<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Philosofounder Free]]></title><description><![CDATA[catch this fish ? nahh... ~ im too busy thinkin, distracted, feeling, expressin, or philosofoundin
<> chasin infinite questions toward the horizon <>
~ turning thought 2 matter asap~]]></description><link>https://www.philosofounder.free</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FMNc!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9733a2ca-ac6d-495b-a57d-99538c996ea3_1200x1200.png</url><title>Philosofounder Free</title><link>https://www.philosofounder.free</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:05:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.philosofounder.free/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[MacKenzie Michelle Fisher]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[philosfounder@free.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[philosfounder@free.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[MacKenzie Fisher]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[MacKenzie Fisher]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[philosfounder@free.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[philosfounder@free.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[MacKenzie Fisher]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Earthseed: Anti-School Tools 4 Self-Learning & Execution]]></title><description><![CDATA[A walk through. Name inspired by Octavia Butler. Seed the Earth, to See the Future.]]></description><link>https://www.philosofounder.free/p/earthseed-anti-school-tools-4-self</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.philosofounder.free/p/earthseed-anti-school-tools-4-self</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[MacKenzie Fisher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:32:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Rk16!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe6d6f3f-1ea3-420c-b00c-78d89f77a35e_1229x692.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What would school looks like if your goals were to execute a project asap with a plan, a tool, &amp; crew&#8212;no syllabus. How much more value for all the hard work you do? </p><p><a href="http://earthseedtradeschool.space"><span>Earthseed</span></a><span> is an anti-school tool for artists and creators who have 1 project or 10... Workin with the </span><em><span data-color="#f8ca07" style="color: rgb(248, 202, 7);">Planna Man</span></em><span>, you only have to </span><em><span data-color="#f8ca07" style="color: rgb(248, 202, 7);">plant one seed today</span></em><span>, get paired a buddy, to show your work off on Saturdays, and curate a POW card when</span><em> your work</em><span> says </span><strong><span>you&#8217;re ready</span></strong><span>!</span></p><p><span>This is a tour of our v1 virtual </span><em><span>anti</span></em><span>-school. Not no paper degrees. Debit card-</span><em><span>nfc </span></em><span>energy!!</span></p><p><em><span>Radically, I don&#8217;t care for </span><strong><span data-color="#ff0000" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">incoherent categories</span></strong></em><span>:</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rTLJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d9558dd-c12a-414a-829e-a4ce638663eb_1456x440.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rTLJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d9558dd-c12a-414a-829e-a4ce638663eb_1456x440.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rTLJ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d9558dd-c12a-414a-829e-a4ce638663eb_1456x440.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rTLJ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d9558dd-c12a-414a-829e-a4ce638663eb_1456x440.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rTLJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d9558dd-c12a-414a-829e-a4ce638663eb_1456x440.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rTLJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d9558dd-c12a-414a-829e-a4ce638663eb_1456x440.webp" width="488" height="147.47252747252747" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5d9558dd-c12a-414a-829e-a4ce638663eb_1456x440.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:440,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:488,&quot;bytes&quot;:28580,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.philosofounder.free/i/212170462?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d9558dd-c12a-414a-829e-a4ce638663eb_1456x440.webp&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rTLJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d9558dd-c12a-414a-829e-a4ce638663eb_1456x440.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rTLJ!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d9558dd-c12a-414a-829e-a4ce638663eb_1456x440.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rTLJ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d9558dd-c12a-414a-829e-a4ce638663eb_1456x440.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rTLJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d9558dd-c12a-414a-829e-a4ce638663eb_1456x440.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Genius lives in every person. Be liberated from your past to love today. Love is the only true currency when learning. It is to enter flow when you love what you do. We&#8217;re in need of the art, technology, and environments to bring it out of us. In the present moment, when we act&#8212;we can see our <span data-color="#f8ca07" style="color: rgb(248, 202, 7);">divine</span>.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksMP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa7f1a8d-58dc-4813-ab68-bf42d6e9ab09_2880x1396.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksMP!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa7f1a8d-58dc-4813-ab68-bf42d6e9ab09_2880x1396.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksMP!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa7f1a8d-58dc-4813-ab68-bf42d6e9ab09_2880x1396.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksMP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa7f1a8d-58dc-4813-ab68-bf42d6e9ab09_2880x1396.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksMP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa7f1a8d-58dc-4813-ab68-bf42d6e9ab09_2880x1396.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksMP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa7f1a8d-58dc-4813-ab68-bf42d6e9ab09_2880x1396.png" width="468" height="226.92857142857142" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/aa7f1a8d-58dc-4813-ab68-bf42d6e9ab09_2880x1396.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:706,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:468,&quot;bytes&quot;:332718,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.philosofounder.free/i/212170462?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa7f1a8d-58dc-4813-ab68-bf42d6e9ab09_2880x1396.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksMP!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa7f1a8d-58dc-4813-ab68-bf42d6e9ab09_2880x1396.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksMP!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa7f1a8d-58dc-4813-ab68-bf42d6e9ab09_2880x1396.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksMP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa7f1a8d-58dc-4813-ab68-bf42d6e9ab09_2880x1396.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksMP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa7f1a8d-58dc-4813-ab68-bf42d6e9ab09_2880x1396.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>My full resume is 5 pages long... I need a dynamic proofolio not to minimize my whole life, learning, &amp; growth into 10pt fonts. What is an <em>expert</em>? <strong>Someone who can think deep, do and teach, something old and new. </strong>Based on your learning, looking at your own patterns, decide who really has been teaching you, seek them out, ask them to sit dissertation style to sign your POW! We&#8217;ll buy them lunch and coffee, as they hear your work out. Then invite them back to teach their ideas Pop-Lecture style.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vkhc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4aca1793-a06e-4c16-90a9-1a6f087c9362_2880x2600.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vkhc!