Home • ManifestoEssaysSolutionsActivismFree eBooksQuotationsT/A Page

Working Minds Philosophy of Empowerment homepage

A Philosophy of Empowerment

The survival of Mankind as a species is in jeopardy.
The only solution is an intentional commitment
to the Fulfillment of Mankind's Potential,
which requires the Fulfillment of Individual Potential
– thru Empowerment –
of enough Individuals to tip the balance
toward the practice of Reason.

Ayn Rand produced the Objectivist philosophy.
Albert Camus defined the Existentialist philosophy.
And yet, Reason is still in short supply.

I say that Reason is the only frontier left,
and that Reason is necessary
to prevent Mankind's senseless self-destruction.

The 'Working Minds' Philosophy of Empowerment is
innovative, pragmatic, and progressive.

It is based partly on the ideas of Ayn Rand, Albert Camus,
Eric Berne [Transactional Analysis], Carlos Castañeda, C. Wright Mills,
Thorstein B. Veblen and others, with a little quantum physics and
many other ideas . . . plus a host of original thought.

The Working Minds Philosophy of Empowerment defines strategies and techniques with which you will be able to handle successfully anything that Life brings your way.

The development of your Working Mind is entirely your Responsibility – at all times. How far you go in developing your Working Mind is a function of your Commitment to being a Self, an Individual who IS Responsible.

That – and only that – Commitment to being Responsible for being an Individual, in the face of ceaseless pressure to revert to subjugation by the internal False Mind and by the external Culture-Structure, is the necessary Context for the fulfillment of your existential potential.

The development by your Self, within your Self of your latent Working Mind is crucial and necessary for the survival of the human species.
Without you, Mankind is lost. With your Working Mind developed and engaged, the Culture-Structure becomes irrelevant.


You are cordially invited
to join the Revolution!

The Working Minds Manifesto:
Revolution For A World That Works
Where Quality of Life is the Most Important Value

in Englishin Frenchauf Deutschen Español
in Dutchin Italianin Russianin Greek

Working Minds 'Boycott W-9 Project' {begun 2/2006, moved 3/2012, revived 3/2017)
This link was retained because America might lose the national election in November 2016 . . . and we did!



'WMail' Philosophy Newsletter & Blog

        The WMail ezine ended with Issue #72 in October 2007.
The mission of the Working Minds Philosophy and the websites will continue by posting
quotations, news factoids & essays on the Dateline Chamesa blog  logo for blogger.com and blogspot.com
enter your email address:  
and to wider distribution services such as Op Ed News {your free subscription}.

Selected Recent Essays
Essay #120 [July 2023]   “M.A.G.A. Fascists Are Evil”
Essay #119 [July 2022]   “Reason-Based Taxation and Oil Corporation Taxes”
Essay #118 [February 2021]   “Love and The G-spot”
Essay #117 [March 2020]   “We Are At War”
Essay #116 [January 2020]   “'Free Speech' Is Not Guaranteed”
Essay #115 [October 2018]   “Pre-Election Report”
Essay #114 [April 2018]   “Predicting The October Collapse”
Essay #113 [June 2017]   "No More July Fourth For Me"
Essay #112 [February 2017]   "Ayn Rand's Critical Mistake"
Essay #111 [January 2017]   "Told You So, 2021"
Essay #110 [November 2016]   "Voter Suppression 2016"
Essay #109 [October 2016]   "Explaining Flat U.S. Job Growth"
Essay #108 [July 2015]   "Civilization Is Imploding"
Essay #107 [March 2015]   "The New Civil War Is About Justice"
Essay #106 [November 2013]   "Warren Buffett Is Now A Bad Guy"
Essay #105 [July 2013]   "No Justice in Florida"
Essay #104 [May 2013]   "No Water For You"
Essay #103 [January 2013]   “The Distinction EVIL (Redux)”
Essay #102 [November 2012]   “Coyotes and Republicans”
Essay #101 [August 2012]   “Anti-Obama Hoaxsters”
Essay #100 [August 2012]   “Voter Suppression 2012”
Essay #99 [July 2012]   “Mitt Romney Got Caught”
Essay #98 [March 2012]   “Jesus vs. Pseudo-Christians”
Essay #97 [March 2012]   “Reason-Based Social Security”
Essay #96 [August 2011]   “U.S. Corporations Hoarding Profits”
Essay #95 [June 2011]   “How Bankrupt Is America?”
Essay #94 [May 2011]   “Wal-Mart Bad, Local Businesses Good”
Essay #93 [December 2010]   “On The Barricades”
Essay #91 [July 2009]   “Meaning and Purpose”
Essay #90 [June 2009]   “The Festival of Stupid”
Essay #88 [May 2009]   “The Party of No”
Essay #84 [Oct 2008]   “Your Future Is Foreclosed”
Essay #81 [Sept 2008]   “Your Vote Is A Gift”
Essay #79 [August 2008]   “We The People 2008”
Essay #78 [July 2008]   “The Robber Barons”
Essay #77 [June 2008]   “In The Middle Are The Sheeple”
Essay #76 [June 2008]   “How To Survive The Coming Depression”
Essay #75 [March 2008]   “P.N.A.C., Fascism & Bush”
Essay #74 [January 2008]   "Fine Tuning"
Essay #73 [November 2007]   "Unemployment In America"

