Last night over dinner a friend I were discussing what it looks like to engage the issues facing us today. I realized that there were three sources of development that I lean more than any these days:
Learning How To See podcast, season 1 on our personal biases
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
A Theory of Everything by Ken Wilber
These might perhaps be helpful resources for you as well.
#Wordle 1,350 4/6*
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Time for a dog pile, #YoungPups, the #OldGal did not complete the puzzle. She scored the magical “X”!
Good morning! May you listen before speaking today. #MorningMug
@kevie@mastodon.me.uk enjoy that honey mead!
A lot of us Christians haven’t read what happens after the feeding of the multitudes, and it shows.
There’s an old joke that’s told in a variety of ways. A man goes to heaven and is getting a tour by St. Peter. Peter is pointing out the various places in heaven that might be of interest and introduces him to various people as they wander the streets. The man looks down a street and sees a doorway, but it is gated and well out of the way, leading into a building. The man asks, “Peter, what is that?” Peter replies, “Oh, that’s for the Presbyterians. They think they’re the only ones up here.”
I just heard a fantastic quote on a podcast from Jonah Goldberg, “One bad guy with a nuke ruins it for everyone.”
This was in the context of ethical questions regarding the development and use of AI.
Sometimes you go to the gym because it is just good for you. It’s not easy. But it’s the right thing.
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The #OldGal with a strong showing today by scoring a 4. She defeats me. Are there any #YoungPup 3s?
Good morning! May you choose to respond with loving kindness to the circumstances you find yourself in today. #MorningMug
What do you do when life gets tough? Do you retreat to bed, declaring it a “no good, very bad day,” hoping tomorrow will be better? If so, we might never leave our beds. Daily, we encounter trouble, hardship, heartache, and suffering, even amidst blessings. The news constantly reminds us of the world’s unending problems.
How do we respond? We cannot perpetually hide, waiting for an easy life. The storms inevitably come, and we often live with a sense of impending trouble, even when things are good.
In the quest to press against rising authoritarianism (for this is indeed what we are seeing and it is reminiscent of the similar rise that took place post WWI in the US as well) in the United States the hardest part is differentiating the signal from the noise.
A key strategy for the authoritarian is to flood the zone with noise so that their political enemies and the public are distracted from the things that matter.
When everything is a crisis, nothing is a crisis.
When the real crisis comes it is ignored because it gets lumped into all the other noise.
Be wise. Be discerning. Be vigilant.
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A five from the #OldGal this morning too. I am hopeful for the #YoungPups to come through!
Good morning! The picture doesn’t do the sky justice this morning. It is overwhelmingly beautiful. May you glimpse the beauty around you today. #MorningMug
Tuesdays are becoming very full days. I like it.
