4 Powerful Reasons to Meditate and How To Get Started
An explanation of the most important benefits of meditation and a guide for how to meditate. Continue reading
The 3 Levels of Critical Thinking Skill
William Golding explains the 3 levels of critical thinking skill. Continue reading
Here’s a Tip: Start Thinking for Yourself
The problem with tips is that they’re too delicious. People become obsessed with prepackaged information nuggets and stop thinking for themselves. Continue reading
Balancing the Future and the Present
Consider some of the choices that impact our lives on a daily basis: Do I stay up late hanging out with friends, or go to sleep and be productive tomorrow? Do I eat out because it’s easy, or cook at … Continue reading
Einstein and Religion
“Human beings in their thinking, feeling and acting are not free but are as causally bound as the stars in their motions,” Einstein declared in a statement to a Spinoza Society in 1932. It was a concept he drew also from his reading of Schopenhauer. “Everybody acts not only under external compulsion but also in accordance with inner necessity,” he wrote in his famous credo. “Schopenhauer’s saying, ‘A man can do as he wills, but not will as he wills,’ has been a real inspiration to me since my youth; it has been a continual consolation in the face of life’s hardships, my own and others’, and an unfailing wellspring of tolerance.”
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Finding Meaning in Life
I remember when Dilbert hit it big and it became clear that I would never again have to worry about money. It was a wonderful feeling, but it didn’t last. I went from happy to hollow with no warning. The first moment that I could afford any car I wanted, I lost interest in having a nice car. I simply couldn’t see the point, if there ever was one. Success is surprisingly disorienting. Continue reading
