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The State of the American Dream
How America works What it means to live in America is to self-actualize. To become something you were not before, or that you wouldn’t be somewhere…
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Distrust Is Too Expensive
I dated a woman one time. She had been in some bad relationships. It was obvious that she had been in some bad relationships, because she distrusted…
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What Reading Is For
Note: I know I told you a few weeks ago I was done publishing every Wednesday. But I’ve accidentally had a lot of decent ideas lately, so I’m taking…
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March 2024

Passion Sucks
Curiosity is better
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Identity Versus Information
The reason the internet is so full of bad information is because most people have never learned how to handle information. College (university) used to…
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For Whom Is Art?
The artist or the artee
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Little Bit of a Sociopath
Note: I’m no longer going to publish every Wednesday. Or at least, I might not. I have spent almost two and a half years now publishing a note every…
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February 2024

Time and Messes
Part of our lives is measuring things to determine how valuable, true, useful, or good they are, so we know what to spend our time on. Or what beliefs…
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People Are Not Getting Worse
Even though we insist they are
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The Carrot, the Stick, and the Daydream
Great work can't just be bought, it has to be done
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The Great Western Jobs Program
Industrially-necessary everything
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January 2024

The Paradox of Fatherhood
Love vs. neglect vs. greatness vs. goodness
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