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4aca1793-a06e-4c16-90a9-1a6f087c9362_2880x2600.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vkhc!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4aca1793-a06e-4c16-90a9-1a6f087c9362_2880x2600.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vkhc!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4aca1793-a06e-4c16-90a9-1a6f087c9362_2880x2600.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vkhc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4aca1793-a06e-4c16-90a9-1a6f087c9362_2880x2600.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vkhc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4aca1793-a06e-4c16-90a9-1a6f087c9362_2880x2600.png" width="398" height="359.1840659340659" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4aca1793-a06e-4c16-90a9-1a6f087c9362_2880x2600.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1314,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:398,&quot;bytes&quot;:633965,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.philosofounder.free/i/212170462?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4aca1793-a06e-4c16-90a9-1a6f087c9362_2880x2600.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vkhc!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4aca1793-a06e-4c16-90a9-1a6f087c9362_2880x2600.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vkhc!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4aca1793-a06e-4c16-90a9-1a6f087c9362_2880x2600.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vkhc!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4aca1793-a06e-4c16-90a9-1a6f087c9362_2880x2600.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vkhc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4aca1793-a06e-4c16-90a9-1a6f087c9362_2880x2600.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">tell them: &#8220;I got you, son!&#8221;</figcaption></figure></div><p>Where to begin? With the <span data-color="#f8ca07" style="color: rgb(248, 202, 7);">Planna Man</span>, he&#8217;ll get you in.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MNCD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffc9119b4-b960-4e67-bd74-92201171d877_1189x1427.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MNCD!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffc9119b4-b960-4e67-bd74-92201171d877_1189x1427.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MNCD!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffc9119b4-b960-4e67-bd74-92201171d877_1189x1427.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MNCD!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffc9119b4-b960-4e67-bd74-92201171d877_1189x1427.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MNCD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffc9119b4-b960-4e67-bd74-92201171d877_1189x1427.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MNCD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffc9119b4-b960-4e67-bd74-92201171d877_1189x1427.png" width="370" height="444.06223717409586" 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MNCD!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffc9119b4-b960-4e67-bd74-92201171d877_1189x1427.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MNCD!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffc9119b4-b960-4e67-bd74-92201171d877_1189x1427.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MNCD!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffc9119b4-b960-4e67-bd74-92201171d877_1189x1427.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MNCD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffc9119b4-b960-4e67-bd74-92201171d877_1189x1427.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>To help you water as many seeds as you can! </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b9-L!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1b802d80-e965-4891-a56a-218f09a9ef60_1316x1424.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b9-L!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1b802d80-e965-4891-a56a-218f09a9ef60_1316x1424.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b9-L!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1b802d80-e965-4891-a56a-218f09a9ef60_1316x1424.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b9-L!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1b802d80-e965-4891-a56a-218f09a9ef60_1316x1424.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b9-L!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1b802d80-e965-4891-a56a-218f09a9ef60_1316x1424.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b9-L!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1b802d80-e965-4891-a56a-218f09a9ef60_1316x1424.png" width="278" height="300.8145896656535" 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class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Just plant one seed a day to give your future-<em>self</em> <span data-color="#f8ca07" style="color: rgb(248, 202, 7);">peace of mind</span>.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MzDB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a5eef00-81d8-4423-ac1f-4d17dda767e8_2880x1800.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MzDB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a5eef00-81d8-4423-ac1f-4d17dda767e8_2880x1800.png" width="534" height="333.75" 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b_pL!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b763b8a-cb8a-42ce-aff7-ce42148cf33e_2709x1379.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b_pL!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b763b8a-cb8a-42ce-aff7-ce42148cf33e_2709x1379.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b_pL!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b763b8a-cb8a-42ce-aff7-ce42148cf33e_2709x1379.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b_pL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b763b8a-cb8a-42ce-aff7-ce42148cf33e_2709x1379.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div 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424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZHF3!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7ebf852f-f6a7-4893-8bad-ec118d29332a_768x330.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZHF3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7ebf852f-f6a7-4893-8bad-ec118d29332a_768x330.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZHF3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7ebf852f-f6a7-4893-8bad-ec118d29332a_768x330.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZHF3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7ebf852f-f6a7-4893-8bad-ec118d29332a_768x330.webp" width="398" height="171.015625" 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><br><span data-color="#f8ca07" style="color: rgb(248, 202, 7);">Lunchclub.io</span> was a cool app that hosted lunch conversation pairings, so with our <span data-color="#f8ca07" style="color: rgb(248, 202, 7);">Crew Yellow Pages</span>. We hope to do the same thing, for now this button is where you&#8217;d add your scheduling link. We&#8217;ll add more features to keep conversations coming in ;)</p><p>If this was not useful. We have a <em>tutorial</em> in dashboard! 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Since as a people we don&#8217;t really trust the incremental process of creative and spiritual growth. 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not Free To Learn, A 21st Century Slave 🇺🇸]]></title><description><![CDATA[Got out for good. Freedom for love now, always, and forever.]]></description><link>https://www.philosofounder.free/p/not-free-to-learn-a-21st-century</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.philosofounder.free/p/not-free-to-learn-a-21st-century</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[MacKenzie Fisher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:01:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://image-cdn-fa.spotifycdn.com/image/ab67706c0000da84c57e206e446b376884332b39" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>What&#8217;s good, People?</h3><p>I come to here through the codebase to speak my poem, a confession.