Escape from Samsara

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by Dustin Broadbery Part 1, The Upanishads Krishna’s conversation with Arjuna enshrined in The Bhagavad Gita, contains perhaps the most important teaching from ancient India: ‘The immortal soul is more important than the passing world’. Infinite Loops In Vedic philosophy the journey from birth to death and rebirth is called Samsara. Our mortal coil, devoured … Continue reading Escape from Samsara

How the West Was Won: Counterinsurgency, PSYOPS and the Military Origins of the Internet

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by Dustin Broadbery Part 1: Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth As the digital revolution was underway in the mid-nineties, research departments at the CIA and NSA were developing programs to predict the usefulness of the world wide web as a tool for capturing what they dubbed “birds of a feather” formations. That's when … Continue reading How the West Was Won: Counterinsurgency, PSYOPS and the Military Origins of the Internet