For reading between the lines with greater comprehension
I didn’t choose to do all this philosophizing the way one chooses a career. I got into it by necessity. What I had to go on before was inadequate. I had hit a midlife crisis armed with state-of-the-art wisdom from self-help and Buddhism . . . and it just wasn’t up to the task. That […]
Most people even mildly interested in evolution have heard about the “selfish gene.” The concept is simple yet with counterintuitive implications. Richard Dawkins, who coined the term, argues that the best way to understand evolution is to imagine that genes selfishly want to preserve themselves, and so produce elaborate replicator vehicles (us) designed to help […]
Have you ever blackmailed someone? I attempted to blackmail a policeman the other evening. I was driving somewhere in my usual hurry. After I rolled through a stop sign, he trailed me and gave me a ticket. I acted put out, sullen, unfriendly. He remained cheerful. After he gave me the ticket, he said, “Drive […]
Think back to a time when you fought really hard for something. Back then, how sure were you that you were right? How sure are you now that you were?If you’re like me, you pick your battles, and sometimes you pick wrong. You also intuitively track how often you changed your mind later about your […]
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