To the Citizens of the 2100s (from the 2020s)
You know the history, but do you know what we were thinking when the world lost its collective mind at the end of the 2020s? As someone who lived through it, I want to tell you.
083 - On Losing One's Mind - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Am I of sound mind when I tell you I believe I can control the elements? You need but lace up your shoes and join me to experience the phenomenon yourself.
The Scariest Monsters Are Well-Intentioned (Newsletter 041)
Today I will offer two current day figures who have the potential to have massive impacts on humanity going forward, one negative and one positive.
082 - On Studies Of Substance - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Rather than wishing you luck and fine things I will wish that you experience hardship, or at least a certain burden.
Boring is Good (by Hualong Yang)
Boringness means something repetitive, stable, and subject to a cycle. Humans tend to chase change and downplay the unchanging.
081 - On Generosity And Gratefulness - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Though a person first does you a favor and then commits a harm, you should value the former greater than the latter.
If You Don't Know The Costs Of Your Solution, You're Part Of The Problem (Newsletter 040)
Here's where things get difficult fast: identifying which problems are worth focusing on, and which solutions are worth pursuing among many possible approaches.
080 - On Training To Improve - Moral Letters for Modern Times
The side effects of not only being physically fit, but training to become and remain physically fit, are certainly real.
079 - On Studying Beneath The Surface - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Why is it so hard to understand what we want, what will make us happy, and how to take the actions that will bring us there?
Flying Again
What makes people fade away from one another is not distance, but lack of desire.
