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Family is Everything
I think it’s unavoidable that individualism is overrated. Don’t get me wrong — I used to be an absolutely radical individualist. I considered myself a self-made man. I thought every belief I had was something I individually considered and figured out on my own. But, simply put, this is false. My mother and father taught me what I know about money, integrity, doing the right thing no matter how it feels, and analyzing everything through the lens of reason. My beliefs and identity are not stand alone — I am the product of my parents. So what happens when we try to function without our family connections? Men who go to prison rarely, rarely had a good relationship with their father. Teens who commit suicide almost always just needed a dad to be … Read entire article »
Filed under: Opinion
Cold Reason
Many times I have been called cold. Most people view a strict and rigid belief in the rational and logical to be of a non-emotional nature. One individual literally told me, “it just ain’t got any soul.” I have been called “uncaring”, “uncompassionate”, “boring”, “eccentric” and “heartless”, because I do not abandon my mind during times of social or cultural conflict. However, I propose the opposite to be true: logic is the basis of the greatest of all feelings — respect for the human condition. Without reason and logic, our actions become incoherent. Rather than doing something because it follows a proper order in reality, because it “makes sense”, we do things on the basis of whim — chaotic actions. Look to all the problems of the world: Violence, war, war, poverty, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Philosophy, Politics