Tag: contradiction
Intolerable Contradictions: Egality vs Liberty
There is a contradiction in appealing to equity and egalitarian outcomes in a society that proclaims individuality as a natural…
Protection paradox
How do you protect transparency, while at the same time protecting privacy? Open access, transparency, and truth require openness, while…
Time management
Hosteter’s law says projects you undertake will always take longer than you think, even when you account for adding time.……
Freedom as unfreedom
To be united in wanting freedom has a paradoxical opposite where each free person wants something different from any other,…
the body can be unreliable
Your gut produces instincts, which can steer you true. Your body also produces hormonal needs we can steer you into…
open horizon
Openness is scary: agoraphobia sets in. Options are endless, uncontrolled chaos unravels: dreaming begins. Holding control and chaos simultaneously is…
I am free, and that is why I am lost
To be free, or wholly liberated, is to have no map upon which to rely. The desire for stability and…
Strong pawns
There are pawns who appear to be strong opinionated and competitive advocates for their side. Some people are malleable to…
if uniqueness is penultimate, then…
We assume more liberty will allow unique individuality to flourish. But what if freedom primarily promotes libidinal fulfillment, which is…
Contradictions are System Alerts
Frustration at contradictions is an alert: the system is not serving us. For instance: we have starvation amidst abundance. We…