A thought-provoking Twitter thread on how morality changes with time, perspective, and personal consequences. I sometimes ask students what their position on slavery would have been had they been white and living in the South before abolition. Guess what? They...read more...
If we’re really being mindful as we are hearing the bell, we see that for however long the sound lasts—maybe 15 seconds, or 20 seconds, or 30 seconds—within that time, there is constant change going on. It’s nuances of sound:...read more...
Excellent talk by Jocko Willink on the importance of empowering people as you lead them: When you have to go execute something, I want you to plan it. I’m not gonna plan it for you. I want you to plan...read more...
I’m going to go out on a limb here. I’m going to look into my crystal ball and predict that there’s something you want to do right now but you’re too scared to do it. It’s not necessarily something really...continue reading on Medium...
An excellent interview with Nicholas Carr, author of “The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains.” The central thesis of Carr’s book is that the internet hasn’t just changed how we access information, but how our brains treat...read more...
It seemed allowing others to care for us is sometimes hard to accept. We may view it as a weakness, imagine we are a burden, or not worthy of such attention; and yet we often have no trouble caring for...read more...
It seems like everybody’s talking about racism at the moment, but there’s significant disagreement about what it is. Some people claim that black people can’t be racist. Other’s insist that racism no longer exists. Still others seem to believe that...continue reading on Medium...
A lovely little talk by Abraham Twerski on the subject of anger: There’s some people who feel guilty for feeling angry…you don’t have a choice! The feeling of anger is not a choice and if you don’t have a choice...read more...
What is the self? As with any complex and slippery concept, we can draw on literally thousands of years worth of philosophical discussions in both the eastern and western traditions to address the question. But perhaps it will be simpler...read more...