Index of Essays posted on the Dateline Chamesa blog (from November 2007)

'WMail' Newsletter Main Page
Index of All WMail Issues

Selected Prior Issues
Issue #72 [October 2007]: Farewell Issue
Issue #71 [May 2007]: "Illegal Immigration"
Issue #70 [April 2007]: "The Cage"
Issue #68 [February 2007]: "The Distinction LOYALTY"
Issue #67 [January 2007]: "The Distinction POWER"
Issue #66 [December 2006]: "Cooling The Planet"
Issue #65 [November 2006]: "Being Thankful"
Issue #61 [July 2006]: "Non-Monetary Economics"
Issue #59 [May 2006]: "The Distinction SOURCE"
Issue #55 [December 2005]: "Joining The Circle"
Issue #54 [September 2005]: "F*** The Fed!"
Issue #51 [March 2005]: "The Three Economies"
Issue #48 [November 2004]: "Fulfilling Mankind's Potential"
Issue #46 [September 2004]: "A Living Wage"
Issue #45 [July 2004]: "What Is Reason?"
Issue #44 [June 2004]: "The Working Minds Manifesto"
Issue #42 [April 2004]: "The Oligarchy"
Issue #40 [February 2004]: "Paleo-Capitalism"
Issue #39 [January 2004]: "The 100-Year Exercise"
Issue #38 [December 2003]: "Time Structure"
Issue #37 [November 2003]: "The Distinction RESPONSIBILITY"
Issue #35 [September 2003]: "Debt & The Working Mind"
Issue #32 [February 2003]: "Standing On Ayn Rand"
Issue #30 [December 2002]: "Radio Silent"

Index of Essays from All Issues of the 'WMail' ezine
Having reached over 70 published issues, the essay from each 'WMail' is now displayed separately
and in numeric order for the serious or curious student of philosophy.
The essays are listed here or you can begin at Issue #1 and follow the chain.

Quotations from the 'WMail' ezine
& the 'Dateline Chamesa' blog

Quotations Used In All Issues

Albert Einstein Quotations Page
Abraham Lincoln Quotations Page
Ayn Rand Quotations Page
Benjamin Franklin Quotations Page
Bertrand Russell Quotations Page
Edward Abbey Quotations Page
Edward R. Murrow Quotations Page
Eric Hoffer Quotations Page
Ernest Hemingway Quotations Page
Friedrich Nietzsche Quotations Page
G.E. Nordell Quotations Page
George Bernard Shaw Quotations Page
H.L. Mencken Quotations Page
Henry David Thoreau Quotations Page
John Steinbeck Quotations Page
Mahatma Gandhi Quotations Page
Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotations Page
Mark Twain Quotations Page
Oscar Wilde Quotations Page
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotations Page
Theodore Roosevelt Quotations Page
Thomas Jefferson Quotations Page
Wm. Faulkner Quotations Page
Winston Churchill Quotations Page

Magic Lantern Video & Book Store's Great Movie Quotes Page



Philosophy makes you strong!


