Tag: truth
Follow the Drinking Gourd: Call to a New Goodness
What I’d like to see take off is a movement for a new goodness, one that cherishes and preserves the most excellent moral ideals of the past while taking into consideration the deep lessons we humans have learned on our long, blundering journey toward the ideal of a just society. Continue reading Follow the Drinking Gourd: Call to a New Goodness
Resist Herd Mentality by Cultivating “Intelligent Disobedience”
Why are we humans so trusting about the information we receive? The short answer is that we’re social animals who depend on each other, especially our leaders, for information. Continue reading Resist Herd Mentality by Cultivating “Intelligent Disobedience”
When Vengeance Means Doing the Right Thing
There’s ultimately no reward for you in compromising your moral integrity, even on someone else’s behalf, and the person who asks you to do it is letting you down in a big way. Continue reading When Vengeance Means Doing the Right Thing
A Wild West Reimagined for Postmodern Prospectors
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is comprised of a series of six separate anecdotes, unrelated except for a common thread: the contest with our mortality and what it reveals about us. Continue reading A Wild West Reimagined for Postmodern Prospectors
The Mindful Bard 