Late sleep. I forgot my belt this morning. I have weak coffee from the street and am racing to finish a document before noon. The lawnmowers around my building make it sound like summer, though I’m wearing a new hoody … Continue reading →

Busy days. I might have taken on too many things. I’m not experiencing much stress, but am beginning to recognize that I won’t be able to do everything over a singular period of time. I will have to approach these … Continue reading →

“It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself.”  

Back from a weekend in the woods. More later.

So most of last week I posted some things from a journal of ideas. There’s nothing specifically practical there, just idea pieces that seem right to me. In order to exist with vitality, people need a worldview. They need to … Continue reading →

Think more, talk less. That way you might get heard. But have something to say first. Passing bubble tests celebrates and rewards a peculiar form of analytical intelligence. This kind of intelligence is prized by money managers and corporations. They don’t … Continue reading →

Put everything into the context of enhancement of freedom, or the inhibition of freedom. Codification and decodification. Name things, if you can name them, you can change them. Always look rigorously. Identify the meaning, validity and value of things. Never … Continue reading →

Liberate yourself from the quest to dominate others. Nothing is more important in life than concern for your personality. Life without critical self examination is not worth living for humans. Good teachers do not put answers in the minds of … Continue reading →

We live by armies of metaphors. Don’t socialize people into the norms of the present, but to improve them Intellectual conscience. We must be challenged to choose ourselves in the world. Sense making and meaning creation. Authentic activity of humans. … Continue reading →