We’re at a turning point that hinges on whether people choose to keep thinking. AI is a tool, not a replacement for reasoning, discernment, or your own voice. Knowing things isn’t intelligence, and retrieving information isn’t wisdom.
Don’t outsource your brain. Think your thoughts through, and research your ideas to fullness yourself. Use your words, and yes, your em-dashes. The work is the point. You are the point.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve shared a psychology-related write-up. Recently, I saw a clip of liberal commentary that prompted a realization: even many otherwise balanced, reasonable people don’t fully understand what’s happening in the psyches of those on the radical ends of the political spectrum. And this phenomenon is not confined to oneContinueContinue reading “The Psychology of Political Conviction: Why Facts Often Fail to Change Minds”
I saw a post recently about Susan Rice advocating for reeducation camps for those who haven’t adopted her worldview. Why this approach? Because persuasion has failed. When you can’t convince people through reason or evidence, the next step becomes force. This reveals something crucial about the current moment: we are witnessing the breakdown of sharedContinueContinue reading “When Compromise Becomes Complicity: Why Speaking Truth Is No Longer Optional”
For months, I’ve been struggling with diagnostic fatigue when it comes to this blog. I realized long ago that I speak from upstream of a culture that has deliberately moved downstream and dammed itself there. Only recently did it fully land that this does not render the work pointless. It simply means the audience wasContinueContinue reading “The Retardation of Reason”
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is His delight. (Proverbs 11:1) Balance. It’s the foundation of wisdom, morality, and meaningful progress. Yet, when I look at the state of modern institutions—religious, political, and educational—I see that balance has been utterly abandoned. Institutions that once served as pillars of societyContinueContinue reading “Hollow Pillars: How Institutions Failed and What They Must Become”
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