Wendell Berry: The Most Brilliant Heist In History
For Monday/Wisdom, it’s fitting to hear from Wendell Berry, a man known for pointing out how all that is currently wrong with our world can…
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Media Manufacturing Consent
Yesterday we talked about implied consent through inaction. For our Monday/Wisdom explorations, I’d like to submit to you a related idea about the role of…
Elements of Geometry and Logic
We’ve just begun a free online course Mathematics and Logic: From Euclid to Modern Geometry by Hillsdale College. The course is based largely on Euclid’s…
Three Levels of Relationship
I use this framework a lot to talk about all types of relationships: marriage, friendship, spirituality, etc. It can help to clarify what’s happening in…
Why Do We Dream?
What are dreams and why do we have them? Dreams are nearly universal, but often bizarre. This makes us believe they must serve a purpose,…
Brains Are Not Computers and Can’t Think In Them
Ever since the creation of the computer, we’ve been thinking of our brains in terms of memory, retrieval, and processing. Renowned psychologist Robert Epstein points…
The Systems Thinking Trinity
Two weeks ago, we watched “The Value of Systems Thinking” by consultant Chris Soderquist for the CDC, and I pointed out how you can view…
The Success Paradox
What would you like to accomplish? Right now, we as a community have some pretty big goals: We want to launch an awesome Minecraft gamer…
Brain Hacking: Procrastination
We’ve had a lot of talk about procrastination: the problem of low-energy and putting things off. It seems to show up as at least two…
A Tax On The Brain
Salty or tough characters like to quote the adage: “There are only two things certain in life: death and taxes.” Notice that these two inevitable…