Excellent writing as usual, and a great action plan - "make ourselves and our families resilient, adaptable, curious, and above all, humble" - foundational work to move toward the transpartisanship ideal.
Great essay and insights. Embracing the right brain is why I started writing my own essays on embracing the polymathic mindset. So much of this essay resonated with that work.
Fun fact: When I shoot my rifle I use my right eye (left brain) when I shoot my camera I use my left eye (right brain)
Wow Adam! You PhD students (meant as a compliment!) really delve deep. This is such a rich essay. Could make lots of comments. Will restrain self to one.
This brought to mind a psychologist named George Kelley who developed a "personal construct theory" which says that every person organizes their view of reality by using certain constructs or schemas or paradigms. Religion and science would be two such constructs. Kelley wisely warned that every construct has its "sphere of convenience" which means it covers SOME of reality well but not everything. Which is why as you say science can never "replace" religion because they each have their legitimate sphere of convenience.
I’ve sometimes thought of cul de sacs as a modern Panopticon. Those spiraling cycles of thought complement an easily conformed and observable way of life.
Excellent writing as usual, and a great action plan - "make ourselves and our families resilient, adaptable, curious, and above all, humble" - foundational work to move toward the transpartisanship ideal.
Looks like you can still deliver exceptional work even when you aren’t flowing 👊🏻
I listened to some of the meaning crisis podcast series. Is the book worth reading? Just a summary or transcript or something additive?
It was helpful for me, just to double tap his points from the videos.
Great essay and insights. Embracing the right brain is why I started writing my own essays on embracing the polymathic mindset. So much of this essay resonated with that work.
Fun fact: When I shoot my rifle I use my right eye (left brain) when I shoot my camera I use my left eye (right brain)
Wow Adam! You PhD students (meant as a compliment!) really delve deep. This is such a rich essay. Could make lots of comments. Will restrain self to one.
This brought to mind a psychologist named George Kelley who developed a "personal construct theory" which says that every person organizes their view of reality by using certain constructs or schemas or paradigms. Religion and science would be two such constructs. Kelley wisely warned that every construct has its "sphere of convenience" which means it covers SOME of reality well but not everything. Which is why as you say science can never "replace" religion because they each have their legitimate sphere of convenience.
I’ve sometimes thought of cul de sacs as a modern Panopticon. Those spiraling cycles of thought complement an easily conformed and observable way of life.