John West

The Universe 25 Experiment

This article summarizes the Universe 25 experiment and provides my individual perspectives. My friend Marta asked for my perspective on this: ChatGPT Summary of Universe 25 Experiment The Universe 25 experiment is one of the most famous—and controversial—studies on social behavior, often cited as a warning about overpopulation and societal collapse. Here’s a full summary:Continue reading “The Universe 25 Experiment”

JW Consciousness Stream – 7 November 2025

This entry represents something like my stream of consciousness for Friday, 7 November, 2025. This is basically like a journal entry that I work on throughout the day. I’m scheduled to get the stitches out of my foot later this morning! Last night, Kham dropped me off to have dinner at Chokdee Café Belgian BeerContinue reading “JW Consciousness Stream – 7 November 2025”

-Bibliography

This is a current and far-from-complete draft bibliography for a “book” that I’m trying to write about my life story including advice for my children as well as my various philosophies, which are not yet integrated and may even conflict. Update 15.Dec.2025: I now maintain a much longer bibliography here: Each of us is aContinue reading “-Bibliography”

JW Consciousness Stream – 6 November 2025

This entry represents something like my stream of consciousness for Thursday, 6 November, 2026. This may be the first in a series of entries that preset something like my stream of consciousness for days when I have nothing to do but use the computer. This means that after drafting, I don’t intend to return toContinue reading “JW Consciousness Stream – 6 November 2025”

Good, Better, and Best Possible Self

This article is about why I want to be a good person and what being a good person means to me. I recently ran across the following quote from my main digital gonad Stephen Watson on a LinkedIn thread: In order to answer the question “am I a good person?”, you need to consider yourself from an outside perspective byContinue reading “Good, Better, and Best Possible Self”

VSCodium: Easily Open Files in External Applications

This blog post explains how you can use the Open in External App extension for Microsoft Visual Studio Code and open source VSCodium to open files in external applications rather than the Visual Studio Code or VSCodium text editor. I’ve started writing something like another book. In the past, I always preferred Microsoft Word forContinue reading “VSCodium: Easily Open Files in External Applications”

So, I Asked Clippy About #skibidi…

Note: I relocated this article from https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/so-i-asked-clippy-skibidi-john-west-6ppsc/ without edits; sorry for the poor formatting. TL;DR: Skibidi Toilet defines a formula for success online. This is the type of thing that must be banned. Globally. Skibidi Toilet is a viral web series created using Source Filmmaker (SFM) by a content creator known as DaFuq!?Boom!. The series,Continue reading “So, I Asked Clippy About #skibidi…”

AITI? Call Ended Immediately

Returning to the USA after about four months in Southeast Asia using WhatsApp for calls almost exclusively I needed to call American customer service numbers from financial, healthcare, and other providers. For any traditional number I called, the phone would at first appear to dial, but never connect; on any further attempt it would goContinue reading “AITI? Call Ended Immediately”

Where Humanity Sits

I believe that humanity sits at the intersection of all systems of thought, all religions and philosophies, even science, atheism, and agnosticism. Humanity refers to the core beliefs and principles that good people intuitively share. The rest is interpretation and symbolism to help us understand. It cannot all be true, but it is true forContinue reading “Where Humanity Sits”