All meaning is a human-made construct, a story we tell to stave off the void. A dissection of the terrifying, liberating realization that we are alone in a silent cosmos, and we made all the rules up.
The Silent Cathedral: On the Arbitrary and Fragile Nature of Meaning Read Post »
We are taught from childhood: “Respect your elders.” It is one of the fundamental commandments of social cohesion. It is delivered not as a request, but as an imperative, an unquestionable truth. But what are we actually being commanded to do? To be polite? To be kind? Or to offer deference—to accept authority without question,
The Respect Fallacy: Why Age Does Not Earn Deference Read Post »
We are all complicit in the conspiracy of silence. We practice it daily. In the meeting where everyone nods agreement while privately knowing the plan is flawed. In the family gathering where a glaring truth about a relative is carefully avoided. In the quiet of our own minds, where we dismiss a thought because it’s
Why I Started THAT Elephant Read Post »
