20 Aphorisms For Surviving The Information Age
Refresh your self before refreshing your screen.
To live in the Information Age is to be bombarded with provocation, both organic and manufactured. These short musings are offered as an encouragement to become more observant of your own reactions when confronted with situations, events, or perspectives which elicit pathos.
On Ideas
Dogmatism is when the act of questioning the doctrine is itself a transgression against the doctrine.
Ideas have primacy over institutions.
Extremism is consistency, for good or bad.
Curiosity is the only emotion that isn't derived from an investment in some settled narrative about how the world works.
Sincerity is a double bluff to cynics.
On Politics
The party that wins loses the opportunity to reform itself.
Checks and balances are obstructionism to those who would rule unobstructed.
Political favors are contraband in a free market.
Trying to change minds is a poor strategy for winning elections, but fixation on getting out the vote is a poor strategy for maintaining a culture that still respects elections.
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