4 days agoMember-onlyThe Influence Of AttractivenessPhysical attractiveness is powerful but it is not the only influential type of attraction. Research has proven again and again that we are predisposed to view and treat people we perceive as attractive more favorably. Definitions of what is considered attractive can vary wildly from culture to culture or over…Self9 min readSelf9 min read
Feb 13Member-onlyThe Benefits Of Performative Battles Over Real OnesWhen provocation and attention are the only true goal, no actual results are necessary. The ‘information economy’ has morphed into the ‘attention economy’. Attention has come to matter more than verifiable accuracy or results, it is the only currency. Our accusations do not to be based in any verifiable evidence…Society10 min readSociety10 min read
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
