy Leary’s Interpersonal Behavior Circle John Birtchnell: Measures of Relating and Interrelating Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research Return to Page
That which is inconceivable today is tomorrow’s product. Soon, spime wrangling will expose to the masses a pragmatic and technical way to grasp the emergent complex properties of memetics, as it will require a working knowledge of memetics to make sense of spimes. Spime is a word coined by Bruce Sterling in a 2004 speech, [...]
McLuhan, M. in “The Medium is the Message” Return to Page
Most discussions about magic certainly raise the pragmatist’s eyebrow. However, people who dismiss magic as a whole because of the explanations provided overlook the fact that we only make explanations if there’s something there to explain. In a sense, this is why there is a growing number of magicians and sorcerers delving into obscure and [...]
Originally published in 1978, and republished with the additional text Psychonaut in 1987. Return to Page
Feedback loops can be thought of as self-perpetuating situations, or active tautological events. The study of language evolution provides a way of thinking about the effect of feedback loops over time. Note: We were both unaware of the book I Am A Strange Loop (2007) by Douglas Hofstadler at the time we were writing The [...]
Objects of Persuasion, focusing on the cognitive elements of persuasion, featuring a number of speakers. This video is an hour long, and we suggest some people keep a notebook at hand. Return to Page