Because there are an infinite amount of things to perceive and an infinite number of levels at which to perceive them, your perception of reality is dependent on values. If you want to optimize your existence you have to be able to intentionally adopt an alternate value structure. Can you do that?

It seems every improvement in the quality of life has inadvertently decreased the value of human effort. The only way that marginalized humanity will find meaningful life’s is if they become their own inventors and designers of a meaningful existence. No one can do it for them. But maybe we could reward inventiveness instead of hopeless victimhood.

Your understanding of how the two covenants which divide the Christian core texts differ cannot help but mold your view of God and life. Maybe considering my view of that distinction will help you approach the divide less haphazardly.

Your understanding of how the two covenants which divide the Christian core texts differ cannot help but mold your view of God and life. Maybe considering my view of that distinction will help you approach the divide less haphazardly.

Your understanding of how the two covenants which divide the Christian core texts differ cannot help but mold your view of God and life. Maybe considering my view of that distinction will help you approach the divide less haphazardly.

Your understanding of how the two covenants which divide the Christian core texts differ cannot help but mold your view of God and life. Maybe considering my view of that distinction will help you approach the divide less haphazardly.

We are all making various mistakes as a community service, so those most closely observing us can avoid them. How nice of us! But very often those avoiding our perceived mistakes will over correct. When I overreact to the overcorrection I can easily disincentivize people from continuing to optimize their behavior. Or maybe I could adopt a more humble and useful approach.

Logical people (like me) are often tempted to tell emotional people (like my wife) “stop feeling that way!” Which isn’t helpful. In this podcast I suggest a hypothesis which might help me understand the benefits of my wife’s perspective and help her overcome emotions which she has identified as “not useful.”

This advice on how to prioritize participation in worship, comes from 25 years of singing with inmates in jail

I believe there is a specific point where adopting conspiracy theories becomes a problem. I also believe there are some simple guards against crossing that line.