Author: flyagaric23
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2019 YEAR IN REVIEW – BLADERUNNER FIRES
FIRE! FIRE!
POUR ON WATER, POUR ON WATERThe world is on fire! Literally and figuratively. Don’t panic. The gap between the richest and poorest is growing, and seems set to keep growing, as nations continue to repeat history and vote for the toughest big-daddy they can, to protect them from foreign influences, or rather the foreign influences not paid for. Don’t panic. Often I think to myself…I’d like to retreat to a cave and sharpen my pencils, watch TV and be blissfully unaware of all the drama out there.” No, this is the last day of 2019 and we are awake.
2019, 365 days that changed the world? Much different from 2018? Hotter or richer or poorer? Here’s my round-up of things that impinged on my nervous system, balanced between events in my life and those on the world stage. 2019 was bittersweet. I could say, the world has gone to hell, but I’m all right Jack, but I try to avoid sounding like a self-centred idiot who only talks about himself and his interests. Truth, beauty, excellence and compassion are my weapons of choice. Lets burst the big pimples first. Let us not look away from the violence, but try to understand the root causes and organize together to prevent division and hatred.
To scrape the surface of the year in politics speak, from the opening play on January 1st, when right-wing fucktrumpet, Jair Bolsonaro started his unholy presidency in Brazil, and sets the worrying tone of the rise of right-wing populism across the world, ending in 2019 with Boris “Hard Right Brexit” Johnson, sweeping to victory after the dirtiest and expensive smear campaign Britain has ever seen, as if organized by United Snakes. Feb 1st, Trump signs off America from the mid-range Nuclear treaty, Putin responds with the same the next day. March 15, 51 people murdered in Christchurch, New Zealand, by a racist lunatic called Brenton. The same day, Greta Thunberg returns to Sweeden as a figurehead of a worldwide climate awareness movement. April 10th, first-ever image of a Black Hole M87 Galaxy, the first glimpse of Trump UK trade-deal. April 11th, Julian Assange arrested in London. April 21st, the Sri Lanka Terror attacks result in 500 murdered by religious extremists. April 29, Isis nut, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, releases footage of Sri Lanka Terror attacks, he’s clearly mentally ill but treated by the media as some kind of criminal mastermind. May 1st, Bad Vlad Putin signs the Sovereign Internet bill into law (In which he can hack British sovereignty at the source, sucks it all up, and funnel it back over to the Kremlin for the Skeksis to lap up.) May 6th, Syrian army launches ground attack on last rebel stronghold in the country. May 24th, Maybot plans shut down of her dancing queen program. June 3-5th, Trump balloon visits the UK and the Queen, cheeses with the Maybot and Boris the lapdog. June 7th, Maybot dancing queen stops dancing for Tories, a new beast is required to be born. July 17th, Netflix star, El Chapo, is sentenced to life in prison. July 24th, Boris Johnson becomes the UK prime mongrel, voted in by less than 0.4% of the UK. His lies begin in overdrive. August 3rd, mass shooting in a U.S Wallmart store leaves 23 people dead, the racist shithead shooter targeted Mexicans. August 10th, child rapist billionaire friend of Prince Andrew, Jeffery Epstein dies in jail, reports are that he killed himself? August 21st, Amazon wildfires rage as Bolsonaro does sweet fuck all. September 10th, Boris and the Tories prorogued Parliament, shutting it down in a Trump-like manner. September 20th, International climate strikes. September 24th, a British court ruled prorogued parliament was void, Boris did indeed do a Trump move. October 17th, Trump pulls U.S troops in Syria, away from helping the Syrian army, blessing Turkey to invade, all to “protect the oil”. October 19th, 1 million March in London for the second referendum on Brexit. October 27th, Trump announces that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, killed by American weapons. October 30th, Twitter bans all political advertising worldwide. November 21st, Ben Netanyahu is indicted on charges of fraud and bribery. Nov 26th, Chilean protests, 50 protestors require prosthetic eyes after police shoot in the face. December 12th, Tories win UK general election, with Boris leading the UK into a Brexit more than half the country does not want. “Just Get On With It,” combined with “Love Actually,” spoke in volumes to the soul of English exceptionalism. Dec 18th, the orange-to-peach balloon becomes the third U.S president in history to be impeached for meddling in the 2020 elections, the least of his long litany of crimes. Dec 20th, U.S Space force founded by the orange windmill king. Wildfires continue to burn across Australia, wiping out millions of animals and their habitats, homes, and some people, leaving Sydney in a hot fog, and new highest temperatures set every week. Ian Duncan Smith, the Godfather of Universal Credit and the war on vulnerable people in the UK, is bestowed a Knighthood by the British Crown. That about sums up the UK nicely, politically speaking.
