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Moral Flip: Empathy as Chaos
Empathy for those less fortunate leads to pleas for benevolent altruism: Universal basic, open borders, or reallocated police funding. Taken…
Moral Flip: Idealism leads to Evil
High moral principles reduce room for compromise. In fact, compromise itself is often seen as suspect. Inverse to our lauded…
Relaxing amongst loved ones
There is a gentleness in being around people you love who love you. When profoundly content, self-regulation can soften. This…
The Fragmented Mirror
In the pre-digital era, a universal similarity of content was reflected back to the mass audience (the public): they gazed…
Controlled descent
At some point (in the journey of life) our inertia diminishes. At this apogee/apex/peak we start slide down, captured by…
life as chess
Given a well-constructed set of rules, only a few solutions exist, yet moves must be made to progress. Each action/step/move…
Disciplined excess
Religion is false, not empirical rationality, however, it produces a different degree of outcome than the lies of self motivated,…
double standards
To bear two standards (banners or flags of loyalty) is to serve multiple masters: the favorite person and fidelity to…
Rock Star v Dragon
The rockstar creates and energizes while the dragon protects its hoard. The glamour of creativity is alluring, yet for most,…