Is it possible that the most difficult thing for a human is to have an independent thought? It has been said that everyone is the unconscious exponent of some dead philosopher or other. In other words, we’re all drinking somebody’s Kool-Aid. Every idea you have has been borrowed. Every belief inculcated. From birth, each new …
Independent Thought & Individualism – Myths of a Kind Read More »
I’m putting together a book list. Titles I’ve read that I can recommend to my kids or to anyone. I got the idea after listening to a Tim Ferris podcast interviewing Jordan Peterson during which he mentions Peterson’s list on his website. It is a fantastic list of 100 books. I copied the list into …
Yesterday’s post posed the question: would you accept a salary that would meet all of your needs for the rest of your life? I then discussed some pitfalls pursuant to chasing wants. My morning ritual involves coffee, a quick run-through of automated reminders about bills due, and a quick check of banking software to assure …
Have you ever stopped to consider it is your wants that get you into various troubles, and rarely your needs? I asked my 17-year-old son the other day if he would accept a job offer that would guarantee him all of his needs being met for life: food, shelter, clothing, transportation, medical, educational expenses, etc. …
I love to read. It is the single greatest skill a human can acquire in my opinion. The books I’ve read have transformed my life, and continue to do so. There is something magic about the transposition of knowledge, sensation, emotion, and longing that happens when a skillful author communicates via a form of ancient, …
Prelude to a Review of The Overstory…(is that a thing???) Read More »
My daughter Rachel, has a birthday today. I wanted to share a few words about her. She is talented, and giving, and nurturing, and a healer. Which is a miracle. She should be hardened and bitter and bruised and fragile, maybe a little broken and bent. As the firstborn of what eventually become a tribe …
I remain a mere novice at the feet of Patience. To aid in my learning journey, several years ago, I purchased a Big Green Egg. (Can you see what I did there. By assigning a moral imperative to an $1100 purchase, I baptized it. As if by magic, I transformed it from a Want to …
Karma Sowing and Reaping Call it what you will, there is a universal acknowledgment that not only our actions, but our intentions will have repercussions that in the unfolding and endless cycle (circle) of life will find their way back to us. A quick look at the etymology of Karma shows that it derives from …
I have the fondest memories of my brief time spent in Boulder, Colorado in the summer of 1985. I was 20 years old and On The Road. I remember seeing the first Ashrams I’d ever come across. Though unusual in my limited experience, their presence gave me a cosmopolitan sense of security and serenity. There …
I recently bumped into a fascinating term with which I was quite familiar by practice, but not by name. It is called the Availability Heuristic. The link will go to a wiki page with a more precise definition and some examples of how the phenomenon applies in various categories of life. In short, the availability …