Things to Worry About
main Worry index
Current U.S. National Elections Page
Energy & Global Warming Page
Class War & Economics Pages
Corporations vs. America Page
Trans-Pacific Partnership Page
U.S. Politics / Elections Pages
International Politics Page
Pipeline Disasters Page
Earth's Biosphere Page
Internet Freedom Page
Human Rights Page
War & Peace Page
Healthcare Page
Education Page
Racism Page

Selected Books On These Subjects

Selected Movies On These Subjects
Earth's Biosphere • Class War & Economics
Energy • Global Warming • Education • Healthcare
International Politics • Corporations vs. America

Nordell Bookstores Group Kindle Hardware & Content Page

What Should We Be Worried About? book by John Brockman  "What Should We Be Worried About?: Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up At Night" [2014]
by John Brockman, publisher at Edge.org [est. 1996]

150 ideas from contributors that include Scott Atran, Susan Blackmore, Nicholas Carr, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Daniel C. Dennett, Esther Dyson, George Dyson, Brian Eno, Helen Fisher, Howard Gardner, Terry Gilliam, Daniel Goleman, Alison Gopnik, Sam Harris, Virginia Heffernan, Arianna Huffington, Jennifer Jacquet, Kate Jeffery, Kevin Kelly, Law-rence Krauss, Seth Lloyd, Tim O'Reilly, Steven Pinker, Lisa Randall, Martin Rees, Matt Ridley, Douglas Rushkoff, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Sherry Turkle, J. Craig Venter, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek — and more
Kindle Edition from HarperCollins Publrs [2/2014] for $8.99
Harper Perennial 8x5¼ pb [2/2014] for $12.96

Working Minds: Solutions
Main Solutions Index Page
Alternative Energy Page
Alternative Media Page
Alternative Fuel Vehicles Page
Electric & Hybrid-Electric Vehicles Page
Making A Difference Page
Environment Page
Progressive Talk Radio Page
Recycling Page
Solar Energy Page

Labor, Capitalism & the Working Mind
one place to begin taking back control of our individual lives
is thru the dormant power of the labor unions . . .

Activism Pages
Occupy MovementU.S. ConstitutionU.S. Supreme Court

The Revolution is never over! The Class War is perpetual! (The Japanese surrendered in 1945, but the Republican/neo-con/fascist forces have not surrendered!)

Meaning & Purpose / Working Minds Philosophy of Empowerment

Reason-Based Taxation / Working Minds Philosophy of Empowerment

United Federation of Indentured Servants [est.2010]

Working Minds 'Boycott W-9 Project' {begun 2/2006, suspended 1/2009, moved 3/2012, revived 3/2017)


Five Easy Ways That You Can Support The Working Minds Website

One: Forward any issue of the WMail philosophy & activism ezine, or any essay, to lots of people.

Two: At no extra cost to you, you can set the WMstores page as a Favorite and use that page when shopping at Amazon.
The cost to you is the same as ever, but you will divert a tiny commission on whatever you purchase there to
help pay for the WM website – simple instructions here.

Three: Check out the "Things To Worry About / Books on the Subject" pages and purchase books, etc. via Amazon:

Earth's BiosphereClass War & EconomicsGlobal Warming
EducationCorporations vs. AmericaHealthcareEnergy
International PoliticsBooks on U.S. Politics & ElectionsMedia & The Bill of Rights

Four: Install a link to the Working Minds website – simple instructions here.

Five: Buy a copy of my noir mystery novel "Backlot Requiem", available online at Amazon in 6 countries (Kindle &
trade paperback & hardcover formats), plus at Barnes & Noble. More info at the Rick Walker, Private Detective website.