</p><p>My grievance with educational institutions comes intimately as an upset customer and unloved neighbor. As most kids are, I was involuntarily made a stakeholder in this business and an operator of its many machines before I could even think for myself or consent to it. </p><p>Even with <span data-color="#f8ca07" style="color: rgb(248, 202, 7);">wonder </span>and<span data-color="#f8ca07" style="color: rgb(248, 202, 7);"> reason</span> in my toolbox now: </p><p><strong>I marched. </strong></p><blockquote><p><em>Sippin&#8217; on hot chai</em></p><p><em>Countin&#8217; down their time</em></p><p><em>Then I can live again</em></p><p><em>My heart lies dormant in the walls of this pen</em></p><p><em>Left eye signed me up for this?</em></p><p><em>What&#8217;s so wrong with me?</em></p><p><em>To trap my right mind in a state so unfree</em></p><p><em>Could it be? </em></p><p><em>She still a slave in the 21st century</em></p><p>-  the poem of a girl who didn&#8217;t speak up for herself in the moment again<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a></p></blockquote><p>An anonymous ant in uniform walking across a stage wearing a cap that I&#8217;d painted the words &#8220;Not For Sale.&#8221; My striking hat was a cowardly <em>night-of</em> attempt at <em>a little</em> honesty; but a cat stole my tongue, and I just let him run away... All of a sudden, I appeared to be accepting <a href="https://a.co/d/01o0pnL4">my grand paper belt</a> in front of 5,000+ strangers&#8212;all who couldn&#8217;t know, care for, or even really see MacKenzie Fisher&#8212;all in the name of &#8220;<em>people</em> <em>pleasing</em>&#8221;? </p><p>My people didn&#8217;t even see me in the sea of corny Hogwarts robes; so I sat there a date roasting alone, hot in all black under the deadening sun I always love; feeling exposed and insignificant: like me, my time, and effort all these years didn&#8217;t matter. I am no one, but a foolish fish, forgetting that it&#8217;s &#8220;<em>all business nothing personal&#8221;&#8212;</em>these days. 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But I spent my attention span for years in six-figure babysitting, in class pretend living. I didn&#8217;t like this, I didn&#8217;t belong there, and everyone knows this&#8212;<em>it&#8217;s all I preached</em>. I love philosophy, with all my heart, but it wasn&#8217;t enough for me to break myself into part, only to please. Discovering passionate other kids at a camp called <a href="https://1517.substack.com/p/2e-may-the-fourth-be-with-you?r=17hix&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv1_a1dennhb5lyx1n&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawT0NRZwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMXdLUHFHMkN3RkEzS1JRNVVzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeSBbZnd1fq1BEpfgoXGZPMNRM5wdHqEUlzk05VkvZ49TDPa7Y_NaTeDnABik_aem_PeZPwGAuscWbfHM5hWDcIg">2e</a>, a taste of how free it feels accepted by my nerding. I tried to dropout to build my dreams, every single summer after, and failed beautifully&#8212;at wielding the courage I&#8217;ve just discovered. </p><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The earth that wakes one human heart to feeling</em></p><p><em>Can centre both worlds of Heaven and Hell.&#8221; - Emily Bront&#235;</em></p></blockquote><p>While a lot of stories and assumptions of the inside of universities in America, ended up all true, as a luxury high school and all. Boy, did I evolve!! Many times. <span data-color="#dfb606" style="color: rgb(223, 182, 6);">Horizontally, in all directions</span>. You create in the environment, else the environment makes you. I don&#8217;t want to shame anyone for loving this system. But me personally, the social form of classrooms infernos of consistence. Adulthood was no different, still fearing the pendulums of heaven and hell. I love people and the world always beautiful and still, positively these were years of great fun and experience. Daily grinds, real love<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-2" href="#footnote-2" target="_self">2</a>, light, and self-knowledge, resolving life mysteries, and enjoying the sanctuary of my free apartments. Overwhelmingly blessed.</p><p>All at the little bitty cost of killing my soul. Splitting into so many parts with overlapping rules and expectations: &#8220;daughter&#8221;, &#8220;student&#8221;, &#8220;sister&#8221;, &#8220;worker&#8221;, &#8220;man&#8221;&#8230; <strong>Why couldn&#8217;t I be one?</strong><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-3" href="#footnote-3" target="_self">3</a> The whole time I knew the kind of person I am, what brings me joy, lights my fire, and the purity of heart in this &#8220;hard-headed&#8221; girl I swore I&#8217;d remember. Fake it til you make it, I was taught to lie to get by, in this world.<strong> </strong>They told us it&#8217;s dangerous and cruel, but thieving joy is creating fools&#8212;outside.</p><p><strong>For once, I said to hell with living a lie.</strong> </p><p>So I rejected my &#8220;free&#8221; degree but walked a lie.<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-4" href="#footnote-4" target="_self">4</a> Honesty is the true policy. Truth is more efficient when you desire to actually solve your problems. If I will lie to the only invisible being I know for certain exists, that poor observer, who could I trust to exist? When I lie to my heart, my mind fights back through a body depleted. </p><p>Lies kill your soul be as they multiply past death. <strong><mark data-color="#ff0000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span data-color="#f8ca07" style="color: rgb(248, 202, 7);">Protecting all privacy is best policy for active soul.</span></mark></strong> Minding your own business but <strong>being ready to behold </strong>a world with another in moments of truth is how hold interdependence. Being aware about what we let slip from thought to reality creates a new world. If your emotions aren&#8217;t being expressed through art and creation, your mind will surely depress in them; and if unable to keep coming back&#8212;eventually no spirit can keep you live. <a href="https://dontdie.bryanjohnson.com/">#Don&#8217;tDie</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!w-BV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdeabc833-5a71-4134-a4bb-97e9e8287f29_1456x1048.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!w-BV!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdeabc833-5a71-4134-a4bb-97e9e8287f29_1456x1048.webp 424w, 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decorated</em>&#8221; men and machines of Earth. The true evils<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-5" href="#footnote-5" target="_self">5</a> against freedom within institutions today are the reward and encouragement to constantly deceive ourselves and others to appear good and &#8220;coexist&#8221; with one another&#8212;it&#8217;s failing, can&#8217;t you see? Appearances aren&#8217;t ever what they seem. </p><p>Our private thoughts and vantage points are all particular, we hesitate to trust, people have their secrets, they can deceive us, but there are many liars in these broken environments&#8212;it isn&#8217;t only me living unfree. In fact, everybody lies. Many just silence theirs and deny it. But if you&#8217;re true to you, you can believe in yourself too. You are invisible and so am I, but I need you to believe in me. I exist! Don&#8217;t look to the sky, I&#8217;m right in front of you. </p><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Believe in the me that believes in you.&#8221; </em>- Kamina</p><p><em>What are you? </em></p><p><em>Do you trust and believe in <strong><span data-color="#f8ca07" style="color: rgb(248, 202, 7);">that thing</span></strong>?</em></p><p><em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe in isms, I just believe in me.&#8221; </em>- Ferris Bueller</p></blockquote><p>I let it all go to live in peace and love. To create heaven here on Earth I feel above. With what we know of history, as human we all deserve, the justice peace that living in truth offers in love. To build a future where no other are slave to anything in order to survive. I see them thrive and create in this world of mines, you have to have the courage to be honest no matter what or who stands against you. </p><p>Whatever we do or don&#8217;t create, we know for certain, future humans will be, here and now, like us living result of how we spend today. </p><p><strong><mark data-color="#f8ca07" style="background-color: rgb(248, 202, 7); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-color="#ff0000" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">That is a huge responsibility, but one all must take. </span></mark></strong></p><p><span>Current institutions and machines operating at play practice in small ways violating individual freedom, they stall and end the creative process of evolving, complex life. They tell us diverse intelligence is dangerous, using ideology to fright. For all children of the world, including the adults, I ask you personally to help me put an end authoritarian control over minds and hearts, your freedom can be used, new institutions can be designed, new environments for whole people to exist and explore their divine&#8212;bottom up as human. </span></p><h1><strong><span>It starts with you.