Our Political Priorities – Own the Discussion, Own the Outcome
My YouTube and other feeds are full of politics, and I am looking for more! Often, the issue I am most interested in, is the one I am checking out right now. WOW, that isn’t a sustainable practice lately. I…
Stupidity Is the Topic — It’s Not What You Think
There are many posts and videos about Dietrich Bonhoeffer writings on social stupidity. They cover this meaningful topic in many ways, most use Bonhoeffer’s writings to explain how we ended up with the world we have. I want to go…
The Influence of Societal Stupidity and the Future of America
Preface Dietrich Bonhoeffer never wrote a book titled The Theory of Stupidity, but his insights on the subject come from his work Letters and Papers from Prison. In these writings, he explored how societal stupidity is not simply about intelligence…
Words Matter: Learning to Speak the Truth in a Manipulated World
I’ll be honest—I don’t know enough. Not about the words that are shaping the world around me, not about the labels being thrown around like weapons, not about the history that everyone else seems to already understand. And I hate…
Fear is the Oldest Weapon—And It Still Works
We Don’t Think for Ourselves as Much as We Think We Do That’s not an insult—it’s reality. Fear influences many of your decisions, often without you realizing it. It has your whole life. Fear is an ancient survival mechanism, and…
Our Anarchy
Preface After watching Oliver Anthony delivers rallying cry to world leaders, His words echoed the core ideas of personal autonomy, responsibility, and acting without waiting for permission—values that align with the spirit of modern anarchism. His words weren’t about destruction…
Walls Divide Bridges Unite: Overcoming Differences
It seems that we lean one way or the other, and of course we do, we often lean in the direction of the strongest winds from the blowhards with better lies. Each group has their favorite lies, and social media…
You Matter: Story of This Design
On February 26, 2012, a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer named George Zimmerman shot and killed 17-year-old Black teenager Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder in April 2012 and went to trial in June 2013. On July 13, 2013,…
The Good and Bad of It: AI Is Here for Good
NOTE: This content is AI (ChatGPT) generated based on a 3-hour-long, intense chat session to prompt the output. The discussion covered both the benefits and risks of AI, leading to this nuanced perspective. While AI structured the content, the insights…
The “Neither” Approach: Breaking Free from the Trap of Division
Introduction: The Case for “Neither” For all our talk about freedom and democracy, the United States seems uniquely obsessed with forcing every issue into a binary choice. While other nations struggle with ideological divides, we’ve taken it to an extreme,…
