Skill and concern mixed together can be powerful, and there are people today with seemingly more of both than ever. In almost any field you can list, you will be able to find someone who is at least 10x more skilled than you, and 10x more concerned than you are. I think it’s worth learning from those people. How does someone 10x as concerned as you approach the problem you’re facing when they have the skills to do something about it? ...
The process of being lead out of deception can be painful and hard. The status quo is the status quo for a reason: it’s more comfortable than the alternative. Lies can make us feel warm and fuzzy; but they are still lies. If we truly want freedom, there’s only one option: Only the Truth sets us free
The lack of a currently viable solution is not a legitimate reason to disregard a problem. See also
So many things in our lives we know are awful for us, but we keep them in our lives anyway. Social media, junk food, most so-called “news”, extreme amounts of internet and screen time, etc. What if we just STOPPED? What if we just got rid of them? What if we stopped being ok with the things we know our making our lives worse and shorter, and replaced them with the things we knew were good for us — good books, lavish amount of time with friends and family, whole food, time outside, real journalism, etc.? ...
You’re wrong about something. I am, too… Likely many things. It’s good for us to ponder that truth once in a while. We are all working with incomplete knowledge, meaning we can’t possibly be right about everything. The universe is too infinite and expansive. The physical, biological, and social systems on our planet are too intricate and incomprehensibly dense. There are assumptions that you and I hold about reality that are assuredly incorrect. ...
Creation works in cycles. Air in, air out. Food in, food out. Day in, day out. Respecting the seasons we’re in — knowing where we are in our personal cycles — can mean the difference between keeping rolling forward, and derailment. Ever try inhaling and exhaling at the same time? So it is with doing the right thing in the wrong season.
Hi! 👋🏻 I’m Josh Müller. I love technology, permaculture, communications, leadership, learning and creating new things, and living a full and beautiful life! This is my Hello page — how I prefer to keep in touch, and why: Email 📧 is the best way to contact me. You can start an email conversation with me from my contact page 📃. Or, if you want to encrypt your email with PGP, you can use my 🔐 Public Key If you want to schedule a chat, you can do it through my Cal.com link 📅. My online identity is primarily connected to this site you’re currently reading. You can see my blog and other writings here 📔, or subscribe here 📰. I also syndicate my posts to Mastodon 🐘, Twitter 🐦, and Bluesky 🦋. I’m a big fan of POSSE, and try to implement it in most of what I do online. For a long while I was pretty fully absent from social media. But, lately I’ve been hopping on a few accounts again. I don’t really consume anything on any of those platforms (MASSIVELY preferring a feed that I can own over an algorithmically generated feeds, which I find tend not to be good for my mental well-being), but I am appreciating getting to connect with cool people! If you want, give me a follow! My username is @theJoshMuller on most/all platforms.
Below is a model for our injection molded plastic toilet frame design. This is just for the frame. The final shipped version will include a bucket, a scoop, a toilet seat (mounted to the injection molded frame via the two small holes), and 50kg of sawdust — enough for a family to use for a few weeks. The wider vision for this project is explained in this article: Fighting Cholera With Sawdust ...