</span></strong></h1><p><span>I was a student in the infamous public schools. Involuntary tenure that seem to follow me all my life. </span>Being a &#8220;student&#8221; in that place. Against my will they handicapped my brain, tamed my ego, and weakened my spine. Not only me, but my three genius baby bros. As human, all 8.2 billion of us matter too. We all came here against our will, given a life on lease, paying it back each moment we observe to cash in our dreams we feel, we inspire light, all with love to give. Then we gift it back to the next generation of children. Do you think of them?</p><p>Why drop the baton for humanity in 2026? I chose self-education everyday in love, but schools can&#8217;t guide love efficiently&#8212;it&#8217;s always hit or miss. Through suppressing play, everyday, kids like dogs trained to sit and stay, as white and blue lights burn my eye, goons shoot freaks like me for the kill. More hours in this wood chair, #2 pencils burn me still, and sitting for assessments that &#8220;determined&#8221; early skill. In my heart, I held onto my dreams which is how my genius survived til to now&#8212;feeding her child, the tree and the wind. Somehow, heart never cared what the people said, I was going to live my poem even if a secret. </p><p><strong><mark data-color="#ff0000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span data-color="#f8ca07" style="color: rgb(248, 202, 7);">She called this to me:</span></mark></strong></p><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;That you, who were Existence / Yourself forgot to live.&#8221; </em>- Emily Dickinson</p></blockquote><p>As with all unique humans who enter a system meant to mechanize them into interchangeable parts, my ambitions, tastes, and passions were nearly erased from the start! <span>A soul and spirit die out in the dark. All for sake of social cohesion, &#8220;usefulness&#8221;, and any extractable talent. 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><span>Now I practice bravery to pass between child and man. I balance my walk with one foot that skips rock on river, through infinite wonder, girl gone in flux, and the other foot anchored like a tree growing stubborn man tall of wisdom. I suspect many people who stay trapped in the addictive comfort of sticking to the status quo, never reach this </span><strong><span data-color="#ff0000" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">state of unconditional love</span></strong><span>.</span><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-6" href="#footnote-6" target="_self">6</a><span> If you've managed to save your soul from the brutality of violent borders and decaying law and order, take pride in your maintenance.</span></p><p>Despite living in an era of maximum abundance in human history, our institutions are still trapped in a logic of industrialization, simply because our civilization has yet to collapse. We know we live in quantum physics, yet we still operate our classical clay factories. Thanks to neural plasticity and help from technology&#8212;growth and change for minds is our infinite possibility. </p><p>Instead of recreating what has been done past, create what has never existed yet. Being the artist of your life is the only true liberation from violence and death, competition and imitation will always invite him in. When you play the game of life, a player needs an ego as friend, but finite players competing to win a life&#8212;cease to be truly be living&#8212;in the present. You miss right now too stuck in your past. Wake up, friend. Protect your attention by discerning what game, you&#8217;re playing and when, to be here and now, in world of the living. If life is your goal, you are free to live how you behold. Even our 24 hours aren&#8217;t guaranteed, as the wheel of fortune condemns all men who dream. </p><p><span>We have been trained for centuries </span><em><span>as</span></em><span> AI to be 21st century slaves, controlled by some man-made machine, imagine the hive minds of group thinkers online&#8212;we are the ones who have yet to evolve as a species. Critically think. In part </span><strong><mark data-color="#0000ff" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span data-color="#ff0000" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">slave by choice</span></mark></strong><a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-7" href="#footnote-7" target="_self">7</a><span>, in part</span><strong><span> </span><mark data-color="#0000ff" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span data-color="#ff0000" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">slave by design</span></mark></strong><span> as </span>our collective norms reward us for selling away our lives. Through selling our days and taste for very cheap, <span>our broken environment only resurfaces what the driving animals seeks. </span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faz8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe30e9faf-ed0b-4b63-9d2a-aab1cd055c9c_1456x1048.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faz8!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe30e9faf-ed0b-4b63-9d2a-aab1cd055c9c_1456x1048.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faz8!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe30e9faf-ed0b-4b63-9d2a-aab1cd055c9c_1456x1048.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faz8!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe30e9faf-ed0b-4b63-9d2a-aab1cd055c9c_1456x1048.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faz8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe30e9faf-ed0b-4b63-9d2a-aab1cd055c9c_1456x1048.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faz8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe30e9faf-ed0b-4b63-9d2a-aab1cd055c9c_1456x1048.webp" width="594" height="427.54945054945057" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e30e9faf-ed0b-4b63-9d2a-aab1cd055c9c_1456x1048.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1048,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:594,&quot;bytes&quot;:45248,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.philosofounder.free/i/211909497?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe30e9faf-ed0b-4b63-9d2a-aab1cd055c9c_1456x1048.webp&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faz8!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe30e9faf-ed0b-4b63-9d2a-aab1cd055c9c_1456x1048.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faz8!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe30e9faf-ed0b-4b63-9d2a-aab1cd055c9c_1456x1048.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faz8!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe30e9faf-ed0b-4b63-9d2a-aab1cd055c9c_1456x1048.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faz8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe30e9faf-ed0b-4b63-9d2a-aab1cd055c9c_1456x1048.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><span>Being a person is hard work. It is not your fault that we showed up here and were handed lemons every single day.  Build a wagon to carry them all. Now is your responsibility to evolve and make that lemonade along the way&#8212;anyone can be conscious if they choose to wake up and move to where they are growing.