Category Archives: Culture

When Is the Last Time You Were You?

What we see on TV and movies isn’t real, but that doesn’t stop us from imitating imaginary people. And that means we never grow into who we actually are. Continue reading

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How Ordinary People Can Resist the Reset

If you’re vaguely uncomfortable with the way things are going these days, and are starting to suspect that there may just be something to the talk about elite parasites, and how they want to, well, take over the world and … Continue reading

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Get More Done by Slowing Down

An important part of reaching our goals is to slow down. Corporate culture tells us to work and work and work, but reality and truth tell us to take time to think and rest Continue reading

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Reject Corporate Culture and Find Something Real Instead

Surely, our culture must be more than working too hard, constantly feeling overwhelmed, and burying our faces in our phones? Continue reading

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You Can Be Free, or Obedient, but Not Both

Obedient people are loyal not to friends and family, but to authority, and the authorities. It’s wise to be wary of them. Continue reading

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Finding Truth in a World of Questionable Facts

The challenge of living in an information society is sifting through the facts and determining what is true and what is false. Continue reading

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How Do We Know What’s True?

Truth is not something we are told; it is something we seek. And in seeking it, we ask questions, express doubts, ask for proof. When we are discouraged from doing that, we need to ask why. Continue reading

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Wearing Masks — What Happens When We Do This?

Masks come in all forms. Some, like Halloween masks, conceal the entire face. A domino goes over the eyes. A surgical mask blocks the nose and mouth. Regardless of what type of masks they are, they all do the same … Continue reading

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Trendy Phrases Lead to Shallow Talk

I watched way too much TV as a child. To this day, one of my more dubious accomplishments is the ability to sing, word for word, assorted advertising ditties and intro music to insipid situation comedies from the 1970s. I … Continue reading

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Manipulating Numbers — It’s Really Easy

Numbers are fascinating, because they are so incredibly easy to manipulate. We’re taught that they’re firm and solid, and when they are thrust in our face, we can believe what we’re told, especially when the person doing the telling and … Continue reading

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