Our 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…

Others 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…

It is at the root of all our societal strife. Feeling powerless is one of the worst, if not the worst, feelings we can experience in our lives. Feeling unable to have any control over our lives strikes directly at the heart of our survival instincts. If we have no…

Neither is a full solution. The notion of everyone being treated fairly, equally, and having equal opportunities to thrive and succeed is an ideal we can all agree is a positive one. As soon as we take one step forward away from the base concept, however, the challenges and troubles…

# 5 : It is always a broadsword, never a scalpel. Evangelicalism is an ardent form of Protestant Christianity which believes in the doctrine of salvation through grace alone. That salvation can only be achieved through faith in Jesus’s atonement, that the Bible is God’s authoritative doctrine over mankind, and…

Happen before the merit measuring even begins. We can all agree equality as an ideal is a positive and desirable thing. Everyone being treated equally, experiencing life with equal footing and security. That doesn’t mean everyone always winning and no one ever losing but rather everyone having an equal opportunity…

As is often the case, his greatest strength is also a weakness. Joe Rogan is popular for a reason. He’s an engaging, genuine, curious guy devoid of any particular agenda or angle beyond exploring whatever ideas catch his attention through long-form conversation while also having a laugh. He is willing…

Not a complaint or life-defining defect. Just part of who I am. I did not wind up here by intended design, this outcome was not a deliberate target. It’s not because of any tenant of religious doctrine. No one has done this to me. It is simply the result of…

Most of us are. On any given metric the vast majority of us are in the middle of the bell-curve. The farther away from the center, the farther out towards the extremes the fewer examples or results there are. We can’t all be exceptional, the rarest percentile. We all have…