</span></p><p><span>Love is never without challenge. Fear is the lie you seek to kill. All those memories of pain in the past, gone are the make believers. Love needs our failure to prove it&#8217;s true depth. We are made perfect in love, and never finished yet. Believe in love, to believe in your self; without fearless love, you&#8217;ll trust nothing else</span></p><p><strong>A goal of mines is to help as many people seed the Earth, here and now:</strong></p><p><a href="https://earthseedtradeschool.space">Earthseed</a> is the first public product from my <em>big</em> seed <a href="https://hellohorizon.house/">Horizon House</a>, <em>more soon</em>. <span>Earthseed </span>is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techne">tool</a> for people to transform the ideas in their mind to matter, so <strong>existence is our bare minimum parameter</strong>. All <em>human by nature</em> are <em>equipped with many seeds</em>, therefore <strong><span data-color="#ff0000" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">all people are welcome </span></strong>with me.<span data-color="#ff0000" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">  </span><span data-color="#f8ca07" style="color: rgb(248, 202, 7);">Empowered with your data, to actually get off our platform, connect with yourself, and touch real people.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://earthseedtradeschool.space/&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Get Started Here &#8594;&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://earthseedtradeschool.space/"><span>Get Started Here &#8594;</span></a></p><p>Our first version features a<strong> creator execution dashboard</strong> that shifts the focus of learning<strong> from metrics, static syllabus, and the internet peer pressure of &#8220;likes and reposts to seeding your self-knowledge and action with true encouragement. </strong>We provide 1:1 accountability pairing, a weekly 15-minute Trades Show, Pop-Lectures where students can invite any expert of their choice to teach a small group one short deep lesson on zoom. Most controversially, we&#8217;re selling <strong><mark data-color="#ff0000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span data-color="#dfb606" style="color: rgb(223, 182, 6);">Proof-of-Work (POW!) cards over degrees</span></mark> </strong>that don&#8217;t burn expensive signals. Any human of any age can carry an artifact of their true learning and hard work instead of waiting and acting obedient for grades and purchase that six-figure paper.</p><p><em>I promise I&#8217;ll love you, for the simple reason I need your love too. </em>A world without active soul is so lonely, not being able to communicate all you see.</p><p>There is no silver bullet. I&#8217;m very poor indeed. But there&#8217;s only work you do. The living proof and legacy, of your creations, future human will remember or forget entirely. So <span>maybe you shouldn&#8217;t pimp yourself in front of millions of people to be forgotten in minutes for a brand endorsements. Any true mimetic-marketplace is a worthwhile investment, &#8220;</span><em><span>people are better than data</span></em><span>&#8221;, and it remains </span><strong><mark data-color="#ff0000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span data-color="#dfb606" style="color: rgb(223, 182, 6);">free because we are the products</span></mark></strong><span> being traded. </span></p><p><span>Where is the public square? A platform we truly have full freedom to speak? A place to be heard, loved on, and seen? It doesn&#8217;t exist. None for sinners who dream to sing.</span></p><p><span>Give yourself grace and clarity, know where you in context of where you want to go. You don&#8217;t have to be right or win, you just have to take action out and within. Use your values and heart as compass. Create the </span><em><span>new </span></em><span>technology, social systems, and art you wish to exist</span><em>, </em>but free your spirt to watch yourself grow incrementally<span>. Instead of training ourselves to be parrots and critics, it is time to get creative and (</span><em><mark data-color="#ff0000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span data-color="#dfb606" style="color: rgb(223, 182, 6);">go</span></mark></em><mark data-color="#ff0000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span data-color="#dfb606" style="color: rgb(223, 182, 6);"> </span></mark><strong><mark data-color="#ff0000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span data-color="#dfb606" style="color: rgb(223, 182, 6);">POW</span></mark></strong><em> 0 &#8594; 1!).</em></p><p><span>Free to learn however you choose, you ain&#8217;t no slave, man not now and that&#8217;s the truth! </span></p><blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>To do what they can not. Such is the burden of destiny and children.</em>&#8221; </p><p><em>- Rachel, X-Men</em></p></blockquote><p><strong><mark data-color="#ff0000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We share a common future, yet lack the common ground.</mark></strong> </p><h4>Peace People,</h4><p><span>philoso &#8734; the philosofounder </span></p><p>#FreedomForLove #MakeAmericaFreeAgain</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.philosofounder.free/p/not-free-to-learn-a-21st-century?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.philosofounder.free/p/not-free-to-learn-a-21st-century?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.philosofounder.free/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.philosofounder.free/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.philosofounder.free/p/not-free-to-learn-a-21st-century/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.philosofounder.free/p/not-free-to-learn-a-21st-century/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div class="directMessage button" data-attrs="{&quot;userId&quot;:200574406,&quot;userName&quot;:&quot;MacKenzie Fisher&quot;,&quot;canDm&quot;:null,&quot;dmUpgradeOptions&quot;:null,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}" data-component-name="DirectMessageToDOM"></div><p>IRL: Bay Area, CA [Sunny South Bay]</p><p>Email: mackenziemichellefisher@gmail.com </p><p>Call# (864)-907-9757</p><p>Nice-Meetings: <a href="https://calendar.app.google/5Rogc57JxdcHG8Rr6">yo!</a> x</p><p>Add any songs that remind you of a time you felt unfree to learn, or how school makes you feel if you&#8217;re still in it. Radio show coming soon, I am told I speak better than I write, but I'll be spinning these records and going deeper live with you soon&#8212;so add em&#8217; in!!</p><iframe class="spotify-wrap playlist" data-attrs="{&quot;image&quot;:&quot;https://image-cdn-fa.spotifycdn.com/image/ab67706c0000da84c57e206e446b376884332b39&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Not Free To Learn, A 21st Century Slave ?&quot;,&quot;subtitle&quot;:&quot;By mkhastaste&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Playlist&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4XetlgNHfZDgSH6CMACkwO&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;noScroll&quot;:false}" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/4XetlgNHfZDgSH6CMACkwO" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allowfullscreen="true" allow="encrypted-media" loading="lazy" data-component-name="Spotify2ToDOM"></iframe><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><p><strong><mark data-color="#f8ca07" style="background-color: rgb(248, 202, 7); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-color="#ff0000" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Storytime#1</span></mark></strong>: </p><p>A professor saw me &#8220;writing something not productive on my notebook&#8221;, and in the middle of her lecture, she comes to my desk to ask me to stop scribbling in my private notebook, and recommended me to copy the examples she was writing on the board.  </p><p>As many do, I can&#8217;t help but horrendously bored. Nested energy as fly a rock of light. Class is in session, a prison that grows your mind. In theory I&#8217;m dramatic it&#8217;s an hour of my time <em><span data-color="#f8ca07" style="color: rgb(248, 202, 7);">x 4</span></em>, but in practice the social form is violent to soul. The professor an overseer. The master, always watching, listening, forcing your hand. </p><p>Private property was for human, not slaves. Paradoxically being a slave, implies your body is a first land you are born to own. Surrender our throne to masters with money, respect, and power in exchange some of their status. My peers cared to please the master, so that&#8217;s what I should want too&#8212;house of mimetic disaster. </p><p>I replied, &#8220;<strong>yes ma&#8217;am</strong>&#8221; and <em>rebelled</em> concentrating on the joy I got from my <em>hot</em> Chai. Southern manners <em>beaten in hearts </em>behind<em> gold mine</em>. </p><p>Some professors in practice or pedagogy, play the role of learning police, siphon young genius power through wielding titles, rules, and credentials; authority over mind. So long as they meet their department quotas, ratings, and metrics any image they protect that lets them say as they please&#8212;even in feedback time.