Why Don’t Philosophers Grapple With Love?
While studying philosophy in college, I was given the opportunity to have a research project supported by the University. I had been working with a professor on moral psychology of guilt, contempt,...
View ArticleWork Ethic as Necessary for Fulfillment
Work ethic is at the core of becoming a fulfilled person. If you’re somebody who pursues work as a way to fulfillment, failing to have good work ethic will make it impossible for you to truly become...
View ArticleThe Conditions for Romantic Love
This is one of a series of posts on the issues of romantic love. Check out my first post here. The issue of romantic love is a loaded topic. In the English language, we use the word “love” to describe...
View ArticleHow to Change the World, Starting Now
This is based on my talk I gave on Saturday at the Ohio State University in Columbus, OH at the Ohio Students For Liberty Regional Conference. You can find the slides here. I want to start off by...
View ArticleFour Ways to Think About Changing the World
I recently finished the phenomenal series of essays by Venkatesh Rao, Breaking Smart, focused on how software is eating the world and the implications from this. It’s easily the best thing I have read...
View ArticleOn Resentment, Indignation, and the Emotional Case for Political Diminution
An understanding of the expectations of a given community helps inform where resentment and guilt ought to be targeted in times of crisis. This is hard when your community-of-reference is large. In...
View ArticleWhen Those You Respect Respect You
Thinking of success & excellence as being entirely independent of other people only makes sense in an atomistic world. In reality, those we respect and admire are mirrors for our own values and...
View ArticleHow School Undermines the Self-Efficacy of Recent Grads
Self-efficacy is one of the core concepts in developing a healthy sense of self-esteem. At its basic level, it is a competence and sense of competence about one’s ability to handle life and to navigate...
View ArticleReview of Square One: The Foundations of Knowledge (Steve Patterson)
Ayn Rand once wrote that no mind is better than the precision of its concepts. If that is the case, then Square One is the sharpening block for the concepts of the mind. Patterson’s short little book...
View ArticlePersonality Dispositions and Social Change: Openness and Conscientiousness
I am sitting on my flight to San Antonio to join the State Policy Network for their Annual Meeting where I will be speaking on the role of movements and “remnants” in social change. I’ve written about...
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