Category: Philosophy
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American Risk Aversion Is Crippling Society
Something changed in the last couple of generations. We look back on our history at times when we were far more willing to do dangerous things to accomplish what we knew was right. The Revolutionary War, the Civil War, both World Wars; our nation used to be filled to the brim with people willing to […]
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Finding Balance in Your Work
It’s easy sometimes to get buried under all the negativity in the world around us. We struggle to get through the day and lose sight of the good things that are still in our lives. Our minds are constantly bombarded with the problems of others and the carelessness of those who are more concerned with […]
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They Just Don’t Make Them Like They Used To
It’s funny how the topics for this blog pop into my head. Sometimes I already have an idea floating around, but other times my mind is a blank, so I just randomly start looking around on the internet for something that speaks to me and an idea will snap into my head. For this article, […]
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Subjective Suffering and How to Approach It
There is a lot of suffering in the world. In some places it is so tangible that you can objectively state that there can be no comparison to it. Extreme poverty, past genocides and hyper-controlling authoritarian regimes are some examples of suffering in which any reasonable person would agree falls within the realm of true […]
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You Don’t Have Anything to Say Until You’ve Lived a Little
At some point in our society, the youth of our nation began taking the stage and pushing forward new ideas that they felt made sense to them. At some point, the elders of our society began allowing this to happen, perhaps thinking that fresh and new ideas were a good thing. This is true to […]
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The Dichotomy of Compassionate Meat Eaters
I am a meat eater. I always have been and I always will be. No matter what crazy contraptions they come up with to synthesize meat or turn vegetables into meat alternatives, there is just something about the completely natural flesh of animals fit for human consumption that satisfies something primal inside me. I imagine […]
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Anarchy Sounds Great…But Simply Can’t Work
As a Libertarian leaning individual, I have an issue with authority. I believe in the sovereignty of the individual over that of the group. We as individuals might be willing to make sacrifices for the greater good, but instinctively we balk at the idea of the choice being removed. It is a good thing when […]
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Finding Hope in a Hopeless World
I’ve always been told that I’m a pessimist. My reaction to events tend to be very pragmatic, and I think this comes off as being negative because most of the time my assumption is that things just aren’t going to work out if it’s something that is out of the ordinary or outside of what […]
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Video Isn’t Always Better Than Text
I’m not really sure how to categorize this article. I typically focus on either political ideology, philosophical arguments for human behavior, or topics to help with self improvement on this blog. It could fit within that self improvement column, but in reality this is just pointing out something that our society is moving away from […]
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Should America Allow More Immigration?
We like the idea that people come to this country because they value what our society stands for. The world at large sees America as a beacon of light, and the reason so many flock to our borders is exactly because we offer something most of the rest of the world does not: freedom. This […]
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