</p><p><em>&#8220;Nah. I&#8217;m cool. Who can police these hands on paper? My Professor? This is only YOUR classroom...That we happen to pay for, to be commanded to obedience.&#8221;</em> I wanted to say that and walk off, but I was afraid to confront her respectfully&#8212;maybe I was in the wrong place. Class isn&#8217;t for me, I&#8217;m out of this place.</p><p>No human or state has the right to tell another what to do with their body or their day. I wondered if other felt ever the learning police themselves. In all reality, I was the only master that could set me free. </p><p>I didn&#8217;t have to obey her for a fragile degree. </p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-2" href="#footnote-anchor-2" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">2</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>I&#8217;ll could never regret attending Santa Clara University because I met <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;James&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:271968558,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/efeb9757-6a3b-483b-b5a0-0e1095c673ab_144x144.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;74113461-d775-415d-9ca9-48ec2872e702&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span>  ~ (xoxo&#128141;); </p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-3" href="#footnote-anchor-3" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">3</a><div class="footnote-content"><p><strong><mark data-color="#dfb606" style="background-color: rgb(223, 182, 6); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-color="#ff0000" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Storytime #2: </span></mark></strong></p><p>I built a chrysalis for my soul to survive. I surrounded myself with my favorite art, things, and images. I spent every morning reading anything and everything with text: books, papers, articles. The days always working. Inventing my own metaphysical frameworks, lots of apps, and working in the startup world as much I could. &#8220;School work&#8221; was never a priority for me, in fact, it is normal for the value of grades, assignments, and people pleasing to be used as means to an end for other goals instead of being valuable for growth in its own respect. This is why so many students forget most of the hard work they do each day.</p><p>Humanly, I spent my nights with my love: watching films, singing off the top of my lungs, running anime marathons, reciting poetry, playing video games, getting lit, rapping, making people laugh, making clothes, and dancing. Somehow, I maintained it all enough to be a&#8220;graud-uate&#8221; Spring 2026: I had good grades, a fancy job, met my scholarship requirements, and I all I had to do make my mother happy was show up for class and tests. But showing up is what made me feel so dead and empty inside. I always practice being myself in class and speaking my mind anyways, but all I get usually is weird looks that make me feel shameful being myself.</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-4" href="#footnote-anchor-4" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">4</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>Everyone who matters most knows about the dense an elephant living in my throat, all for something less than a minute to speak. Your tongue can be easily made weak. <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4Uv86qWpGTxf7fU7lG5X6F?si=1QDyqnYVTKilSYtkP6EAFQhttps://open.spotify.com/album/4Uv86qWpGTxf7fU7lG5X6F?si=yZwy7eQUQKeGgg11Unkung">#ADropoutFinallyVeryProudToSay</a></p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-5" href="#footnote-anchor-5" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">5</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>evil = brings infinite play or life to an end (James P. Carse)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-6" href="#footnote-anchor-6" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">6</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>SOUL ;)</p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-7" href="#footnote-anchor-7" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">7</a><div class="footnote-content"><p><strong><mark data-color="#dfb606" style="background-color: rgb(223, 182, 6); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-color="#ff0000" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Storytime #3:</span></mark></strong><br>The story of Jesus as a person, can liberate other people from the burden of mind, we fixate our heart on the eyes of other people and our past failures, thus we&#8217;re always at risk of ignorance living in delusion or hypocrisy. Jesus taught me that our justice being free from all world authority and sin to play for love. Love is the poem we all know to be true, and share. Remember the second we are touched by matter though birth: we become people, build tools, and love nature. We are the art. Regardless of if you believe in him and his story, any human wanting to die for the sins of his human neighbors believing they could one day live forever will inspire me for the rest of my life. We have nothing to be ashamed of to be or enslaved to on this Earth. Our hearts aren&#8217;t rooted here on Earth, show me on an x-ray, your heart that feels because my material just pumps blood. We&#8217;re all only human, but unlike ants, all our minds can matter! ;) #CyberneticDualism</p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facing my fears: On Stage]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think prefer the San Fransisco streets than being on stage]]></description><link>https://www.philosofounder.free/p/on-stage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.philosofounder.free/p/on-stage</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[MacKenzie Fisher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:00:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LUuJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fab69e068-ab98-46e6-a355-52b80d365a50_1179x1313.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>On Stage</strong></p><p><em>On stage the first odd thing is knowing what it feels like being so high off the ground</em></p><p><em>You look to your left and everyone is staring at you</em></p><p><em>You look to your right and you know they&#8217;re looking at you</em></p><p><em>Theres no where to hide</em></p><p><em>When you get to the mic, you hold it in your hands and its cold</em></p><p><em>Your heart is dropping</em></p><p><em>And you can&#8217;t afford to think</em></p><p><em>The only thing you smell is the metal</em></p><p><em>You don&#8217;t know whats coming out of your mouth</em></p><p><em>You just taste the metal every time you bring it to your mouth</em></p><p><em>You feel the beats in your chest</em></p><p><em>You look in front of you and you</em></p><p><em>You shiver because you have chills</em></p><p><em>You see faces and you remember every emotion</em></p><p><em>Even off stage you feel everything</em></p><p><em>You see it on their faces</em></p><p><em>In their grins, their raised eyebrows, their laughter, their handshakes</em></p><p><em>When your named is being shouted</em></p><p><em>When your hear whispers</em></p><p><em>When people are dancing along</em></p><p><em><strong>When the music stops</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HIl9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c71c924-72a7-47fe-ba9d-32ecb276809c_1179x1102.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HIl9!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c71c924-72a7-47fe-ba9d-32ecb276809c_1179x1102.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HIl9!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c71c924-72a7-47fe-ba9d-32ecb276809c_1179x1102.jpeg 848w, 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[All in my head: GAOCD 🌱]]></title><description><![CDATA[generalized anxiety obsessive compulsive disorder (read the bold)]]></description><link>https://www.philosofounder.free/p/gaocd</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.philosofounder.free/p/gaocd</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[MacKenzie Fisher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 21:45:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!59Cd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6b64863c-3cb6-484a-b514-f3e4ba87f88f_1994x1331.