kronosapiens

Daniel Kronovet

  • First Impressions of “Sex, Ecology, Spirituality”

    I’m about a third of the way of Ken Wilber’s Sex, Ecology, Spirituality, and I wanted to take some time to note my impressions before going further. It’s a remarkable book and he presents a remarkable view of the world:… Continue reading

    First Impressions of “Sex, Ecology, Spirituality”

  • Sharing: “An Education for Empire”

    An Education for Empire: The Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Ford Foundations in the Construction of Knowledge I just finished this excerpt from the Canadian “independent researcher” Andrew Gavin Marshall concerning the role of three major American foundations in shaping the social… Continue reading

    Sharing: “An Education for Empire”

  • Reflection and Analysis of a Vipassana Retreat

    I. Introduction On June 5, I began my first 10-day Vipassana (“insight”) meditation course. It was a remarkable experience. Everyone says that, however, making it an almost unworthy reflection. But it was. I tend to engage with these sorts of pseudo-scientific… Continue reading

    Reflection and Analysis of a Vipassana Retreat

  • The Dogs Have Balls

    This post is a (lengthy) excerpt from a letter I wrote to a good friend summarizing some of my impressions of the poverty of India and reflecting on the work I did with the kids at the school. I’ve chosen… Continue reading

    The Dogs Have Balls

  • माया

    I’ll preface this by saying that that this post took me about two months to finally finish, and was a struggle almost every step of the way.  I’m always cautious of intending one meaning and inadvertently causing people to hear… Continue reading

    माया

  • Society Without Public Education?

    I’ve been reading Noam Chomsky‘s Understanding Power, and it’s really been taking me back to my radical leftist mode. Having shifted to the right in many respects over the last year (or, to put it more precisely, towards the center), I… Continue reading

    Society Without Public Education?

  • Poverty and Values

    I was involved in an… altercation a few nights ago. Well… altercation might be overly dramatic a word. But words were crossed in public, and I found myself struggling with an internal dilemma. The setup: Some friends and I had… Continue reading

  • Two Indias

    I’m sitting on a bunk in the 2AC class (one of the higher classes on standard trains–not fancy, but not the cheapest) on the train to Aurangbad. Sharing the berth with me is a family that, to my mind, perfectly… Continue reading