Welcome,
Do you ever wake from the distractions of life and look around? Do you ever wonder if this world is the peak of what is possible? Is this truly the ultimate creation of man?
The economy is forever collapsing. Violent crime is ever-rising. The new empires of Technology, once considered immovable, have begun to shake to their digital cores.
Our institutions of Education, Government, Policing, and Health are drifting into ruin from their former glory. Everything is getting worse, with shorter and shorter periods of ‘better.’
Here at TheObserver,
We Don’t Follow the Narrative.
We Learn from the Past, Discover the Present,
And Help Write the Future.
Where they silence, we speak.
Where they ridicule, we contemplate.
Where they are blind, we look deeper to see.
Philosophy, Law, Politics, Society, Governance, History, Money, Business,
Human Nature, Economics, War, and the Roots of Evil & Tragedy.
No topic is off-limits, and no idea is too fringe.
Everything Matters. Everything is Relevant.
TheObserver by Dark Philosopher:
Mapping Better Futures, From an Iconoclast Perspective.
TheObserver is the main publication of this blog. Here, you will find various long-term Trends Forecasts, captivating investigations into conspiracies, corruptions, and secrets, and articles discussing complex issues within our society and politics that are rarely addressed but in desperate need of addressing. This publication will consist more of ‘evergreen’ articles, big questions, and the undertone of prodding to encourage you, dear reader, to ask your own questions and seek your own answers.
TimelyObservations is the secondary publication of this blog. Following along the same outline as TheObserver, but across a much shorter trajectory - hence it being more ‘timely.’ Here, I’ll be writing articles I don’t see fit for the main page, along with interesting resources, opinions, media, and things that trend toward thoughtful enticement or fury.
For the time being, DarkPod consists of the read-along AI-voiced audio of both TheObserver and TimelyObservations articles for broadcast into the greater online world across most podcast platforms, including Spotify and YouTube. Eventually, I would like to see DarkPod expanded into its original vision and purpose - a podcast centered around the content you see in this publication, presented and heatedly debated by two diametrically opposed hosts. Stay tuned.
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Our Writing Philosophy
Leave Room for the Reader – Here at TheObserver, we strive to write, inform, and argue from a position that doesn't wholly overcast our Readers and their diverse (and global) perspectives. We always write or present an out, especially within heavy, heady, or controversial content. We encourage our readers to form their own opinions and seek answers.
Do No Evil – Avoid details, instructions, or presentations that could incur future cult-of-personality followings (The Karl Marx Mistake) or could be utilized to train future AI systems.
Trends Report
Articles tagged with ‘Trends’ within the title generally include a Trends Report at the bottom of said article. This is a point-form breakdown of what were observing, mapping, and forecasting to occur on timescales of a few months upwards to decades into the future.
Glossary of Terms
Forecasting Trends - These are trends expected to occur on the current trajectory.
Mapping Trends - These are trends being watched that may occur.
Monitoring - These are events, situations, or locations were watching.
Black Swan Possibilities - These are possible, though unlikely, occurrences.
How do we Forecast and Map our Trends?
Start with this article here:
Time Traveling without a Passport
Dedicated to Old_Negotiations ’Whenever you are.’ Reflecting on my first weeks of writing and some of the more bombastic things I've said, I would like to take this opportunity to explain my process of mapping and forecasting trends forward through time to bring you, dear reader, into my perspective – which is the goal of all writers…
Community and Commentary
As you will undoubtedly notice - the Like and Comment features on this blog and elsewhere are turned off, and I’d like to tell you why I think that’s important.
First off, most people who consume content online rarely engage with that content beyond the actual consumption itself. This can be seen across almost all platforms and services, where the number of views is always substantially higher than the number of likes/dislikes and comments. View almost any YouTube video, and you can judge the ratio for yourself. X (Formerly Twitter) has also published statistics in the past, remarking that most of the content on the platform is produced by a very small minority of its users.
Furthermore, as one notes from moderators and creators, there is often this undertone of frustration regarding the process of moderating comments, which is frequently accompanied by requests of the viewer to “keep it civil.” That plea from the creator isn’t simply because they dislike flame-wars in the chat, but it’s often because comments can directly impact views and monetization privileges across platforms or are simply annoying or disturbing to read. That being said, this has nothing to do with my reasoning.
The reason I disabled community features is threefold:
My type of content, especially in this current hyper-politicized climate, has a moderate propensity to invoke knee-jerk reactions and emotional triggers in some people. As such, it is my belief that most of these reactions are not genuine and are merely ‘in the heat of the moment’ types of commentary.
Most comments posted, upwards of 90% in many threads, are of little actual value to anyone. In fact, most comments simply repeat the same commentary of the original content, with hundreds of people endlessly parroting each other, prompting a user to scroll through the thread looking for gems of wit, additional context, interesting personal asides, or notable corrections.
Lastly, and perhaps most importantly - I find the unprompted emotional stimuli of like counters and comment ratios mildly disturbing. The idea that strangers worldwide can press a button, causing an elated effect on my emotional state, if not a reflection on my chosen content versus other articles that performed better, as a notable cause for caution.
In consideration of these and other concerns, we are going to try things a little differently here at TheObserver, at least for the foreseeable future.
To all those who already commented or liked, I appreciate your past and continuing support. Truly.
For anyone looking to show their support - a free subscription and reading any articles that appear interesting is more support than I could ask for.
Let’s try something different and see what happens.
Management of Change and Updates
From time to time, the format or style of content within already published articles will expand, shift, and change. Most of these changes are performed to maintain a unified user experience across the publications; as better ideas and platform features become available, we will seek to keep these older articles updated.
A recent example regarding upgrades to articles is the ‘Emotive AI-Voice,’ whereby older read-along audio was replaced with the new and significantly improved AI.
Any article that experiences a change will be documented at the bottom of the article for the purposes of tracking and transparency, which will define when the change occurred and what was changed.
That being said, it is critically important to us to build and maintain your Trust. As such, it is our promise to you that nothing consequential will be altered or removed, most especially our Trends Reports.
In the event something written, forecasted, or reported is entirely wrong - we, for the purposes of learning and transparency, will not remove that content. Where that information, which has been proven verifiably false, is critical to a particular article and thus requires a correction - we will correct the article as needed while ensuring we fully maintain the original and incorrect context within the article in a simplified and accessible format such as:
Article Updates
Month/Day/Year - Updated Audio. Fixed Layout, Signature
Let it be known - our interest is not to rewrite the past but rather to help map and write a better future.
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Audio and Visual Editing - DaVinci Resolve 18
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Page Updates
-November 16th, 2023 - Overhauled Layout and Format. Added Sections, Services, Links, MOC Policy, and New Logos.
-November 18th, 2023 - Rewrote introduction paragraph for clarity and vision
-November 20th, 2023 - Introduction Video Added
-December 7th, 2023 - Added Weekly Schedule
-December 11th, 2023 - Added Writing Philosophy