Books & eBooks

         The 'Working Minds' Philosophy of Empowerment began inside an act of existential will.
         Having learned the techniques of Creativity from Landmark Education, I chose a moment and intended to Create.
         All creation comes from Nothing. One must (merely) set aside everything that is going on internally, and tolerate Silence for as long as it takes. Inside such a Clearing, something will happen, seemingly within the usual senses, but experienced in totality – Everything / Nothing. That 'something' derives from the Silence just created, and may be experienced as sound or visuals or language, or any combination.
         What appeared to me in that Clearing in January 1998 was two words: "Working Mind"

         I began to think on that, willing myself to set aside the chatter of my False Mind (wherein I got that distinction clearly) and to ponder this new concept. I knew that I had discovered something of value, possibly of importance, and the more that I thought about it, the bigger the concept appeared.
         In thirty days I had written 100 pages and designed most of the final outline. By the end of the year I had written 600 pages, loving every minute of that work — I was empowered.

         Around that time I realized that the first four chapters contained the entire concept in summary, in one-tenth the pages, and that the rest was designed to delve deeper into the same subjects. So I produced a 'Preview Edition' – first on paper, then as an online document, and eventually as downloadable ebooks – of those four chapters and the full index of the 600 pages, and offer it to all as a free ebook (in 3 formats) to get this new paradigm begun as a conversation out in the world.
         — G.E.Nordell

Take a look at the Table of Contents of the final work
then download the WORKING MINDS Source Document
FREE and in three ebook formats —
which contains the first four [root] chapters of the philosophy.

The completed first book of 20 chapters
WORKING MINDS: A Philosophy of Empowerment
will be published soon.
The second book of 20 chapters
WORKING MINDS 2: A Road Less Taken
will follow.

Information on free WM eBooks
'Working Minds' Table of Contents
The 'Working Minds' Book Series

Working Minds Source Document for Kindle
The "Working Minds: A Philosophy of Empowerment - Source Document" book was
converted to Kindle format in July 2011; download is now available at Amazon
click here for Kindle Edition from Amazon [7/2011] for $3.00

Google   
www.Working-Minds.com     the web

Department of Someday

logo for the Working Minds Philosophy Institute (graphic by Charles Mourat of Australia 3/2007) which will be a [501(c)3] non-profit entity

Billboard Advertising
#1 [June 2003]#2 [June 2004]#3 [July 2006]#4 [June 2012]


Ayn Rand / Objectivism Links

Ayn Rand Bio & Links Page
Mini-version of John Galt's Speech
Ayn Rand Quotations Page
Ayn Rand works at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore
Ayn Rand Film Festival at Magic Lantern

Objectivism [dot] net
'The Objectivist' website
Objectivism Online website
The Importance of Philosophy
Brasilian Ayn Rand Website [in Portuguese]
Russian Ayn Rand Website
Dutch Objectivism Website
Society for the Study of Ayn Rand in Japan
Ayn Rand Australia [website disappeared 2009}
Kansas Objectivists [HQ = Lawrence KS] {website disappeared 2009}
Objectivist Thinkers of Ohio State University {website disappeared 2009}
The Rattigan Society for Gay & Lesbian Objectivists
Rebirth of Reason™ Objectivism website

search books on keywords 'objectivism+philosophy' {returns 320+ titles} at Amazon


Existentialism Links
An existentialist is someone who acts rightly for no reason.

Existentialism topic at Wikipedia
Maison d'Être Bookstore's Existentialism Page
Maison d'Être Bookstore's Existentialist Film Festival
Maison d'Être Bookstore's Albert Camus [1913-60] Page
Maison d'Être Bookstore's Jean-Paul Sartre [1905-80] Page
C.S. Wyatt's 'Existential Primer' website

search books on keywords 'existential+philosophy' {returns 800+ titles} at Amazon


Progressivism Links
A progressive is defined as someone who works to make the world a better place for everyone.

