If the purpose of traditional schooling is an attempt at preparing children for the real world—a world where they will be coerced or forced into activities that they’d rather not do for most of their waking hours—then today’s school is at least helping them have realistic expectations about their future.

A huge part of the “spiritual but not religious” vibe might be the idea that we don’t have to look beyond ourselves and our environments to experience the divine.

Once people realize how much they have lost, they will want it all back. Our call is to reforest this land. The only thing standing in our way is public opinion.

Helping others and doing things we love should obviously be better motivators for contributing to society than the bleak alternative of trying to make enough money to not starve.

Drugs play a huge role in society. When we think about a drug critically, we must ask ourselves what sort of effect it might have on our society and what sort of society we want to create.

A little survey for you!

When we experience any work of fiction, we always ask ourselves how a Hedonist might act if they were presented the same issues as the characters in the story

We must come to realize how lucky we are to be alive and conscious—to have this amazing planet that we are perfectly adapted to. We need no air scrubbers, no protein synthesizers, and no laser cannons.  

The Hippies had a “groovy vibe, man”, but no clear philosophical structure within which to ground that vibe.

Of course, if we believe there is no way out, we are pretty fucking unlikely to find a way out.