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Two Truths
Not all truths are self-evident.
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Can We Forge a Healthy Rivalry?
It’s okay to disagree. If the stakes aren’t too high it can even be fun.
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Beware of Originalists
They hold an unrealistic and toxic philosophy that is dangerous for an ever-evolving society.
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Have We Outgrown Religion?
If it can’t keep up with the times, it should be left behind.
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12 Things to Discuss before Getting Married
It’s really important to have all the hard conversations beforehand so that you know what you’re getting yourself into.
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Live Your Dash
I was completely befuddled when I heard that expression for the first time the other day. But once it was explained to me, it immediately became part of my personal philosophical handbook. We should all live our dashes. Imagine your tombstone. It will include the date you were born, a dash, and the date you…
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I Miss the Saturn Experience
I’ve had a lot of cars in my lifetime, but I’ve only bought one that was brand new. It was a 1998 Saturn SL2. I loved that car. Not only because it got me from point A to point B, but at the time the Saturn folks were embarked on this radical new philosophy in…
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“You Deserve to be Happy.”
I saw that tag line in a Facebook advertisement for therapy, and it made me think of a conversation I had with a friend from Burma. He said, “In the West, you think you deserve happiness, so you get upset, depressed, anxious or bitter if you don’t have it. In the East, we don’t expect…
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Rota Fortunae
A friend of mine challenged me to write a blog entry about the Wheel of Fortune. Not the game show, thank goodness, but a much meatier topic: the medieval philosophy about fate. So here goes. You see this topic coming up over and over again in the literature of the time. They believed that the…