Tag Archives: illiteracy

Patronizing Patrons Outside Your Own Community vs. Being a Patron Inside Your Own Community

Posted on February 27, 2020 by nmw

One of my good friends (the kind that actually try to push back on the kinds of things I often say) has been hammering away for some time at my attitude – sort of calling it patronizing. I beg to … Continue reading →

Posted in remediary | Tagged ad, ads, advertisement, advertisements, advertising, advertising industry, attitude, audience, closed, communication, communications, communities, community, express, expressed, expression, expressions, free speech, group, groups, illiteracy, illiterate, in-group, language, languages, linguistic communities, linguistic community, literacy, literate, mean, meaning, means, mutual, negotiation, negotiation of meaning, open, out-group, participate, participating, participation, patron, patronage, patronise, patronize, patrons, propaganda, rational media, read, reader, readers, reading, relationship, relationships, retard media, target, target audience, targets, understanding, write, writer, writers, writing | Comments Off

Automatism + Automaticity – What is my role?

Posted on December 27, 2019 by nmw

While writing the previous episodes, I wondered how other people would react to them. I decided to publish them even though I think most people are not very concerned about the well-being of others. I expect most people will react … Continue reading →

Posted in remediary | Tagged anxiety, anxious, Automaticity, Automatism, bandwagon, bandwagon effect, behavior, behaviour, chance, community, compliance, comply, ego, egotistical, enlighten, enlightened, enlightened self-interest, evolution, explain, explanation, fear, fears, fool, foolish, Holy Fool, ideas, illiteracy, insecurity, irrational, literacy, mainstream, money, nature, neighbor, neighbors, other, others, propaganda, rational, rationality, repress, repressed, repression, risk, risky, self, self-centered, self-interest, selfish, thoughts, unconcious, vulnerability, vulnerable | Comments Off

The Continued Toleration of Illiteracy

Posted on January 23, 2017 by nmw

I have written about the widespread pandemic of illiteracy for many years, and I find it odd that there has continued to be an attitude of toleration to the phenomenon – even among people who I consider to be quite … Continue reading →

Posted in remediary | Tagged advertising, illiteracy, intemperance, literacy, propaganda, retard media, temperance, tolerance, tolerant, tolerate, toleration | Comments Off

The Rationality of Literacy

Posted on December 18, 2016 by nmw

Over the past couple months, I have worked on developing a mission statement for one of my overarching goals – something like a „life goal“. Initial attempts were quite abstract, and I was greatly helped by the very considerate feedback … Continue reading →

Posted in remediary | Tagged community, engage, engaged, engagement, goal, goals, illiteracy, illiterate, language, literacy, literate, mission, mission statement, rational media, social, society, technology | Comments Off

Should You be Concerned about the Rate of Literacy if Over 99% Are Illiterate?

Posted on October 30, 2016 by nmw

When people were living in caves, probably most of them didn’t create cave paintings. Certainly none of them spoke English – and the alphabet hadn’t even been invented yet. The rate of literacy was without the shadow of a doubt … Continue reading →

Posted in remediary | Tagged controversial, controversy, development, evolution, illiteracy, illiterate, law, literacy, literate, natural language, natural law, nature, rational media, retard media | Comments Off