Progressivism topic at Wikipedia
"The Fifty Most Influential Progressives of the Twentieth Century" article [The Nation Sept 2010]
The Nation Magazine's slide show of 50 Progressives of the Twentieth Century

"The Most Influential Progressives of The XXIst Century"
being developed at The Nation Magazine thru 2011

Working Minds Philosophy's Progressivism Page

Working Minds / Solutions / Progressive Talk Radio


Key Pages On These Sites
Werner Erhard Page
Transactional Analysis Page
Quantum Physics Page

Working Minds Philosophy's Fascism & Barbarians Pages
Working Minds Philosophy's Barbarians & Fascists Pages
Working Minds Philosophy's Worry About / Hydraulic Fracking Page
Working Minds Philosophy's Worry About / Racism Page
Working Minds Philosophy's Worry About / Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty Page

Abraham Lincoln [1809-65] Quotations Page
Albert Einstein [1879-1955] Quotations Page
Greek philosopher Aristotle [384-322 B.C.E.] Quotations Page
Ayn Rand [1905-82] Quotations Page
Barack Obama Quotations Page
Benjamin Franklin [1706-90] Quotations Page
Bertrand Russell [1872-1970] Quotations Page
E.B. White [1899-1985] Quotations Page
Edward Abbey [1927-89] Quotations Page
Edward R. Murrow [1908-65] Quotations Page
Eleanor Roosevelt [1884-1962] Quotations Page
Elbert G. Hubbard [1856-1915] Quotations Page
Eric Hoffer [1902-83] Quotations Page
Ernest Hemingway [1899-1961] Quotations Page
Franklin Delano Roosevelt [1882-1945] Quotations Page
Friedrich Nietzsche [1844-1900] Quotations Page
F. Scott Fitzgerald [1896-1940] Quotations Page
G.E. Nordell Quotations Page
George Bernard Shaw [1856-1950] Quotations Page
George Orwell [1903-50] Quotations Page
G.K. Chesterton [1874-1936] Quotations Page
Helen Keller [1880-1968] Quotations Page
H.L. Mencken [1880-1956] Quotations Page
Henry David Thoreau [1817-62] Quotations Page
John F. Kennedy [1917-63] Quotations Page
John Steinbeck [1902-68] Quotations Page
Mahatma Gandhi [1869-1948] Quotations Page
Mark Twain [1835-1910] Quotations Page
Martin Luther King, Jr. [1929-68] Quotations Page
Oscar Wilde [1854-1900] Quotations Page
Ralph Waldo Emerson [1803-82] Quotations Page
Dr. Samuel Johnson [1709-84] Quotations Page
Theodore Roosevelt [1858-1919] Quotations Page
Thomas Jefferson [1743-1826] Quotations Page
Wm. Faulkner [1897-1962] Quotations Page
Winston Churchill [1874-1965] Quotations Page

Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore
Books To Ponder Pages
Business Management Books Page
Philosophy In A Nutshell
Thinking & Intelligence Pages
"Economics Or Else!" Pages
Political Science Page
Philosophy Film Festival
Existentialist Film Festival

Charles Bukowski [1920-94] Page
Carlos Castañeda [1925-98] Page
Charles Darwin [1809-82] Page
Richard P. Feynman [1918-88] Page
R. Buckminster Fuller [1895-1983] Page
Stephen W. Hawking Page
Martin Heidegger [1889-1976] Page
Robert L. Heilbroner [1919-2005] Page
C. Wright Mills [1916-62] Page
Friedrich Nietzsche [1844-1900] Page
Sun Tzu [544?-496? B.C.E.] & 'The Art of War'
Nikola Tesla [1856-1943] Pages
Thorstein Veblen [1857-1929] Page
Ludwig von Mises [1881-1973] Page

Maison d'Être Beatnik Coffeehouse
The 'Beat Generation' Page
Lord Buckley [1906-60] Page
Wm. S. Burroughs [1914-97] Page
Allen Ginsberg [1926-97] Page
Jack Kerouac [1922-69] Page
Allan W. Watts [1915-73] Page
Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's Zen-ness Dept.


