This is either the greatest lie of which we’ve ever convinced ourselves, or it is simply the hardest truth we’ve come to understand.
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This is either the greatest lie of which we’ve ever convinced ourselves, or it is simply the hardest truth we’ve come to understand.

Of all of the possible versions of you, just try not to be the one who's the asshole.

This is one of my most popular posts, so I recorded it for The Thought & Other Absurdities Podcast. I just started doing this and I'm giving you bonus material in every episode. In the Vonnegut and the Mistake Machines Episode, I added a bit of a rant about our society's poor treatment of Simone [...]

In case you were wondering why you’re feeling angry or attacked, or why you feel the need to attack someone else’s character or body, or why you think people unlike you are dangerous and you feel your way of life is being threatened, it is because we are in the process of being radicalized as [...]

Diminishing Return Diminishing Return is my contribution to the hope for compassion in society and the support of suicide awareness. It may not change the world in any large way, but I hope that for some of you, it will serve as an encouragement to continue to give a damn about each other despite our [...]