We search for truths, and find equilibria.
Jun 032019
Being
Identity, that spectator of what he calls himself,
That net and aggregate of energies in transient combination.
—Cunningham
May 222019
Beliefs are no index to character, and if you believe otherwise, you are a bad person.
May 142019
Impossible to love our neighbor as ourselves: conceivable to doubt ourselves as our neighbor.
May 022019
Some men I would trust with my life, others with returning a borrowed book, almost none with both.
Apr 242019
One’s thought does not reflect one’s disposition. It complements one’s disposition.
Apr 232019
The trouble with cellphones isn’t that they allow us to ignore each other, it’s that they don’t.
Apr 192019
The cure for division is not discussion but secession.
Apr 162019
Not so very long ago, no adult in history had ever spoken of himself as the parent of an animal.
Apr 112019
When a bad thing happens in the world, it is vanishingly unlikely to be any if your business.
Apr 042019
An expert torturer always reminds you that it’s for your own good, and hurts him more than you.