Around Conflict Addicts

“Who are these people whose admiration you seek? Aren’t they the ones you are used to describing as mad? What then? Do you wish to be admired by the mad?” – Epictetus “Pay attention to your own gut when you’re in someone’s presence, or when you think about them.” – Bill Eddy, High Conflict InstituteContinue reading “Around Conflict Addicts”

The Foresight of the Ancestors

The wisdom of the elders is only a wisdom if the elders were wiser than you — if they made better choices, less harmful choices, were luckier as a result of their decisions, and if they had sense. The reason why we have plenty of extremism instead of wisdom in this era is that theContinue reading “The Foresight of the Ancestors”