We all fail. But the story we tell ourselves about that failure, and better understanding how our brains and bodies work together, can be the difference between resilience, and a crack up.
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Author Julia Galef’s book Scout Mindset is both an exploration of how our minds work, and a call to action: be scouts, not soldiers. If many more of us seek to understand rather than merely “win” our world may become a more beautiful place.
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By Walter Foley
New media is the Wild West. Should we really be pinning a sheriff’s badge on anyone? A deep dive into media production, January 6th, and big tech control of narratives.
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By Walter Foley
More and more people are unconnected to themselves, to their families, and to their communities. In what ways are we becoming modern zombies? Can we find our selves as humans again by searching for wisdom? Interview with John Vervaeke and Christopher Mastropietro.
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by Walter Foley
How did we get here, and where do we want to go? Reflections on self-reliance and sensemaking during strange times.
by Walter Foley and Heather Shayne Blakeslee
Humans are already prone to mob rule and moral panics, including frenzies about witches, communists, and Satanists. Is the media’s broken business model playing with our psychology and biology by purposefully stoking outrage and profiting from call-out and cancel culture?
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Our new media landscape is the wild west. Should we really be pinning a sheriff’s badge on anyone?
by Walter Foley • images by Ford Fischer
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by Walter Foley
How did we get here, and where do we want to go? Reflections on self-reliance and sensemaking during strange times. Original art by Frog the Parhelia.