Self-help books are written by people offering guidance and advice to others, so in which sense are self-help books SELF help?
Thoughtlets
Myopia.
Sometimes we’re so pre-occupied by nurturing grudges with our enemies, we fail to notice opportunities for friendships.
Struggle.
For many, getting through the day is like being a mole on asphalt.
Count to 10
The following is a little bit of recycled advice from one of my early posts. Why the advice? To encourage you to 1) Protect your health and well-being (physical/mental/emotional/social); 2) Protect your reputation; 3) Protect your intellectual integrity. ADOPT THE… Read More ›
Tragedy of the Commons. Hardin
If you’ve never read Garrett Hardin’s “Tragedy of the Commons” (1968), let me recommend it as worth having under your belt. (6 pages) https://www.hendrix.edu/uploadedFiles/Admission/GarrettHardinArticle.pdf Roughly, Hardin describes how rational individuals acting in their own self interests will deplete a shared… Read More ›
Hobbes on Consensus
If ‘x’ is true, then ‘x’ is true independently of whether one man [sic] or all men believe ‘x’ is true. But no one man’s reason, or the reason of any one number of men makes the certainty, no more… Read More ›
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