James Sirois
Bio
I am a writer, film maker and traveler.
Stories (9/0)
The Freedom Paradox
In the words of Carl Gustav Jung: “People don’t have ideas, ideas have people.” How many ideas exist? Many to be sure but only one exists which possesses people in order to create an ultimate purpose therefore meaning and finally happiness: Freedom.
By James Sirois4 years ago in Motivation
Political Pandemics
Vast swathes of humans becoming infected by a micro-organism such as a virus is what we call “a pandemic”, and it is important to notice that it shares a very strong parallel with pandemics of a political nature, which are ideological movements or “Revolutions”, in a word.
By James Sirois4 years ago in The Swamp
Aphorisms From the Office
On hearing gossip Whenever you are approached by someone who’s intent is to gossip about a mutual acquaintance or friend, listen intently and ask yourself two questions: if what they say is a lie, then what evil are they up to? If it is the truth, then what kind of person divulges the secrets of others for thrills? Then remain silent, it will say much more to them than what they have said to you.
By James Sirois4 years ago in Motivation
The Hive-Mind
The internet has become so ubiquitous that even the word seems to be antiquated: no one really uses it anymore. We will ask each other for wifi or complain about lack of data but rarely do we think of the internet as it’s own entity, we feel it is too intrinsic to our lives for that, and our language demonstrates that. Soon we may never even refer to the internet and perhaps only talk about “speed”, which leads us to ask: What are we becoming?
By James Sirois4 years ago in Futurism
The Riddle of Reality
The notion that a physical effect necessitates its own physical cause seems to me to be a typically erroneous human assumption, comparable to say, the assumption that self-awareness is but an illusion caused by the material substrates of the brain: if such an illusion is only rooted in the physical dimension, what then, is an illusory experience if not a metaphysical one?
By James Sirois4 years ago in Futurism
Paradoxical Wisdom
Wisdom is rarely sought and when it is, it is expected to be an answer to our simple-minded questions. Humanity never understands why some truths are universal but all must come to understand that their own wisdom can not be sought in the experiences of others but in themselves, their own experiences and expression of them.
By James Sirois4 years ago in Futurism