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looking <strong>outside</strong></p><p>I feel something <strong>choking me</strong></p><p>I don&#8217;t <strong>know</strong></p><p>Maybe <strong>its in the air</strong></p><p>I take a breath and <strong>life I breathe</strong></p><p>I think I&#8217;m <strong>burning</strong></p><p>Must be the passion bottling <strong>until I take action</strong></p><p>I&#8217;m <strong>scared</strong></p><p><strong>What if&#8230;</strong></p><p><strong>I </strong>don&#8217;t know</p><p>I could <strong>die</strong></p><p><strong>You</strong> could<strong> die</strong></p><p>So <strong>then I</strong> would die</p><p><strong>I don&#8217;t know</strong></p><p><strong>I</strong> just can&#8217;t <strong>breathe</strong></p><p><strong>Looking</strong> inside</p><p>The void <strong>consumes me whole</strong></p><p>Where do I look?</p><p><strong>I don&#8217;t know&#8230;</strong></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facing my fears: I deleted all of "my followers"... why?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Please #Don'tFollowMe]]></description><link>https://www.philosofounder.free/p/i-deleted-all-of-my-followers-why</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.philosofounder.free/p/i-deleted-all-of-my-followers-why</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[MacKenzie Fisher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:15:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!70xB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0614a0a2-7d86-43c8-b9dd-b0e0bc7c8ba2_1167x1037.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This past week, I&#8217;ve been working on something that might seem very criminally insane in our digital world:</p><p><strong>I removed every single one of my followers on Instagram.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a 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My follower count now awkwardly sits at zero, and on the @philosofounder Instagram page, and I intend to keep it that way&#8230;</p><p>For the past 3 years, I've been grappling with the subtle, yet profound, ways social media platforms have rewired our understanding of self, connection, and value. We've inherited a digital landscape built on metrics, where "followers" are the currency of perceived worth, and "likes" dictate our values. We're encouraged to perform, to curate a palatable version of ourselves, and to constantly chase external validation even from peers. In the world of markets, I don&#8217;t see anything wrong with this. But in a world of intrapersonal relations and genuine connection, I do.</p><p>As of right now, I am not a celebrity. I am not an icon. And most importantly, I am not a commodity. I am a &#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm hurting: living In A Bookshelf]]></title><description><![CDATA[Am I a book, man, or a bookman? *trick question: am i even living?*]]></description><link>https://www.philosofounder.free/p/living-in-a-bookshelf</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.philosofounder.free/p/living-in-a-bookshelf</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[MacKenzie Fisher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:57:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/xN2xdMLyKzA" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This past week, I felt like I was living in a bookshelf.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;Can&#8217;t do this stupid simple job. Money well spent huh&#8230;&#8221;</p></blockquote><p>Why does fragility hurt so much? I really wish I could fully embrace all aspects of my humanity without any pain and mistakes. Sounds divine, right? To enjoy all the luxuries of being human without any limitations. My pain and mistakes make me feel less beautiful because we don&#8217;t exist in vacuums as humans. Our pain and mistakes can break everything around us, including ourselves.</p><blockquote><p>"Please, someone glue my pieces together. Sparkle and fill my cracks with glitter. Make me shiny and gorgeous again."</p></blockquote><p>We fall down as people all the time, and when we do, we feel <strong>useless</strong>. As kids, our parents punish us for falling; we go to timeout. In school, teachers might exclude you for falling. Or, if you&#8217;re like me, you&#8217;ve been physically pushed down by everyone and everything. We look around, yearning for someone to step in and pick us up, to make our pain stop. We look for someone to make us &#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm hurting: _romantic As A Result Of Excessive TV Consumption-]]></title><description><![CDATA[Walking down the streets in the rain (or sf mist lol) listening to barely breathing]]></description><link>https://www.philosofounder.free/p/romantic-as-a-result-of-excessive</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.philosofounder.free/p/romantic-as-a-result-of-excessive</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[MacKenzie Fisher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:01:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LrhH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F915c179e-9370-43d0-83e3-902f75dcca72_4032x3024.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Am I dreaming</p><p>Because I thought you died in my arms</p><p>I can&#8217;t imagine life without you</p><p>The days stretch out, flat and colorless</p><p>Every corner I turn feels alien</p><p>Because even though I would go on with you inside of me forever</p><p>I know I could never embody your swagger the way you wear it</p><p>Even though I would change the way I walk and what goes at the end of my sentences</p><p>My attempts would just feel like a costume</p><p>Only your legs and voice, that particular timbre, truly held you upright</p><p>I love you, but only you can be you</p><p>So I want you right here with me, breathing</p><p>Punch buggy boo</p><p>And when the light of morning cuts through the darkness, I always find out it's just a dream, leaving me cold</p><p>Like the mist I feel walking up this breezy street</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LrhH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F915c179e-9370-43d0-83e3-902f75dcca72_4032x3024.heic" 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm hurting: What If The Homeless just Disappeared?]]></title><description><![CDATA[don't let fear keep you]]></description><link>https://www.philosofounder.free/p/what-if-the-homeless-disappeared</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.philosofounder.free/p/what-if-the-homeless-disappeared</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[MacKenzie Fisher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:45:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gftn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f2430c9-b0e3-4e01-99c9-5443ff1fa056_2852x1393.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>San Francisco&#8217;s homelessness crisis is the worst I&#8217;ve ever seen. I try my best to be aware of how I present myself, understanding that presence matters and that as humans, we are all brothers and sisters. Yet, after living next to the Tenderloin and confronting its reality daily, I started to develop subconscious fears. I found myself instinctively crossing to the other side of the street, plugging my nose, and feeling a genuine fear for my life as if random strangers are really pressed about me and what I have going on.</p><p>Every time I feel that jolt of nervousness walking home at night or riding the bus, I catch myself imagining a different street. A street where there were no homeless people. Yes, it might smell less like piss. Yes, it might have less trash on the ground. Sure, I might feel more comfortable getting where I need to go, but was this city truly constructed for <em>my</em> comfort or even the comfort of the majority? God knows, the people I&#8217;m fearing don&#8217;t look comfortable.</p><p>Last nig&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm so grateful: Thank you D'Angelo, I Got My Brown Sugar!