Deborah Butler

If You Were Truly Rational You’d Terrify Yourself.

What It Looks Like When a Student Stops Chosing.

What Happens When You Stop Asking "What You Want?"

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Let's Talk About Appetite and Desires
Most people aren’t choosing their lives — they’re being dragged by distorted desire. Appetite is your body’s clean signal for what actually increases your power. Desire is appetite hijacked by imagination, trauma, fantasy, and ego. When you learn the difference, inner conflict collapses. This is Spinoza’s real freedom: not doing what you want — but understanding why you want it.

The Billionaire's Advent Folly | Spinoza's
Affects & Effects

January Is a Psychological Fraud
January is treated as a beginning.
Psychology says otherwise.

This video explores why the New Year feels powerful, why that feeling fades, and why the guilt that follows isn’t a personal failure — but a structural misunderstanding.

Drawing on philosophy, psychology, and realism, this isn’t advice or motivation.
It’s an examination of why fresh starts keep failing — and why they keep returning.

If you’re interested in understanding behavior rather than narrating it, this is for you.
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