Jan 11Member-onlyThe Problems With Echo-Chambers# 3 — Loud matters more than any other factor. We would all rather have the world around us confirm and reinforce our current perspectives, interpretations, and opinions than challenge or contradict them. We would rather be right than wrong. …Society13 min readSociety13 min read
Dec 13, 2022Member-onlyBalancing Any Playing Field Is Always A Messy EndeavorWe all agree with the concept of fairness, in the abstract. Applying it however… We all recognize the notion of fairness as a universal and fundamental good. Of course things being fair for all people is a good thing, an ideal. Things get sticky when we start striving to achieve…Society11 min readSociety11 min read
Nov 21, 2022Member-onlyManufactured OutrageNo longer a hobby or a career, it has become an all-encompassing lifestyle. Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. Mark Twain Anger is a natural emotional reaction. We feel it in…Society9 min readSociety9 min read
Oct 24, 2022Member-onlyFirst Step In Demonizing Something : Frame It As A ChoiceWhether it actually is a choice or not. In a strange irony we feel safer when there is a villain. Bad guys are dangerous, a malevolent presence threatening our lives with a promise of potential doom. But if at all possible we would vastly prefer a black-hat wearing villain to…Society9 min readSociety9 min read
Sep 20, 2022Member-onlyOpinions Are No Longer Optional, They Are RequiredAnd must take the form of declaring a side. We are in the midst of a highly conflicted time in the history of public discourse. Never before has every individual had access to so much information, spanning every continent and topic, and yet the dominant form of engagement between people…Society9 min readSociety9 min read
Sep 3, 2022Member-onlyThe Best Tool For Dealing With Change Is ListeningPlugging our ears and trying to shout it down only exhausts us and makes us look silly. Change is a daunting and uncomfortable thing, even a change for the better we fully want and have worked for. Change means replacing something known with something new, unfamiliar, and it is a…Self13 min readSelf13 min read
Aug 19, 2022Member-onlyEasy Victories Are Like Cotton CandyThey taste sweet in the moment but dissolve almost instantly with little to no lasting value. We all like to win. It’s a great feeling. A feeling we all need to experience from time to time in our lives in order to feel we have some degree of control and…Self13 min readSelf13 min read
Aug 5, 2022Member-onlyDeath By Dunning-KrugerWe humans are most dangerous when we only know a little bit. The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubt, while the stupid ones are full of confidence. Charles Bukowski Our desire to be right is not merely a flexing of arrogant ego. It…Self8 min readSelf8 min read
Jul 24, 2022Member-onlyGrammarly Ads Break My Heart A BitOur ability to effectively use language is not something to try and automate. Technology has entered into just about every aspect of our lives and automation has generated incredible levels of efficiency and convenience. However, our capacity to effectively use language is a far more critical skill than remembering phone…Language11 min readLanguage11 min read
Jul 11, 2022Member-onlyChoice As The ScapegoatOthers always have it, we never do. Choice is the primary, fundamental, core component of freedom. To have choice is to have freedom. It is the single most empowering ingredient in our lives. Ironically it is also what we often use as a scapegoat to criticize and dismiss the perceived…Self16 min readSelf16 min read
