To Thine Own Self Be True
"This above all: to thine own self be true." This classic line is at the end of a monologue from Hamlet. It is the advice that Polonius gives to his…
Who Are You?
Who are you? Have a look in the mirror. There’s YOU. There’s some clothes and hair. Beneath that, some skin and genitalia. Beneath that some genes and predispositions. Beneath that,…
Semantics
Isn’t it obnoxious how much of the world doesn’t speak English? I went to Morocco one time and I stayed at a hotel where the concierge spoke Berber, Arabic, and…
A Thought on Tug-of-War
Imagine a game of tug-of-war. You and your team are facing up against another team. You get a good grip on the rope. If you look at the rope, at…
A Thought on School Security
One of my teachers from high school posted this and it really got me thinking. Why not? First, I don’t understand why there is such a partisan pushback on the…
A Thought on Hard Work
If you've read my other posts, you'll know that I try very hard not to offend people, especially people I disagree with. I value dialogue and respect between interlocutors. Having…
A Thought on Fighting Fires
Should firefighters exercise or save people from fires? I was rewatching an old Jordan Peterson clip recently. An audience member during an appearance Peterson made on Australian tv asked this…
A Thought on Trauma
Jordan Peterson was interviewed at the Aspen Ideas Festival a few years ago and, during the Q and A portion, John McWhorter asked him a question: How do you know…
A Thought on $44,000,000,000
Money is a very interesting entity. In my mind, it's one of the most amazing inventions in all of human history. Money is the embodiment of the abstract idea of…
A Thought on Books and Masks
Mandatory and forbidden. Is there a gap between those two? Is anything not mandatory therefore forbidden? Is anything not forbidden obviously mandatory? Book bans are in the headlines these days.…