To help me with my Stoic experiment, I have joined a Facebook group on Stoicism. One of its members posts daily quotes. His recent choices have created some interesting discussions around luxury, wealth, and redistribution. “No one can acquire many …
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I wrote this letter at about 4 am during another night of insomnia… Hopefully, it makes sense… Dear Senator, You don’t know what it’s like to wake up at 4 am from a racing heart wondering if you have a …
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On this day designated to celebrate the declaration of independence of the United States from Britain, I’ve been thinking about what independence and freedom mean both on a personal and a political level – and how relooking at these terms, …
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I have long been fascinated with cognitive dissonance because it is behind a lot of troubling behavior in the stereotype arena. Cognitive dissonance arises when we hold two contradictory thoughts (technically “cognitions: ideas, beliefs, values or emotional reactions”). For example, …
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A friend of mine pointed me to a beautiful musical collaboration between David Broza, an Israeli musician, and Wisam Murad, a Palestinian musician. Somehow this song tugged at my heart deeply. I am guessing that it tapped into my despair …
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Cross-posted from the LIFT economy blog What does it mean to feel free to live the life we want to? What are the implications for broadening our definition of liberty to include the freedom from domination? Such an expansion could …
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