if A.I. systems working to resolve a child custody arrangement are drawn to the common expression of “cutting the baby in half,” or “burning it down to build it up,” then it shouldn’t be too surprising if that’s what they do.
Two important times of day are when we wake up and fall asleep, but we only benefit when we take the time to guide them.
Altered states, dreams, hypnosis, and psychedelics can expand creativity, deepen self-understanding, and reshape how we think.
I talk about group-think, socialized behavior, and how one achieves independent and creative thought.
You have not been misled. You’ve allowed yourself to become stupid.
“Use it or lose it” applies to health and skill, and could be applied to other things, such as emotion, initiative, empathy, self-respect, and responsibility. Does it also apply to democracy?
You think in ways of which you’re unaware and don’t control. Learning to control your mind will change your life.
We need to expand our notion of thought beyond what we can talk about. This is what dreams do for us.
It may be possible to appreciate your limitations if you really try. If you don’t, you won’t get past them.
Why is no one talking about Donald Trump being insane? Why do we we quibble about insane behavior?
All of us evade our contradictions in our efforts to believe what we wish to be true. And the closer you come to the conflicts you've created, the more you resist in seeing them.
Understand the assassin; the murderer’s mainstream political, cultural, and religious affiliations are beside the point.
