One wonders if, 30 years from now on the 100th anniversary of D-Day, America and Europe will still be commemorating the landing in the same schlocky, sentimental way. The post…
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thoughts on life
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Sometimes you stumble across a quote from an expert that so misses the mark that it makes you question your own perception of reality. For example, a renowned child psychologist,…
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In his book, “Becoming Human,” paleo-anthropologist Ian Tattersall says, “In both the anatomical and the technological realms, the history of our lineage has been one of episodic innovation, and not…
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Only a fool speaks of seeing the glass half full when there’s a crack in the bottom. Man is imperiling the human prospect to the same degree that he is…
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The brain has lived in terms of psychological time for tens of thousands of years, perhaps much longer. Time, as becoming, has been humankind’s basic mode for as long as…
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The question of free will has bedeviled philosophers for ages. Modern science is both throwing new light on the issue, and increasing the shadows of confusion by upholding the separate…
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“Speak your truth” is a commonly accepted phrase in North America these days. How widely and well it translates into other languages I don’t know, but it has fingernails on…
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Is seeking status an immutable aspect of human nature, as social commentators assume? Or is status seeking, like tribalism/nationalism, something that a modicum of self-knowing and right education can affect…