I believe there’s a significant probability of economic collapse in large developed countries in the next fifty years. (Possibilities: fiscal collapse, default, financial crash resulting in a true depression.) I believe that it’s worth effort and money to plan for this eventuality.
I believe that choosing to focus attention on uplifting things is the most practical use of one’s mind. (This is more controversial than it sounds: it means placing a noticeably higher value on high culture than low culture, and it means that making cynical observations corrodes most people’s ability to be productive.)
I believe that the personal really is political. That is, many “political” isms are actually total sets of values about interpersonal relationships and the good life. So you can’t really talk about values and ethics without ever bringing up contemporary politics, because often people’s personal creeds in daily life actually are libertarian, feminist, conservative, socialist, etc. Therefore rules like “don’t talk politics” imply that we don’t talk about values either.
I believe there’s a significant probability of economic collapse in large developed countries in the next fifty years. (Possibilities: fiscal collapse, default, financial crash resulting in a true depression.) I believe that it’s worth effort and money to plan for this eventuality.
I believe that choosing to focus attention on uplifting things is the most practical use of one’s mind. (This is more controversial than it sounds: it means placing a noticeably higher value on high culture than low culture, and it means that making cynical observations corrodes most people’s ability to be productive.)
I believe that the personal really is political. That is, many “political” isms are actually total sets of values about interpersonal relationships and the good life. So you can’t really talk about values and ethics without ever bringing up contemporary politics, because often people’s personal creeds in daily life actually are libertarian, feminist, conservative, socialist, etc. Therefore rules like “don’t talk politics” imply that we don’t talk about values either.