Assertions

Quick tweet-like takes on current events.

  • The strongest, most impenetrable prison humans can ever build for themselves is the thought that the future needs to be perfect before we get there. Continue reading

  • Molding Minds

    Perhaps, just perhaps, the more adults try to mold the minds of children, the more off the rails they can go. Everything is connected. Possibly, just possibly, the more “perfect” the obedient kids get, the more destructive the disobedient ones… Continue reading

  • Wisdom

    Wisdom is the product of experience, knowledge, and reflection. Wisdom is self-contained. It does not try to impose itself or extend outward by force or manipulation. Wisdom is a master of hospitality. Continue reading

  • Staying On The Path

    Never volunteer to take responsibility for anything you are not willing to do entirely by yourself. If you can get people to help, great… If you cannot, then you will not burn yourself to a cinder with frustration. Continue reading

  • The Evolution of Guilt

    Unless a parent is completely honest with their teenagers, the only way for a parent to protect their teenagers from making the same mistakes the parent made is to punish the teens for the parent’s secret guilt and shame. The… Continue reading

  • How It All Works

    During the feast we discover, develop, and create new things. During the famine the environment decides which of those things is worth anything. Humans, including all of our creations, cannot override this cycle. Continue reading