Most kids are conditioned almost from day one to obey arbitrary authority. No one attempts to explain or justify the source of the parent or teacher’s authority; no consent is sought, and no choice is offered.
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“Self-Authentic” Is Not a Synonym for “Self-Deprecating”
It takes honesty to be frank about your obstacles. It takes the same to be frank about your opportunities. Keep on keeping it real, but don’t let your obstacles monopolize your concept of self-authenticity.
“Obvious” Is Not a Synonym for “Real”
We’re not made apathetic by life itself. We’re made apathetic by our assumption that we would never have to endure creative challenges as a prerequisite for perceiving beauty.
Words Poorly Used #109 — Information
It’s just a system. It is independent of ideas of right and wrong. Data goes in and it gets transformed in the process that awaits it. The output is a direct result of the process.
How To Be a Cynic and an Idealist (at the Same Time!)
Is it better to be a cynic or an idealist? Should you give up on dreams or pursue them? Is the universe fundamentally friendly or hostile to happiness? Maybe you don’t have to choose.
Make No Mistake…
Everyone who wants any anti-gun “law” is promoting mass murder. Any politician who proposes any anti-gun “law” is befriending mass murderers. Any cop who enforces any anti-gun “law” is collaborating with mass murderers.
Some Things are Constant
Just like you don’t need to wake up each morning and test to see whether a dropped egg will still fall, you don’t need to wonder if it’s still not within your rights to walk around shooting random people or walking into their houses and taking what you want.
Gun Control Won’t Stop Mass Shootings; We Must Look Deeper (7m) – Editor’s Break 035
Editor’s Break 035 has Skyler explaining why he believes that gun control won’t stop mass shootings of the sort that occurred recently in Las Vegas, killing dozens and injuring hundreds.
The Yalta Fault Lines
Is it a coincidence that one of the most seismic occasions in human cultural history occurred at a place that is characterized by catastrophic geological phenomena?
Down with Partisan Politics
I find partisan politics disgusting, even repulsive for many reasons. Perhaps the most important is that it rests from A to Z on dishonesty and fraud.