XXII

throwback, let’s see if he’ll remember.

i’m sure it’s still on his profile somewhere.

Well spin your head around Be happy but profound; run for your life Am I stupid or just brave? Well they're basically the same

if knowledge is power, why would any source that wields that power give you the whole picture?

every institution, ideology, publication, government, religion, corporation, and individual has a perspective shaped by its own interests, limitations, and incentives. even when there is no deliberate deception, there is always selection: what is emphasized, what is omitted, what is framed as important, and what is quietly left in the background.

the mistake is not believing a source. the mistake is believing any single source is complete.

truth is rarely hidden in one place. more often, it exists in the gaps between competing accounts, in the contradictions, in the details that don’t quite fit the narrative being offered. the whole picture is usually assembled, not presented. It’s assembled from fragments.

now, if knowledge is power, then understanding begins the moment you stop asking what a source is telling you and start asking what it has no reason to tell you.

on my way to Alexandria’s beach.

memories rushing back as i sit in this car with my head out the window. i love the night wind rushing on a highway. every warm summer, it feels exactly the same.