Philosophy Organizations & Sites

Philosophy WebRing
Josephson Institute of Ethics
Hippias Limited Philosophy Search  [suspended Sept 2003]
The Philosophers' Magazine [UK]
Philosophy Index [UK]
Philosophy of Mind Dictionary
Ben Wattenberg's 'Think Tank' on PBS
"Free Inquiry" Spring 1999 Interview with Arthur C. Clarke
Fambof Philosophy Links
'Philosophy Talk' radio show on NPR [launched Jan 2004]
Australasian Assn. of Philosophy
Australasian Journal of Philosophy
USOPO.net - society links directory / Philosophy {under construction 2010}
Works of Western Philosophy Page
MindfulDirect / Mindful Magazine [est. 2013]

World Philosophy Day [November 2013 = #12], sponsored by U.N.E.S.C.O..

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Philosophy in Business
Philosphy Now Magazine [UK] est. 1991
Philosophy Research Base

Council for Secular Humanism         The Edge / Reality Club         Click here for ephilosopher.com


Personal Philosophy Sites

Jason P. Rudd & book "The Self" [Aug 2003]
Melissa Shimu's "Planetary Bill of Rights Project" & blog
Jean Champagne's Philosophy/Books Site
Sean Gould's 'Theory of Options'
Raul Corazzon's 'Formal Ontology' Site
Dr. Robin Craig's Monorealism Philosophy Site
Mark F. Sharlow's Philosophy/Book Site
Larry Hauser's Philosophy of Mind Links
plus his Philosophy Comix
Franz Kiekeben's List of Individual Philosophy Sites
Philip Atkinson's 'Theory of Civilisation'
Paulo Freire site: English | Portuguese
Philip Jones's PHILOdanceSOPHY Theater Company
A.O. Kime's Matrix Bookstore & Philosophical Writings
Psachno's 'Philosophy Mind Art' blog [est. 7/2011]
'spiritual intellectual' Ken Wilber: browse booksIntegral Institute

The Society for Philosophical Inquiry


You are cordially invited
to join the Revolution!

The Working Minds Manifesto:
Revolution For A World That Works
Where Quality of Life is the Most Important Value

in Englishin Frenchauf Deutschen Español
in Dutchin Italianin Russianin Greek

Visitor Map
Create your own visitor map!



Landmark Education Corp.
or visit G.E. Nordell's Landmark Education Links Pages first


Author Info
e-mail to the author
my Rick Walker series of noir detective novels
Author's Homepage
information on free Working Minds eBooks

Dateline Chamesa weblog [est. October 2005]


Working Minds is Gary Nordell's powerhouse philosophical compendium of newsletters, essays, solutions, quotations from the world's greatest thinkers, ebooks, a blog, and a manifesto for individual participation in the survival of humanity and the fulfillment of Mankind's Potential. Wide-ranging topics are based partly on ideas of Ayn Rand, Albert Camus, Eric Berne, C. Wright Mills, Thorstein Veblen, Carlos Castañeda and others, plus a little quantum physics and a host of original thought. Issue #45 was one of his best, on "What Is Reason?" This is not a relaxing read. Nordell's rhetoric will rev up your reasoning mind and challenge your values.
— from a Resource Page at 'Game Puzzles - For The Joy of Thinking' [est. 1979] in Pasadena, Maryland

      Lady Socrates Philosophy Website       Golden Web Award 2003-2004       Philosophy Research Base

American Mensa Ltd.

this Working-Minds.com website was awarded Gold Certified status at the Nerdy Web Analytics Hall of Fame in May 2013

Recip Links to G.E. Nordell Website + ML + SA  ••  Working Minds Sitemap Page

Visiting this webpage from outside the U.S.A.? It is possible to make purchases from these coded Amazon (USA) links
via other Amazon sites: just follow these instructions.

Online sales in association with  search books on keywords 'existential+philosophy' {returns 800+ titles} at Amazon

Launched July 2014: Enjoy unlimited access to over 600,000 Kindle Edition titles and thousands of audiobooks on any device for just $9.99 a month — Or start your 30-day free trial!              Amazon Prime offers a range of services, including free shipping. Basic fee is $14.99 per month after 30-day free trial {$180/year} or $139 per year after 30-day free trial. Also student rates. So click here and start your 30-day free trial!

[ created 12/1999 ... ... last update ]

website built by G.E.N. Website Design & Construction