We all need purpose. Something that justifies our existence. Be it big or small, the vast majority of people that have existed searched for purpose. The masses need something to do or somewhere to focus their energy. Until recently Conflict filled that role. Putting one’s life on the line for their country and its citizens … Continue reading Conflict, Consumerism, Chaos, Cooperation

Our attention is quite valuable. It is currently more valuable than ever. If you wonder how all the tech companies are making their money it is by gathering, packaging, and selling our data. To them our data has a monetary value, which is actually much less than we would expect. I believe at last checking … Continue reading Your Attention

Our definition of American Liberty is a bit weird. We seem to define it as a total freedom to do as we wish - anyone or anything that stands between me and total autonomy is violating my liberty. I won’t argue against liberty being a virtue. It is indeed something that we should hold in … Continue reading Liberty

I’m not sure how necessary resolutions are. It seems that most people approach the new year as a chance to reinvent or re-imagine some aspect of their life. I’m not sure there needs to be a formal declaration of resolution, but what do I know? So I made one anyway, but didn’t fully understand it … Continue reading Resolution

It’s 2022 and to have an expectation is foolish. 2021 furthered an existing assumption of mine about the futility of expectation. This is not to say that one shouldn’t get excited about anything or even hold some small, hopefully trivial expectations, but to base one’s state of mood and emotions upon arbitrary expectations now seems … Continue reading 2022: Life is a Carnival