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Excerpt: memento mori from Attention to Ordinary Revelations
A brief excerpt from Attention to Ordinary Revelations, Part 2 (of 8) from Book I of Volume I, in The Constellation of Man. I wrote this part several years ago. Today I decided to show it as a preview...
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In Defense of…
Not long ago I was writing some notes for The Constellation of Man about certain self-deceits of abstract thinkers, and in particular—to put a page of discussion succinctly—why philosophers (in a broad...
View ArticleOn Hiatus, working on a Mystery Project
I’ve been taking a break from updates about writing my books, because I’m taking a break from writing them. Instead I have been devoting time and effort to a big creative side project that is more in...
View ArticleFear is the Crisis
For many years now, my conviction has been that the great undeveloped area of human education is a suitable understanding and appreciation of human nature, especially commonalities of the mind—the ways...
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Knowledge Matters, Too (Tell the Twin Stories of Violence and Race)
With all due respect to the intentions behind #blackouttuesday and other online hashtag campaigns, a lot of online activism is most effective at making people feel good for participating, and showing...
View ArticleStrategy and Clarity about the Police State and Racism, continued
This post is a follow up to my previous post, Knowledge Matters, Too: Tell the Twin Stories of Violence and Race, which introduced the dispositive role that power plays, specifically the overlapping...
View ArticleOn Ugly Ideas and Intolerance
Ideas are neither benign, nor malignant, out of the context of a specific mentality. They depend entirely on our subjective mental context to affect us. As we respond to ideas in one way or another,...
View ArticleThe Liberating Value of Reconciliation
Two things amaze me, again and again, about American enthusiasm for rancor in politics. I. Vengeance welcomes and relishes any opportunities to humiliate or oppress one’s opponents, but shows no...
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Excerpt: a chorus of the living, an orchestra of echoes
A brief excerpt taken from Book III of Volume I of The Constellation of Man. These metaphors, like others I use in the book, introduce realism concerning the novelty of our personal appearance on...
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Systems indoctrinate, deprecate questioning and doubt, produce reactive...
(An extension of a few points I mentioned in this video concerning education.) So-called educational systems teach young students what to believe, how to behave, and perhaps skills deemed necessary—not...
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