Almost all of my writings end with the same call to action. That being to make your best effort to find empathy and compassion for everyone you encounter. I figured that it is about time that I dive into this a bit deeper. Saying those words is easy, but putting those words into action is … Continue reading Compassion and Empathy

I try not to advocate too hard for anything specific. In the past I’ve overused phrases such as ‘we must’ and ‘one should’. It’s pretty arrogant for one person to think that they’ve got anything to offer another person via unsolicited advice. An effort has been made in this past year with the re-ignition of … Continue reading Wealth Over Health

What is a nation? It can be a lot of things I suppose. It is a place where people share an accepted fiction. It is a vessel or vehicle for values. Nations are contained within lines drawn on a map. Lines that are largely arbitrary, or at the very least of little real consequence. They … Continue reading Nations

Envy is powerful. It seems beyond our control, and is not easy to anticipate. All of the sudden we have an experience that makes us feel angry, guilty, resentful, regretful, inadequate, and depressed. This can happen in an instant. If gone unexamined it can start a series of thoughts and actions that can lead to … Continue reading Envy

Another wild conspiracy-theory exercise What if we are just a forgotten simulation. Just lost somewhere deep inside some mega-computer. All that we know of as reality is just one of a hundred, thousand, million, or infinite different simulations running in order to find a way forward for a society or civilization. Our particular simulation has … Continue reading Simulation