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Self-Expression? WTF?
Introduction Like most people I thought I knew what was meant by the term self-expression . But the more I thought about it the more I...

PRC International
May 2315 min read


Spinning Top
A Things To Know List There are five ways in which the world as a Spinning Top is hostile and dangerous not just to the individual, but...

PRC International
Apr 123 min read


Self-Transcendence Part V
Today and Tomorrow Part I Self-Betrayal Part II The Destroyers Part III The Heroes Part IV The Defenses Part V Today and...

PRC International
Apr 47 min read


Self-Transcendence Part IV
Part I Self-Betrayal Part II The Destroyers Part III The Heroes Part IV The Defenses Part V Today and Tomorrow The Defenses...

PRC International
Mar 297 min read


Self-Transcendence Part III
Part I Self-Betrayal Part II The Destroyers Part III The Heroes Part IV The Defenses Part V Today and Tomorrow The Heroes In...

PRC International
Mar 136 min read


Self-Transcendence Part II
Part I Self-Betrayal Part II The Destroyers Part III The Heroes Part IV The Defenses Part V Today and Tomorrow The Destroyers ...

PRC International
Feb 268 min read


Self-Transcendence Part I
Part I Self-Betrayal Part II The Destroyers Part III The Heroes Part IV The Defenses Part V Today and Tomorrow Self Betrayal Let...

PRC International
Feb 811 min read


DIE Is a LIE
The whole point of DIE Woke is to slander Reality. And who needs to slander Reality? Those who suffer from it, of course. The rest of us...

PRC International
Jan 84 min read


Anti-Racist or Anti-Reality?
Do anti-racists (con artists formerly known as race-baiters) find “racism”, or invent it? They invent it, of course. That’s why there’s...

PRC International
Dec 1, 20245 min read


Off With Their Heads
Why The Hostile Elite Hates The Western Canon Quick Note : All of the poison of their envy, calumny, and rancor, will never be enough...

PRC International
Aug 14, 202436 min read


Truth? What's That?
Interpretation In An Age of Explanatory Collapse Truth? What’s that? The most obvious answer is that Truth is a word. Like the word God...

PRC International
Jul 6, 202416 min read


Cultural Transcendence?
In suffering, creator and creation are one. For today's entry, just a few words on Cultural Transcendence . First, the effort to achieve...

PRC International
Jun 27, 20248 min read


Playing God
In An Experiment In Explanation I wrote about what I like to refer to as Know-It-Allism . I described it as a disease found in...

PRC International
May 14, 20247 min read


The Woke Delusion
So what is the Woke Delusion? The Woke Delusion is the Delusion of Perfect Adequacy . And exactly what is The Woke Delusion of Perfect...

PRC International
Apr 20, 20245 min read


A Word On CRT
Fortunately, for today at least, a word is enough. In An Experiment In Explanation I mentioned what I refer to as Know-It-Allism . In...

PRC International
Mar 15, 202411 min read


An Experiment In Explanation
From the beginning PRC has been an experiment. Not just an educational experiment, but an experiment in Explanation . The fact is, even...

PRC International
Dec 23, 20235 min read


Friendly Reminder: A Work In Progress
Just a friendly reminder to PRC readers and an equally friendly heads up to those joining us for the first time. This is a fluid journal....

PRC International
Nov 19, 20233 min read


Why PRC? Revisited
Hi Everyone! Now that you're here, and before revisiting the question Why PRC? , it might be better to answer, briefly, the question What...

PRC International
Oct 26, 20235 min read


PRC Update
Hello Everyone! A Quick Update and a Hello to New Readers! PRC has been around in one form or another since 2001. Over time I converted...

PRC International
Sep 30, 20232 min read


Principles? What are they?
Preamble The short answer to the quetsion What are princples? is that principles are the foundational propositions of a belief-system. ...

PRC International
Jun 29, 202213 min read


Beyond Technology and The Vital System of Ideas
We live with technology, not by technology. To the extent we do live by technology we live an inhuman life. Of course, the hostile elite...

PRC International
May 29, 20227 min read


Explanation and Power: Q & A Part X
Q: We were talking a bit about what you referred to as Redemptionism or Revolutionary Utopianism, which you said is an attempt to escape...

PRC International
Apr 23, 202213 min read


Explanation and Power: Q & A Part IX
Q: So, to continue from where we left off. You were saying, in so many words, that in its attempt to escape from the randomness of the...

PRC International
Apr 12, 20223 min read


Explanation and Power: Q & A Part VIII
Q: Ok. We left off with a few words about the Individual. You said that the individual is the cyclonic center of disturbance in the...

PRC International
Apr 12, 20226 min read


Explanation and Power: Q & A Part VII
Q: To pick up where we left off. You said, in effect, that because of the instability of meaning, culture is constantly threatened with...