Phew, but we made it through didn’t we? First off, a toast to those who didn’t, those that passed over to the great trade-deal in the sky in 2019, in particular, Jake Black, who I had the pleasure of knowing a little bit, rest easy friend. The Zen Bastard Paul Krassner checked out, one of my all-time favourite American’s, who first published a piece of my writing (Magic Mushrooms: From Toad Slime To Ecstacy, 2003,) and was present at a most memorable mind-bending afternoon with Robert Anton Wilson in Palm Springs, 2000. Paul kept in touch with me via email whenever he could write, his contributions to the western countercultural tradition are incalculable. Know his name. Paul Krassner, R.I.P. The great Dr John, and Art Neville, both natives of New Orleans had their traditional Jazz Funerals, and full musical send-offs, or carry-ons. And the psychedelic twin of Timothy Leary turned yogi and dharma teacher, Baba Ram Dass, passed into the clear light of bliss. Rutger Hauer and Ginger Baker also left the world stage leaving behind them large bodies of excellent art. To all my friends who may have lost a family member or friend this year, may they’re memory live on eternally and their souls rest in peace. One statistic that you can’t argue with overtime is that the older you get the more dead people you know. Honour your ancestors with life-affirming actions and thinking, music, merrymaking and contemplation as you see fit, that’s my best advice for dealing with the grief of 2020 and beyond. Enough about the dead, let’s get onto some of the living critters who have set 2019 alight, and who will certainly be caught playing with matches in 2020.
First, my three to watch and study in 2020. The goodies. If you take anything away from this year in review, make it these three names: Bruce Sterling, Cory Doctorow and Alan Moore. For me, the holy trinity of the next decade, each fully capable of turning it all around, if…IF…we could be so bold and brave as to listen, compute, understand, and share that good stuff. As Douglas Rushkoff said, program or be programmed. For me, the next decade will be dominated and in the hands of those who can program, write and juggle legal facts to the degree that Cory Doctorow is capable, present design-science innovation and tech-criticism to the calibre of Bruce Sterling, and synthesize Art and Magick in the grain of Alan Moore. And so, to the villains.
My first three to watch are predictable, Trumpet Booris Pootin. The three claws of the new Tsarist Anglo American alliance, playing cold war games with their billionaire friends, foes, and who the fuck knows. But that’s obvs. Steve Bannon is a better villain to keep your eye on, he’s smarter than Trump. In the same fashion, I’d say, learn from Jacob Reece Mogg, a nasty but smart English motherfucker, if you want to fight. Boris is the distraction like Trump, in 2020 you might be fitter if you filter-out the dog whistle alt. right bait, and the pumped-up lies and bluster guaranteed to be splattered all over 2020 UK tabloids. Reading and sourcing some Mogg literature, and a study of law will be much more helpful in the long run. Watch Tommy Yaxley Lennon Robinson if you like, but there’s nothing new to learn here since early hominids leant how to use clubs, you’d be smarter watching a chocolate fudge sundae melt, look for a worthy intellectual opponent in 2020. And, perhaps learn some self defense? Find the smartest racist you can, and study them. If you want to fight, take the strongest opposing argument to your own, first. Racism, Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Xenophobia are all built on a logical fallacy, and categorical untruth in the first place. A part of the problem in 2019 is that many are not doing philosophy and social psychology, and such intellectual pursuits are increasingly branded lefty cultural Marxism. In 2019 a meme goes around the world seven times before a PhD. thesiskeksis footnotes on! The domain of the thick, the stupid, and the ignorant, is the domain of categories and group-think. Overemphasis on nationality and not enough emphasis on the unique individual. The fact remains movements, based on gene-pool ignorance, are founded on lies and blind-faith based thinking, the opposite of scientific – research-based thinking. The wars of the words will continue up until the Chinese written character puts a backstop on the limping 26 letters, and English crumbles away into Finnegans Wake completely.
