Revealing the sublime in the mundane in all places.
Even though I just wrote a blog about why everyone has Christmas backwards, I just heard a Christmas song that is so spot-on that I don't know what to do with myself. It is as though it took everything I was saying about hope in darkness and put it all into one song just for… Continue reading A Christmas Song That Just Gave Me Chills
When I was in my twenties, I went through the same Christmas-hating phase that every budding free-thinker likely experiences, regardless of belief. Every piece of information I acquired about the history of this monstrosity of a holiday was welcomed by my very skeptical brain in very enjoyable little tasty morsels. My spiritual journey at that… Continue reading Why Everything About Christmas Is Backwards
A friend and I were having a wide-ranging conversation about gender and politics, and we were discussing how Jordan Petersen was tapping into a serious deficit of sociability and emotional maturity among young men. She recommended this book, and I found it to be shockingly accurate. It very much overlaps with Jordan Petersen's work, but… Continue reading Book Review #7: “No More Mr. Nice Guy” by Robert Glover
THE ALCHEMIST by Paulo Coelho This is the first fiction book I'm reviewing, and I cannot stress enough what a delight this story was for me. It tells the story of a shepherd boy whose fortune is told by a gypsy woman, setting him on a path to find a treasure hidden near the great… Continue reading Book Review #6: “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho
Thanks to one very long internet rabbit hole, I found an incredible lecture by Peter Zeihan which changed my entire perspective on Geopolitics. Actually, it's better to say that it actually presented me with a perspective that seems more clear than any I had heard before. Peter Zeihan's premise in Disunited Nations is that the… Continue reading Book Review #5: “Disunited Nations” by Peter Zeihan
THE SKEPTIC'S GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE started as a critically acclaimed podcast that catalogued the experiences and information of the growing community of skeptics, featuring well-know skeptics like Michael Shermer and others.This book caught me a little by surprise. I mostly read this book because I have been aware of its existence for many years,… Continue reading Book Review #4: “Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe” by Steven Novella
Even though this book is clearly targeted for business owners and entrepreneurs, The Innovation Ultimatum simplifies with ease the very complicated subject of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and "the internet of things." While there are plenty of books dealing with the subject of emerging technologies, this one paints a very clear picture of what… Continue reading Book Review #3: “The Innovation Ultimatum” By Steve Brown
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage is an insane book, and it's hard to believe that it is a true story. Every harrowing event of Shackleton's ill-fated journey to the South Pole is recounted down to each and every last moment. What little I knew about this expedition revolved around the abandoning of the ship from which… Continue reading Book Review #2: “Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Journey” By Alfred Lansing
This is going to be the first of many book reviews. Anyone that knows me knows that I have always been more of a movie person than a reader, but having discovered the wonder of audio book apps like Audible, I have read more in the last six months than the whole last decade! So… Continue reading Book Review #1: “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” by Marc Manson
If young people are just as cruel and inconsiderate as ever, I often wonder why that is. A lot can be said about hormones and peer pressure, and things of that sort. But there is an elephant in the room that adults don't like to acknowledge, and that's themselves. Teachers and caretakers of our youngest… Continue reading Human Decency Is Best Tought With Action, Not Words