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Brain "warshing"

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I prefer to pronounce brainwashing with an Ohio or American Midland Dialect. "Warsh". Its a catchy pronounciation. Step one of any effective brainwashing is to eliminate any notion or self-evidence of brainwashing. "I am absolutely sure I am not brainwashed. I am an American. I believe in the individual. I believe that all of my ideas and thoughts are my own." Those thoughts are a good starting place. The fact is that you, as a human, are a herding animal. It is a lesson that I found in my time in Antarctica and watching my own herding animals. "No man is an island" --John Donne (1572–1631). Is also a good start. We are all affected by our instincts. Tribalism being one of them. Many of us have lost a lot of our instincts. When we loose enough we probably fall somewhere into the vast ontology and categories of mentally ill. So, You are what you eat, both informationally and physically. Think different. Use what you learned in school about empathy. Pr...
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Sad event today. Mike Patey crashed Draco. For followers it really is quite a loss even without anyone getting hurt. I am not surprised that Mike has taken complete responsibility. I am glad he survived just because, but also so he had the opportunity to say so.
I am getting my flying current. Time flies (ha!). I have some specific flying goals. Given my geographic diverse lifestyle, things like flying as a private pilot become a lower priority. In Georgia, I have planes to fly. Currently I am a part owner of 4 planes (looking to buy more). I think we have well over 60 members. Aeroventures LLC . I miss the club. Here in California things are way different with a capital "different". One the ways things are positively different is that I have ready-access to a fantastic flight school. It is only about 2 miles away from my work and home. Sunrise Aviation Academy with chief instructor: Michael Church from MDI Films on Vimeo .