Highlights for me this year, personally speaking on a creative tip are, editing and releasing my paper The Entourage Effect At Finnegans Wake, concerning Cannabis Terpenes, and the perfumed language of James Joyce. Visited the Island of Kos in Greece with sweet Janne, spending quality time with cats on the beach, shells on the bottom of the ocean and the Tree Of Hippocrates, and the Hippocratic oath. Opened a night of funk and jazz in for DJ Eddie Pillar, who chatted for a while and made my weekend. Played a DJ set for Red Light Radio, and 3 sessions at the Hill Street Booze Bar in the centre of Amsterdam. For Radio Free Amsterdam I recorded more than 40 one-hour shows this year and made lots of artwork for the station continuing into 2020 with brother John Sinclair. I tracked some turntable work for a new tune with Garaj Mahal, that should be coming out in 2020, we will be jamming.
2019 marks the year I studied turntable beat-juggles, and in nine months, with an average of practicing around 10 hours per month, I can hold a beat, deploy a few tricks and new techniques. I will continue the practice, and craft some ready-made routines, and make some tight tracks. Maybe I’ll get out there for battle someday. Much of the driving impetus to learn to juggle and scratch better, came from working on my novel (trans-media project) called Deep Scratch. I figured that, if I’m writing about DJ’s I should learn to do what I’m writing about, with the bonus of making soundtrack material for the trans-media project. I started filming practice sessions, and uploading them to Youtube to help gauge any progress. In 2020 I may finally land on Serato software, a decade after every other DJ went over to the digital side. It’s not cheap to get up and running. Nuff’ about me? How you doing? If you got this far your probably thinking of books and albums that you like or want to make, and perhaps you have stories you want to tell? Now is the time, publish or perish. Be bold, say it loud. “Do it now!” Try not to lose your centre fighting the world. Please, check your facts in 2020, your life may depend on it. Oh, and do art.
If you want to link with my britinternational.org ensemble join me at Patreon.com/stevefly Make your own account and I’ll support you back. Or else, create some other such community-based network of like-minded individuals, help the vulnerable, the disabled, the homeless if you can. Visit them. I’d advise occasionally stepping away from the digital mobile-screen-world and reconnecting with community and nature in equal measure. Recharge you charity next to the stream. As cliche as that may sound. You will have to compromise at some point, you will have to let go, to be able to swing and grab something new, and let go again, things in motion and motion in things. Oh, and the post-quantum superimposition revolution, coupled with Artificial General Intelligence, Internet Of Things, 5G, and the global industrial military entertainment complex is sure to deliver some, lively, stuff. You need cognitive security! Maybe Logic and Multi-Model Agnosticism are a good place to start. Start now. Bladerunner, remember the future?
I raise a toast to an independent hand-made, hand-printed 2020, of and for the people. The new art and literature and ecological innovations are here with us. Stay awake. Love all the people. I wish you good luck and happy trails, enjoy every success on the path ahead.
xx
–Steve Fly
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Daddy Freddy
Daddy Freddy is a musical treasure and unstoppable force, he’s a foundational part of the narrative. Underground. Speaking truth to power.
Bless up
–Steve fly
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FUCK BORIS JOHNSON BEAT JUGGLE
A DJ Fly beat juggle feat. Jason of Sleaford Mods (Mcflurry) and Pharoahe Monch (Fuck You).
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John Sinclair To The World
HI, this is Steve the fly writing you from Amsterdam, in celebration of the 15th anniversary of Radio Free Amsterdam. Founded on November 22nd, 2004, RFA has kept the blues, jazz and roots music alive, thanks to John’s heroic efforts to keep it all going, editing the shows, posting them.
In 2019, the people within the state of Michigan clearly voted to legalize, and free the weed. Finally, after more than 50 years of campaigning local activists can pin this one up as a win. A victory in the perpetual war on (some) drugs. However, the cultural-political battle over cannabis continues, and thankfully John has joined with attorney Matt Abel, and others of the Cannabis Council, who are fighting the good fight for a fairer and more equal society boosted by cannabis, and all its beneficial qualities, personal and social. Justice!
There from the beginning, John rolled with the vanguard of artists and cultural organizers who included the liberation of Cannabis in their bold vision for a better world. John currently lives and works in Detroit, enjoying the myriad of benefits from the herb that he helped contextualize, celebrate and liberate. We have come full circle, John and his fellow pot activists are vindicated and perhaps we should pause for a moment to consider all those who risked life, and love to stand up to authority, and fight for the freedom of others to enjoy what they enjoy.
