Sep 21, 20153 minFragments of humanismL’enfer, c’est les autres?— Contrary to what Sartre pessimistically thought, if hell exists, it is not other people. It is the absence of...
Aug 8, 20153 minExcerpts on happinessIt’s a cliché but it’s worth repeating: one cause of modern loneliness is the attitude of treating people as means to an end, namely...
Apr 18, 20153 minIn defense of Socrates(This is the sequel to the blog post "From the Greeks to the Enlightenment." From my book Finding Our Compass.) Nietzsche ridiculed the...
Feb 10, 20154 minFrom the Greeks to the Enlightenment[A book excerpt.] The best way to think about the human task of living is that it should be, as Nietzsche said, a continual journey of...
Sep 27, 20143 minRadical human natureThe power of indoctrination is shown by the fact that most people don’t consider themselves radical leftists, socialists, or anarchists....
Sep 15, 20143 minHomo ludens vs. homo institutorum[Excerpt from a book.] The psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott said it simply—one of those simple but profound truths worth remembering: “It is...