Historical Oddities Tuesday: Meiji Era a Case Study in the Dangers of Neo-traditionalism

On February 12, 2020 By Alex V. WeirIn Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, UncategorizedLeave a comment

While researching the Shindo Renmei, which was for all intents and purposes a Shinto terrorist group in Brazil, during WWII – I stumbled across the following article:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242494954_The_Failed_Prophecy_of_Shinto_Nationalism_and_the_Rise_of_Japanese_Brazilian_Catholicism

Which describes the transition from Shintoism to Catholicism of the migrants. What I extrapolated from this for the purposes of this unfortunately necessarily surface level video is that when cultures feel under threat they can have allergic reactions with catastrophic consequences.

I then tie this observation to some troubling trends in the present.

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The Robots Are Here (Vlog)

On December 11, 2019 By Alex V. WeirIn Alex Weir, Philosophy, Sketch of Sam Monroe, Technology, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogLeave a comment

Automation is a hot topic these days. There are lots of ramifications. Whether they be economic, social, or psychological the domain in which they lie is well suited to philosophical exploration.

In this super breif video I go over some recent developments that depending on your perspective are yet another step in either liberating or bankrupting the working man.

Sources

GROUND unveils new autonomous mobile robot for warehouses

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Imperial Japan, Bertrand Russell, and Productivity (Vlog Thing)

On November 30, 2019 By Alex V. WeirIn Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogLeave a comment

Finally back in the house.

It’s a touch difficult to pick a title for one of these vlogs that’s all over the place. So, I sort of just listed some of the main topics under discussion.

I go over those and some odds and ends of life and new responsibilities. I take that rabbit trail to less solipsistic ends by talking about the importance of applying discipline at opportune times.

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2012 Wine, New Laptop, Some Japan Trivia, and a Tune (Vlog)

On July 15, 2019 By Alex V. WeirIn Alex Weir, Humor, Social Commentary, Technology, Uncategorized, VlogLeave a comment

Odds and ends ranging from a discussion of a new bit of gear that has that old bit of Malware called Windows installed. Why I’m probably going to use it for at least a year despite the excellence of the Linux desktop environment. And then I literally do a song and dance. Minus the dance. Unless you count my justifying of my heretical OS decision to be a sort of dance. Which it is. In which case. The protestants are right you know… Dancing leads to hell.

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