PRC International
Apr 8, 202213 min read


Explanation and Power: Q & A Part VI
Q: Let’s turn our attention from Interpretation to Learning. Ok? A: Ok. Q: We left off with a discussion on the factors of learning ,...

PRC International
Apr 8, 20227 min read


Explanation and Power: Q & A Part V
Q: So, could we start with a discussion about modes of Interpretation? A: Sure. It’d help to simplify things by focusing on the two most...

PRC International
Apr 8, 20223 min read


Explanation and Power: Q & A Part IV
Q: Part III ended with me saying that the conversation seemed to be moving in the direction of Interpretation and you agreed. So could...

PRC International
Apr 8, 20224 min read


Explanation and Power: Q & A Part III
Q: In Part I & II we talked about the basic proposition of PRC and of related things like verbal and nonverbal behavior. I would like...

PRC International
Apr 1, 20225 min read


Explanation and Power: Q & A Part II
Q: At the end of Part I you said there is no verbal escape. But, to be honest Paul, and with all due respect, I'm not entirely...

PRC International
Mar 27, 20225 min read


Explanation and Power: Q & A Part I
Note : This Q & A is my response to Peckham's summary of his luminous Explanation and Power : The Control of Human Behavior . Since...

PRC International
Mar 26, 202210 min read


High Culture? WTF? Part Twelve
LX In section LIX of Part Eleven we gave a brief presentation of the necessary conditions for successful alienation: * Social...

PRC International
Jan 3, 202213 min read


High Culture? WTF? Part Eleven
LV The question we asked at the end of Part Ten was: Can the teaching of the Arts & Sciences contribute to the creation of a kind of...

PRC International
Dec 28, 20217 min read


High Culture? WTF? Part Ten
L Culture is Directions for Performance and a Social Institution is a Performance in Response to Directions . However, it could also be...

PRC International
Dec 19, 202113 min read


High Culture? WTF? Part Nine
XLV We began our look into High Culture by defining it as high-level problem solving and significant innovation . By now it should be...

PRC International
Dec 14, 20219 min read


High Culture? WTF? Part Eight
XL To summarize what was said in Part Seven , We can turn our social institutions into learning organizations by cultivating a radical...

PRC International
Dec 4, 202112 min read


High Culture? WTF? Part Seven
XXXII Can we do it? That’s the question we’re asking ourselves here. And, if we can do it, how? Well, if we’re going to answer these two...

PRC International
Nov 18, 202116 min read


High Culture? WTF? Part Six
XXV At the end of Part Five we talked about setting up a program devoted to developing the attributes of wisdom. Why would we want to do...

PRC International
Nov 8, 202111 min read


High Culture? WTF? Part Five
XX Picking up where we left off at the end of Part Four , there is another kind of directions best referred to as meta-directions . These...

PRC International
Nov 3, 202110 min read


High Culture? WTF? Part Four
XVI To understand the symbiosis of the Corporation and University, we need to give Culture a more precise definition, and also spell out...

PRC International
Oct 30, 20218 min read


High Culture? WTF? Part Three
X At the end of Part Two we said that the University is vital to the existence and persistence of the Corporation, and the interest of...

PRC International
Oct 28, 202113 min read


High Culture? WTF? Part Two
VI At the end of Part One section V we started talking about the connection between Social Management, Social Institutions, Social...

PRC International
Oct 27, 20218 min read


High Culture? WTF? Part One
Introduction Let’s dive right in and start off with an obvious question and a straightforward answer. What is meant by High Culture ?...

PRC International
Oct 26, 202116 min read


CRT? WTF? Part VIII
Part I Opening Remarks Part II Bit Of Background Part III Perspectives Part IV Cultural Impoverishment Part V The University Part VI...

PRC International
Sep 29, 202131 min read


CRT? WTF? Part VII
Part I Opening Remarks Part II Bit Of Background Part III Perspectives Part IV Cultural Impoverishment Part V The University Part VI...

PRC International
Sep 26, 202130 min read


CRT? WTF? Part VI
Part I Opening Remarks Part II Bit Of Background Part III Perspectives Part IV that Cultural Impoverishment Part V The University...

PRC International
Sep 25, 202135 min read


CRT? WTF? Part V
Part I Opening Remarks Part II Bit Of Background Part III Perspectives Part IV Cultural Impoverishment Part V The University Part VI...

PRC International
Sep 24, 202115 min read


CRT? WTF? Part IV
Part I Opening Remarks Part II Bit Of Background Part III Perspectives Part IV Cultural Impoverishment Part V The University Part VI...

PRC International
Sep 23, 202117 min read


CRT? WTF? Part III
Part I Opening Remarks Part II Bit Of Background Part III Perspectives Part IV Cultural Impoverishment Part V The University Part VI...

PRC International
Jul 15, 202122 min read


CRT? WTF? Part II
Part I Opening Remarks Part II Bit Of Background Part III Perspectives Part IV Cultural Impoverishment Part V The University Part VI...

PRC International
Jul 10, 202124 min read
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