I recently read Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. I really liked it. Most of her ideas are really cool; some maybe not so much. I can see where narrow-minded, short-sighted people would take those ideas and run in stupid directions. Anyway, I got the sense that she felt (or maybe she actually came right out and said) that human nature is to always be progressing, always moving forward. Maybe this is true. And this drive may Read more…
This could go a hundred ways, for a hundred pages. I’ll be brief. We are indoctrinated by pop culture. I find myself realizing that a lot of my ideas on right, wrong, how to conduct myself, what’s moral etc. come from movies I’ve watched. Movies are made by men and women. Often men and women immersed in a culture very unlike my own, very detached from the typical existence of most people on earth. Men Read more…
You know when you’ve been going through life, doing your thing, and are mostly unconsciously fed up with people and the way things work, or at least mildly disappointed in them? Then you meet someone who is just impressive in the way they communicate honestly, in how they conduct themselves through life? And it gives you hope? I like that.
This site covers a wide range of topics, probably seemingly (and maybe actually) with no relation to one another, except for the fact that they’re things I find interesting. What I hope ties them together is process of paying attention to ourselves, and the learning process. This site is about the process. I’m learning. I’ve come to terms with the fact that I’ll never be an expert or master at anything. I’ll always be a Read more…