John and friends organized the Michigan chapter of LEMAR, (LEgalize MARijuana), a network including Allen Ginsberg, Ed Sanders and other legendary poet provocateurs. (Poetcateurs?) LEMAR was the precursor to today’s organization NORML, and the steady flow of movements across the world that campaigned and organized in different ways, toward the common goal of legalization of the healing herb.
If you missed the story of John’s set-up and bust and the campaign to free him, building up to the legendary John Sinclair Freedom Rally, you can get the full picture from the documentary movie: 20 to life: The Life And Times Of John Sinclair. As a side-effect of John’s freedom came the added benefit of less harsh punishments for Marijuana possession in Michigan, effectively a ticket and/or fine. The recent decision to legalize cannabis in the state stands as evidence that activists and artists who promoted the virtues of the plant, and art, were justified and correct. Before their time, in some sense prophets of the new cannabis age. Coupled with state of the art music, poetry, painting, activism and the cannabis sacrament, these brave men and women affected a cultural shift in the collective consciousness of the whole fucking planet.
Together with his contemporaries, John set the scene, built the soundtrack, and floats within the cosmic ambience everywhere and anywhere…cannabis is consumed. Ingrained deep into the tissue and the foundational roots of American, and by osmosis, world cannabis culture. The measure of which remains elusive, but in my view terribly under-acknowledged, you have to dig for it.
I’ve worked for 8 years at a busy cannabis coffeeshop in the centre of Amsterdam and witnessed first hand what the blueprint for a John Sinclair coffeeshop would be. The combination of good music, a selection of refreshments including coffee and tea, and a steady flow of international cannabis enthusiasts dropping in to sample the menu, get high and soak up the vibe. A modest example of music, cannabis and the open society in unity, a safe space to help heal the individual and societal divides. Coffeeshops bring people together and present the common ground needed for such healing.
I’ve heard John express feelings about the power of music and art and listened to the evidence of those statements, read the textual evidence, admittedly produced with the influence of cannabis in one form or another. His work makes for a continuous explicit demonstration, celebrating the health packed herb via the culture of art and activism surrounding it.
John agitated on behalf of the cannabis legalization movement by excelling in the face of adversity, obsoleting the opposition with superior intelligence: poetry, improvisational jazz, rock and roll music, art all born of experiment and a kind of autodidactic approach. To cut your own path, and offer the others a route out of the depressingly violent, dumb, and watered-down mainstream culture.
His work spans the underground like a system of rivers deep beneath the surface, before everything was splattered across so-called social media, and available at the swipe of a finger, back when movements of a few dedicated people impacted the greater society and a global culture: the beat movements, the Lower East Side collectives, the Black Arts Movement, the Black Mountain Arts movement, The Underground Press, Love-In’s, Be-In’s, the Detroit Artists Workshop etc.
From my own limited study of these movements, most but not all guided by John and his rich literary taste buds, I’d like to draw attention to how they synthesize international cultural elements into a dazzling display of new art/activism. From beat writers sucking up Hindu and Indian scripture, Chinese poets, African rituals and rhythms, to John Coltrane and hundreds of Jazz innovators synthesizing traditional music from India, Africa and Asia into new forms, new directions, new harmonics.
Alike the history of the Cannabis plant and Cannabis culture, the story includes India, Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas and Indonesia. A mighty juxtaposition of world culture, through the lens of jazz and blues music, beat poetry, street-level intellectualism. John is a walking encyclopedia of these global influences and movements, native histories, traditions, rebellions, poetic tongues, swirling within the hologrammic field of his lifework, simultaneously blooming, bloomdido, bloomdido.
Good music, to me, like art and literature, and cannabis culture, seems to stem from a wide array of influences, John curates his musical offerings on his radio shows, in a similar fashion to how his writing curates his experiences. The challenges of how to make it new, while showing origins, and providing standards by which to interpret, both historically and aesthetically, the new creation, are satisfied by John’s excellent curation.
Every town, city and village worldwide should enjoy the benefits of a relaxing space to enjoy a little cannabis, listen to some music, read, leave your political differences at the door and experience the vibe and do easy. Music is the message, cannabis is in the message, and the message is the message too.
