044 - On Class And Philosophy - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Philosophy holds out to us the exact same opportunity, regardless of birth, gender, class, or wealth. Truly the way is open to all.
Would You Rather Win The Silver Or Bronze Medal? (Newsletter 021)
What you feel about a situation depends on where you direct your gaze.
Aspirin Recommendations Make My Head Hurt
How could so many experts have been so wrong about something that everyone believed for decades?
041 - On Looking Within - Moral Letters for Modern Times
For us to know the true worth of something, we must look beyond the packaging. And this takes time.
040 - On Composure - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Just as the glib speaker fools the lazy listener, so we mistake fervor in argument for conviction, and conviction for correctness.
Are You Spreading Propaganda Knowingly Or Unknowingly? (Newsletter 019)
The problem of being influenced by what your fellow citizens think was just as prominent in the Stoics' time.
037 - On Keeping Your Promise - Moral Letters for Modern Times
It should give you pause to consider that the great many who think themselves in possession of their faculties are in fact being mindlessly swept along.
You're Not Allowed To Disagree With Me! (Newsletter 018)
A democratic society's commitment to freedom of speech cannot be fair-weather only, dependent on whether the speech aligns with the consensus.
036 - On Defining Your Own Success - Moral Letters for Modern Times
To follow your own mind, especially when it directs a course that goes against all others, is the greatest achievement.
Hold Fast To Truth
Holding fast to truth is not an easy path, but it is the least difficult of all other alternatives.
This is a tribute to Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 1974 essay "Live Not By Lies"*
