You’ve got a support system. You’ve got people who would help you in a pinch or bail you out of the pokey. That’s real talk. That’s real family. Family isn’t always the people who share your last name. Sometimes it’s the ones who show up when everything falls apart. The ones who sit with you
I recently wrote a letter. This is a heavily edited version of that letter. It is my hope that many parents share the same sentiment toward their offspring. Not only recognizing the independent, individual human that they are, but giving them the space they need to learn from their own mistakes. Sometimes, just knowing someone
Leadership is important. If we, as a society, want to develop, grow, evolve, and, for the sake of prescience, get better as we avoid mistakes of the past, we need a solid direction. We also need leadership to keep us on track. The rules should be simple. The people choose the leader, and the leader
Humanity right now, as a whole, is able to gain knowledge at a much faster rate than its ancestors were. Much, much faster. Flip out your pocket sized super computer, and most of the world’s knowledge is a few taps away. The speed at which we can obtain knowledge has been increasing at an almost
Asteroid is such a neat word. It just feels so sciency. It radiates a faint but steady pulse of wonderment. Asteroid. I think it’s helped along by the fact that people don’t typically use it as an adjective. It keeps the usage of the word low, despite its ubiquitous existence in the English language. Everyone
Also known as the Five Why’s. As far as tools go, the Five Why’s have been one of the most helpful methods I’ve found to figuring out my life. What, you assumed I had my life figured out? I’d call anyone who said they did a liar. Maybe not to their face. So, why the
