Category: learned passivity

Maybe being a success-bot isn’t the way after all?

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Michael DavisPosted in academia, belief, Boredom, bullys, conditioning, Conformist Culture, Critical thinking, Depression, family, Freedom, groupthink, implanted mind, Individuality, Judgment, learned passivity, meritocracy, Non-conformity, parents, popular opinion, Power, productivity, Psychology, reasonable competence, reasonable person, School of Life, social pressure, social timing, Stupidity, success-bots, suffering, Time, True Will, values, wellness, Will to Meaning, work, zombie cultureTagged academia, belief, Boredom, bullys, Compulsion, conditioning, Conformist Culture, conformity, Critical thinking, Depression, family, Freedom, groupthink, implanted mind, Individuality, Judgment, learned passivity, meritocracy, Non-conformity, parents, popular opinion, Power, productivity, Psychology, reasonable competence, reasonable person, School of Life, social pressure, social timing, Somehow It Will Work, Stupidity, success-bots, suffering, Time, True Will, values, wellness, Will to Meaning, work, zombie culture.

Speaking into the Dark

Speaking Into the Dark A Thank You I want to thank those who’ve consistently supported and encouraged me over the years. I’m not going to put up a list of names—because I know you probably don’t need or want me to do that—but I’m very aware and you have my gratitude. Nobody can write consistently…

by Michael Davis April 26, 2024

Eating

Everything eats. That’s not the problem. The problem starts with what lies beyond that fact. And there’s no solution: what we don’t consume has no value. What has no value does not exist. Consider the cafeteria. I’m sitting in it with my friend, Hector, facing the conundrum of life over mashed potatoes and meatloaf for…

by Michael Davis April 2, 2024

Baksheesh

The world is insane and we are living in the end times. It’s true and I believe it. Reading this, you are probably thinking Davis has lost his nerve, has lost his mind, and has finally become so disinhibited that he’s now taking dictation straight from his Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Maybe he’s blown a synapse…

by Michael Davis March 17, 2024

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I write fiction and nonfiction for magazines, work as a freelance writer / editor / journalist, and teach composition and fiction writing.

This blog is mostly dedicated to writing about politics and media, travel essays, creative non-fiction, discussions about books, the MFA experience, publishing, and work I’ve already placed in magazines. But I might write anything.

Speaking into the Dark
Eating
Baksheesh
Digging to China: Utopias Always Become Nightmares
How to Be Good

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