Basic Instructionshttps://www.basicinstructions.net/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:03:55 +0000en-USSite-Server v@build.version@ (http://www.squarespace.com)How To Get In Touch With HistoryScott MeyerMon, 08 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/6/1/how-to-get-in-touch-with-history57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:6a045277283f4c6a357ee77a

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]]>How to Predict How a New Technology May Impact Our LivesScott MeyerMon, 01 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/6/1/how-to-predict-how-a-new-technology-may-impact-our-lives57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:69fb17123ee3880411ff2287

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]]>How to Get In Touch With Your EmotionsScott MeyerMon, 25 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/5/25/how-to-get-in-touch-with-your-emotions57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:69f1d925b20fdf20422f8af0

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]]>How to Follow Standard ProcedureScott MeyerMon, 11 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/5/11/how-to-follow-standard-procedure57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:69df6b082f34aa342ce3a17f

NOTE: Because of personal business, there will be no comic next week. I plan to be back the week after.

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]]>How to Explain Your Past ActionsScott MeyerMon, 04 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/5/4/how-to-explain-your-past-actions57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:69d62ef8e2c59869ea7f534c

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]]>How to Take a Mature View of Your Early Role ModelsScott MeyerMon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/4/27/how-to-take-a-mature-view-of-your-early-role-models57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:69cce546bb536d7ea7b9ae69

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]]>How to Evaluate Your Adversary's VulnerabilitiesScott MeyerMon, 20 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/4/20/how-to-evaluate-your-adversarys-vulnerabilities57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:69c3c0db0c35be6052478185

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]]>How to Share NewsScott MeyerMon, 13 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/4/13/how-to-share-news57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:69ba8959b7b5721ddf661482

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]]>How to Evolve as a PersonScott MeyerMon, 06 Apr 2026 10:17:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/4/6/how-to-evolve-as-a-person57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:69b14f4ec530aa11ace03504

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]]>How to Understand Why Other People Don’t See What Is ObviousScott MeyerMon, 23 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/3/23/how-to-understand-why-other-people-dont-see-what-is-obvious57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:699ed40191f0cf055edb1401

There will be no new comic next week, while I travel south to do battle with the dreaded Portuguese bureaucracy! (It actually doesn't feel worse than American bureaucracy to me, but complaining about bureaucracy seems like a time-honored Portuguese tradition, and who am I to fight it?)

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]]>How to Share a Bad IdeaScott MeyerMon, 16 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/3/16/how-to-share-a-bad-idea57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:699597e6b3ddb55b84cb2381

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]]>How to Confront the Horrors of the PastScott MeyerMon, 09 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/3/9/how-to-confront-the-horrors-of-the-past57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:698c5fe2e270bb286b9c37ec

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]]>How to Help a Friend Re-Evaluate Their ChoicesScott MeyerMon, 02 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/3/2/help-a-friend-re-evaluate-their-choices57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:69832ad861141f4d0b1570c3

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]]>How to Know When to PanicScott MeyerMon, 23 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/2/23/how-to-know-when-to-panic57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:6979ef3baefeda4233c01f2a

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]]>How to Take Credit for a Good DeedScott MeyerMon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/2/16/how-to-take-credit-for-a-good-deed57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:6970b5b7c3cd0515a4684494

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]]>How to Find Where, Exactly, the Problem LiesScott MeyerMon, 09 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/2/9/how-to-find-where-exactly-the-problem-lies57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:69677477654e066cf6a7ed48

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]]>How to Finally Piece Things TogetherScott MeyerMon, 02 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/2/2/how-to-finally-piece-things-together57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:695e2fe7624c0b6c4bd9f627

NOTE:

I am NOT going to take Basic Instructions in a more political direction, but lately, I just keep remembering an episode of the HBO series John Adams, where a tax collector was being tarred and feathered, and a friend of Adams’ was silent. John Adams kept asking him, “Do you support this, Sir?”

If you want to avoid any mention of the current world situation, feel free to stop reading this commentary now, and rest assured, I plan to go back to the usual nonsense next week.

So, no, I definitely do not support this. I don’t think I’m going out on much of a limb, politically, when I say that the armed men in masks who attacked and killed both a woman who was trying to drive away, and a man who was trying to help a person up off the ground, are NOT the heroes of this, or any conceivable story. The idea that anyone might be offended to hear me say that shows how far we’ve fallen.

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]]>How to Remember Toys from Your ChildhoodScott MeyerMon, 26 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/1/26/how-to-remember-toys-from-your-childhood57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:6955060eda2e60463af5af8f

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]]>How to Complain about a Science Fiction Franchise and/or a Nostalgic Toy LineScott MeyerMon, 19 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/1/12/how-to-complain-about-a-science-fiction-franchise-andor-a-nostalgic-toy-line57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:69413df30432596d860f8e1c

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]]>How to Have a Philosophical DiscussionScott MeyerMon, 12 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/1/5/how-to-have-a-philosophical-discussion57ed984e9de4bbb0f817ec59:57edad3f2109d3232bf3e93e:693953060201756175b22a6d

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