It’s no small annoyance whenever an interlocutor stops to evaluate whether what I have just said falls on the political left or the right. In so doing she’s pegging me to a side. And once pegged, in her mind, whether… Read More ›
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What are Thoughtlets ?
Thoughtlets are 1-3 liners that make some comment or observation about stuff that rattles around in my head. Not just any and all stuff, mind you. Thoughtlets are seeds generated by the philosophical and social topics I’m interested in.
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Do I deny that there are people not worth talking to? Certainly not. I’m only cautioning you not to be one of them. … Read More ›
Small house in a big world. The power of perspective.
I don’t know how old I was when I first heard I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very big world. But as one of my dad’s favourite quotes, I’ve known it as… Read More ›
The human GPS network: navigating our lives.
We tend to take for granted how profoundly we rely on others to help us navigate our worlds, including our social worlds. We go for counselling; we lose sleep researching (other people’s research); we lose sleep about big decisions, such… Read More ›