Please tune into www.radiofreeamsterdam.org and lock into John’s own radio shows, plus his curation of shows by DJ’s within the jazz, blues, soul, funk, reefer zone. Including your humble author. Grow some new ears.
The John Sinclair Foundation acts as a repository for writings, music, film, devoted to the proper archiving and administration of these works. The foundation is set up to include ongoing projects such as Radio Free Amsterdam, organize workshops, performances, recordings and publications. The JSF provides a blueprint and strategy for the realization of John’s collectivist vision, practical plans for a future full with creativity, tolerance and excellence.
“Won’t you care for John Sinclair?”–John Lennon.
Track down John’s “Free The Weed” Columns
Listen to his Radio Show’s, he’s kicking em’ out for you!love, steve the fly.
Radio Free Amsterdam.
Steve Fly and John Sinclair at Red Light Radio. 
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Corbyn vs Johnson – An ITV Debate Scored By Steve Fly
On The Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson TV Debate 2019.
I scored it 12-2 to J.C, here’s why and how. I admit this is a subjective review with a lot of conjecture. What have you got? The spin from the media proves very powerful after witnessing the fact of the matter and then hearing people speak as if they watched a completely different debate. #CognitiveBias in action.
I gave the opening statement to Corbyn for not casting the first stone, and setting out a broad plan for Britain’s future, protecting jobs, the health service and bringing Billionaires to account. Boris, on the other hand, went in with his Brexit theme, putting Jeremy in a divisive position demanding he make a choice either way, are you Leave or Remain. Jezza, responded with a perfectly reasonable answer, in line with Labour policy, that he plans to put the question back to the people. 1-0 to Jezza.
I give Corbyn another point for providing evidence, in paper form, of the conservative plans to break up and sell off the NHS. Boris responded by repeating his “which side are you on” question. At this point, Jeremy talked over the moderator, which I thought was a little rude at first, but he did have a point he wanted to finish and did, to make his previous statement make sense, to clarify. For Jeremy’s interruptions, I’ll give Boris a point, but remember that Boris goes on to do the same later in the debate.
I’ll graciously give Boris another point for his direct answer about splitting up the Union, which included the word “No, I wouldn’t” however, his tenure as PM has proven the contrary, Boris and the Conservatives, In my humble opinion, have done more to potentially break up the Union than any previous PM. To be clear, I’m giving Boris a point for answering a question directly, forgetting for the moment that his actions evidence the opposite of his claim.
Corbyn gets a point for slapping down Boris on his SNP coalition bait, pointing out that Britain’s already suffered 9 years of chaos with the conservative government, and he will not pursue any SNP coalition, if they wish to hand over the vote to the Tories and another round of austerity, let them do it. Current score 4-2 in Corbyn’s favour.
The trust question was another easy win for Corbyn, I need not extrapolate here, just look at the record of Boris Johnson and his lies, personal, parliamentary and otherwise. Corbyn spoke out against antisemitism and all forms of racism, pointing out it has no place in his party. He made an oath, Boris did not get to make his oath (due to being cut-off) the fact remains. 5-2. And on integrity, a challenge for any and all politicians to answer, Corbyn points out that he “listens to people from all walks of life”. Boris, predictably, like a dog with his dip-stick out, hits another round of “just get Brexit done” and “Which side are you on, Mr Corbyn?”.
I should have deduced a point here, this is clearly the sign of a tactical willful blocking of intelligent debate with a meaningless mantra, the likes of which the UK has been subjected too from the likes of Boris, Farage, and the Daily Mail/Sun Newspaper cabals. Corbyn is smashing it, Boris is erring. Who cares what the audience is doing, sounding like, saying, laughing about? Who are they? ITV presenters love to amplify the crowd reactions as if they reflect much.
On the NHS question, Corbyn scoops up the point with ease. Essentially saying he will not allow it to be sold, and that he will protect it and prevent it from falling into private hands. Boris, more or less said “What Jeremy said,” with the addition of another double-tap of “Which side are you on? Just get it done”. Aggh, this is really getting on my tits now. Say it again Boris, say “Get It Done” again, I dare you.
Jezza gets a point for pointing out the fake figures and false statement concerning the number of (NEW) hospitals and what exactly will be happening to upgrade existing ones. What is a new hospital? A new hospital? or the doing-up of an old one? Oh, I get it, you lying toad. 7-2. Boris is falling hard.
