The Social Rabbit Hole
The Social Rabbit Hole To be explored… Topics listed below are ideas that are yet to be summarized. The importance of cultural violence protocols (Tyson Yunkaporta). Restricting violence is denying a natural human process and results in outbursts of unsocial “indoor” violence rather than within a controlled group environment. Managing extreme violence and reinforcing gender […]
Status, Power & Defense
Status, Power & Defense I. The Biological Imperative of Rank To understand status, we should probably dismantle the assumption that status seeking is a pathology or a superficial vanity. The evidence suggests that for millions of years, an individual’s position in their social circle determined their access to protein, their reproductive opportunities, and their buffer […]
Social Resources
Social Resources Interaction Entwined Social Baseline Theory: The Social Regulation of Risk and Effort – PMC – PubMed Central, accessed January 2, 2026, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4375548/ Relationship status and perceived support in the social regulation of neural responses to threat – Oxford Academic, accessed January 2, 2026, https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/12/10/1574/3980283 R is for Repair – The Gottman Institute, accessed […]
Interaction Entwined
Interaction Entwined I. The Biological Baseline: Why We Are Obligate Social Animals The Evolutionary Paradox The human organism is a biological contradiction: we are physically vulnerable yet ecologically dominant. We did not survive the Pleistocene because we developed thicker armor, sharper claws, or potent venom. We survived because we developed a singular, potent adaptation: Complex […]
Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex, and Death in a World That’s Lost Its Mind
Recapture the Rapture Rethinking God, Sex, and Death in a World That’s Lost Its Mind Author: Jamie Wheal Topics: Lifestyle design, Neuroscience, Theology, Societal systems All information is attributed to the author. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized incorrectly. These notes are only for reference and we always […]