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I grew up in Amherst and I live in Toulouse. I try to be curious.

These posts represent points of light that have illuminated the dark corners of my understanding.

There are a bunch of Tumblr posts that will be showing up soon…


20 december, 2015
Respect your enemies

If you really want to achieve resolution with other people, it is important not to brand your opponent an untouchable.

The branding of your opponent as untouchable is a profitable technique politically if you succeed, because it prevents your opponent from even having a voice.

It is less successful if you actually need to get your opponent to agree with you to move forward.

Verbal Pacifism means respecting what your opponent is saying, not trying to preemptively exclude them from the debate.

The kicker is that the labeling has probably already happened or it wasn't you that did it.

Try to reach past the label and respect your enemies. It's the only way you'll ever get resolution with them.

5 august, 2015
Reading a Blog is like Waking from a Dream

Since about 2008 I've largely stopped reading books and read only blogs.

I feel like I've learned an enormous amount about "what really goes on".

Lately though I've been mulling the idea that when you read a provocative article online, you don't actually learn much.

It's analogous to waking from a dream. You have this vivid experience but ten minutes later you can barely remember what you dreamt.

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