Boris gets another point for saying that yes, he would support free social care, and old people should be looked after, wow, he does care. However, I chose to take that point away for his increasingly frantic repetition of the Brexit mantra, for god’s sake leave it alone bloke. #BrexitInsanity
Jeremy gets another point for clearly stating that he and the Labour party will work to end austerity, which has cruelly affected millions of people during Tory rule. 9-2.
I’ll give the presenter a point for her Freudian slip, I heard her say “Both you genital…gentleman” she was going to say “Genitalmen” which I think is the best word of the whole debate #Genitalman #ITVdebate lol.
On the quickfire round Corbyn shot Boris between the eyes like a true-shot from the Westworld TV series. Corbyn showed compassion and support for the victims of Jeffery Epstein and stated nobody should be above the law. Boris once again nodded like a droopy dog, and simply restated a tiny fraction of what Corbyn said, and stared into his non-existent drink.
On the Christmas question Jezza’ score again with a header to the back of the net. He’d get Boris a copy of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens” and so that Boris can “see how cruel Scrooge was…” lol. Pretty good Jez. Boris, answered with “a copy of my withdrawal agreement” but was put straight by the moderator, and forced to choose a non-political gift, it took a while, but eventually, he got to “Damson Jam”. 11-2. This is a great game for Labour, the Tories under Boris have been out-classed.
The closing statements were a complete train-wreck for Boris, who again repeated his Brexit paradox. Corbyn laid out another broad vision of what a Labour government will offer, a better future for workers, students, the ill and vulnerable, and healing the divides up and down the country. 12-2 to JC.
In summary, I deduced a point from Boris for repeating the same thing over and over again, approx. 9 times “The conservatives will get Brexit done”. Every single chance he got he repeated the mantra in the old brainwash trick of simply “repeat often”. Perhaps to get it through the thick skulls of the people, how thick are they? As if Boris were targeting the blinkered Brexit supporters who can see nor hear anything but what they want to hear, the echo of stupid and meaningless… “Just get on with it?”, “Why should we vote again, we voted in 2016?”…
Well #ArronBanksLeaks is one reason, “The Great Hack” is another. Evidence that not only were you not given an actual choice, or any say on what kind of Brexit you were being sold, but the people and processes behind the official #VoteLeave campaign were criminal at least, and in the pockets of Vlad “Bad” Putin at worse. This is why we need a #PeoplesVote in 2020. A new referendum for a new set of questions, I wonder if those kicking and moaning about a new democratic people’s vote know, deep down that the result would not be in their favour?
So my conclusion #VoteLabour #JC4PM and #ToriesOut fair and square.
–Steve Fly
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On David Deutsch
Some off the cuff thoughts, after watching too much Deutsch. Respect.
David Deutsch proves to be a great Englishman, to me. A part of the future puzzle for sure. Quantum supreme butter. Maybe you’ve heard of him before, he’s a scientist, physicist and seasoned academic, and most importantly, a brilliant communicator and speaker. In the tradition of Richard Feynman, David soars through the language, presenting a tantalizing and instructive combination of fact and metaphor, in a big picture. Inclusive, critical, conjecture.
I technically understand little of the mathematical and physics principles at the heart of David’s raps, but holding a pet interest in physics and fringe ideas, as a result of immersing myself in the works of Robert Anton Wilson, I find David’s complete picture very attractive, and worth an attempt at putting into words. You can quickly and easily pull up his Wikipedia entry and find a lifetime study in the deeply complex subject matter. Go at it if you wish, search for his lectures and presentations, you will not be disappointed, I hope. There are some really important concepts to me, that I find uniquely and brilliantly communicated by David, let me try and tease them out in my Black Country minded logic. Please forgive any errors, and I’ll be happy to accept any corrections.
(Takes a deep breath) for your consideration, two words. Finnegans Wake. “Pancosmos”. Due to what I view as David’s stepping out from purely physics and mathematical language, to bring back the findings in parable and a flowing natural language, causing one to think. David is on the periphery of poetry and history, unification, of more than academic study, toward the life of the mind, epistemology and cognitive studies. For me, David Deutsch eloquently describes and updates a part of what I call “The language and physics of Robert Anton Wilson”. What’s that? Read Quantum Psychology, Coincidance, and the Schrodinger’s Cat Trilogy.