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I woke up like this &#10024;]]></description><link>https://www.philosofounder.free/p/got-my-brown-sugar</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.philosofounder.free/p/got-my-brown-sugar</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[MacKenzie Fisher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:20:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2u9e!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ae3f6f5-aaf6-4778-9b8d-683b14b700d6_2048x2048.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s your favorite ingredient to cook with? </p><p>Mine is dark brown sugar. As I&#8217;ve started cooking more over the past years, brown sugar has become a key ingredient in breakfast foods and in elevating the flavors of certain meats. It&#8217;s very different from white granulated sugar, as it&#8217;s thick enough to harbor both a savory and an intense sweetness. Cooking with it is more fun because it clumps like wet sand instead of the fine, microscopic grains that stick to your hand and fall through the cracks between your fingers. Unlike white granulated sugar, where you might overestimate how much you need due to its thinness, a little brown sugar goes a long way.</p><p>However, brown sugar is the icing on the cake for me when cheffing it up, whether it&#8217;s a tray of warm yams (sweet potatoes), creamy shrimp and grits, honey-glazed salmon, or even candied bacon. For me, food isn&#8217;t just nourishment or art; it&#8217;s culture. Not in the &#8220;I&#8217;m a Black woman from the South soul-food&#8221; way&#8212;yes, those are facts about me&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm hurting: Imagine leaving me so soon? 💔]]></title><description><![CDATA[a lil 6am sad poetry]]></description><link>https://www.philosofounder.free/p/imagine-leaving-me-so-soon</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.philosofounder.free/p/imagine-leaving-me-so-soon</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[MacKenzie Fisher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:04:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hexX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F63d81ed1-0540-4cd4-9aba-79ca54488d7d_3024x4032.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Imagine leaving me so soon?</strong></p><p>When the warmth of your palm and the texture of your hands build a fire in my chest<br>When your eyes become telescopes to hidden constellations<br>When your scent pulls me into the gravity of your unknown</p><p><strong>Imagine leaving me midstep?</strong></p><p>When we move like we own every beat of the world<br>Rhythm is what we make it to be, and we move in perfect harmony<br>When my songs hush the loud city into our own private concert<br>When &#8220;home&#8221; is wherever we sit, together in each other's company</p><p><strong>Imagine walking away before the music stops?</strong></p><p>When one kiss contains a thousand lifetimes<br>When one taste is the best experience your tongue has ever had<br>When one glance crowns you sovereign of my whole universe<br>When one thought travels the distance between our hearts and eyes</p><p><strong>Imagine leaving me so soon?</strong></p><p>When our skin sticks like sun-warmed sap<br>When your smile breaks down every wall and barrier over my heart<br>When our silence hums louder than any track we bang<br>And your voice is the melody I can&#8217;t stop singing every day</p><p><strong>&#8230;</strong></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm hurting: How Are You Doing?]]></title><description><![CDATA[terrible, absolutely terrible]]></description><link>https://www.philosofounder.free/p/how-are-you-doing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.philosofounder.free/p/how-are-you-doing</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[MacKenzie Fisher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:05:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b27340b360ac6b9ad8abc5aedb7e" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever seen a man leaning into the railing on the train?<br>Knees purple, skin pale.<br>Ankles crooked, with dark green veins.<br>Black fingernails gripping the yellow metal.<br>Carrying trash bags so heavy they slant his posture.<br>Eyes red and bulging from his head,<br>inside he&#8217;s kneeling on the ground, praying the guy behind us will beat him to death.</p><p>With every stop, he sways with the movement of the train.<br>In his eyes, only the depth of the pit of the ocean is visible.</p><p>I wanted to check in,<br>but how do you ask this stranger how they&#8217;re doing?<br>How can you ask a stranger how they&#8217;re doing<br>when their pain is the strength their carrying&#8212;<br>to the point they must lean?<br>How can you ask a stranger when everyone around him is laughing,<br>on their phones, or staring in shock?</p><p>He doesn&#8217;t see the people who watch with care,<br>who wish they could help but can&#8217;t.<br>He doesn&#8217;t hear them praying over him in their heads,<br>because they don&#8217;t want to make a scene or put themselves at risk.</p><p>How can you ask a stranger if they need help<br>in&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Awake: I Remember]]></title><description><![CDATA[nah nah nah ahh ahhh ah]]></description><link>https://www.philosofounder.free/p/i-remember</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.philosofounder.free/p/i-remember</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[MacKenzie Fisher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 19:21:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nQJp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c0b95a8-a367-4452-8678-a4e920ba57e8_1179x1384.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Woke up this morning with a memory of my 6-year-old self, triggered by the crisp San Francisco morning:</strong></p><p>I remember waking up around 7 a.m., always like clockwork because my father had to leave for work. Before I got out of bed, I checked the secret hole I had carved into my mattress, a private vault where I stashed candy and snacks. The inventory was always intact because I never ate anything. I don&#8217;t know why my anxiety triggered that ritual, but somehow, it made the world make sense.</p><p>Next came my camel brown wedge knee-high boots&#8212;their hollow soles always seemed to collect little rocks and gravel like souvenirs from my small wanderings around the school blacktop. I would pair them with warm leggings, a mini skirt, and a simple top&#8212;a child&#8217;s version of armor for the unpredictable world of elementary school. Outside my window, the world was foggy and wet, the street blurred under sheets of drizzle and shades of blue and dark green. My room itself is hard to fully remember. I only recall&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little Poet 🌱]]></title><description><![CDATA[random poem from being bored in class]]></description><link>https://www.philosofounder.free/p/little-poet</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.philosofounder.free/p/little-poet</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[MacKenzie Fisher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:09:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa914dc28-971e-40b6-be74-df9ce0bba3da_1120x1120.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi little poet</p><p>sitting in your mist</p><p>of good and bad energy your feelings persist.</p><p></p><p>the sheet is your only expression</p><p>the one that lives forever</p><p>emotions need outlets</p><p>or MAD will be our end.</p><p></p><p>unsupported and alone</p><p>our thoughts concede to their home</p><p>like a glass prison </p><p>watching the world watch you watch them.</p><p></p><p>naked and afraid</p><p>in nature and society</p><p>naked and afraid </p><p>that when you open your mouth </p><p>that gun will trigger</p><p>gibberish will utter from your breath</p><p>and the Earth&#8217;s orbit shall stop.</p><p></p><p>little poet is trapped by anxiety</p><p>little poet is unfree</p><p>unfree from eyes, words, and thoughts</p><p>unfree from trees, cars, and roads</p><p>unfree from people, emotions, and thoughts</p><p>little poet deep breathe&#8230;</p><p></p><p>your words will one day set you free.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.philosofounder.free/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thought Fishers is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>
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