RAW wrote eloquently and in many styles, about the hard questions raised by physics, cosmology, quantum mechanics and relativity. I’m biased, but it strikes me that his habit for reaching out into many other academic domains, and cultural phenomena beyond the limits of Academia, remains the unique lasting quality that sets him apart from the rest. To mean, the language of Unity, including poetry, I argue, enriches the communications beyond what traditional scientific and/or Academic institutions present. As I started out by saying, David Deutsch, for me, is at the bleeding edge of Academic explorations into holism, or ideas of Unity, connectivity, and inter-connectivity, and all beautifully caged in principles from the great Karl Popper, who both RAW and Deutsch celebrated in their works and talks.
Again, to conclude, I feel that David Deutsch should seriously consider getting a copy of Finnegans Wake and reading it as he travels through his brain-body-nervous-system, at work on the forefront of big-picture physics, making sense of it all. An optimist, a connector, and I think a student of synchronicity.
Happy trails, computable and non-computables, possible and impossibles.
–Steve Fly.
p.s if only we could get Alan Moore, Bruce Sterling, David Deutsch and Alejandro Jadorowsky working on the same project. (dreams)
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STRAIGHT TRUTH ON IMPEACHMENT
Truth Be Told Straight.
Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings, Steve Bannon, Aaron Banks, Nigel Farage and an equally guilty group of Putin’s people, and Putin…SHOULD already be behind bars. Away from the world stage, politics, business and media. Well medicated and looked after by very patient psychotherapists (and banned from Twitter).
Why? The list is very very long, abuses of power most generally, murder, blackmail, conspiracy, treason, and plain old lies, which have demonstrably put the public, and the majority of human beings on planet earth a few steps closer to peril, closer to war, further divided confused and bewildered. Information warfare and psychological warfare operations deployed on both foreign and domestic targets, from a business standpoint, simply selling and advertising their brand, be it Trump 2016 or Vote Leave 2016. #LeaveLies
Why again? In a nutshell, the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a global conspiracy between bad Vlad Putin, Drumph Trump, Aaron “hides gold in the” Banks, and many others, all of whom have committed criminal atrocities, the effects of which may have irrevocably damaged the cultural bonds, public trust, and so the mental health of entire communities, cities, nations and continents around the planet. With the worst still to come if the UK does not vote #ToriesOut
To conclude. #ImpeachTrump #JailBannon #ArrestBoris #BangUpBanks Bring criminal charges to these sociopaths, they must be stopped and replaced by local and global thinkers, leaders of cooperation and good communication, messages of high information, novelty, interest, truth, peace and yes, with love.
Let the radical disinformation soldiers of confusion and hate all live together on a remote island somewhere without the ability to mess with, and hoodwink, and experiment upon the vulnerable public with their weaponized global data analytics, and their sordid media monopoly on the means to communicate. #DecentralizedMedia #IndependentJournalism #IndependentMedia #HomeGrown #LocalGlobal #Lobal
To be clear, I do not wish any physical harm or ill will on these criminals, or on those who support them and their parties, their business and their ideology. No, I hope they discover each other on a remote island, or in North Korea, and they live together hating and lying and double-crossing one another.
Don’t give them any air. #SuffocateHate #LetPoetryBreath
In the Commons, Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, said last week that he would not comment on security clearances, but denied the “insinuation” that No 10 was “in the grip of a Kremlin mole”.
In a letter to Thornberry last week, Sir Mark Sedwill, the cabinet secretary, also did not deny the unusual arrangement. “Classified information, especially intelligence, is made available only to those with the appropriate security clearance,” he wrote. “This applies to Mr Cummings and his access is appropriate for someone in his role.”
A Conservative Party spokesman said: “We cannot speculate on what may or may not be in a leaked parliamentary report.”
Andrew Gwynne, a Labour parliamentary candidate, said: “Billionaires fund the Conservative Party, so this sordid cover-up shouldn’t be surprising. The Tories blocked this report and oppose tax transparency so their billionaire backers can continue to rip us off unchallenged.
“Labour is on the side of the many, not the few, so we’ll get dirty money out of politics, introduce an oligarch levy and take on the vested interests selling out our people and public services.”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/russian-tory-donors-named-in-secret-report
DEEP SCRATCH 