Algorithms are calibrated for engagement, not wisdom. Modern technology has fragmented attention and impoverished relationships. Now it must be placed at the service of humanity because as a society, we are drowning in information while starving for meaning. What does it mean to be human?
January 4, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Algorithms are calibrated for engagement, not wisdom. Modern technology has fragmented attention and impoverished relationships. Now it must be placed at the service of humanity because as a society, we are drowning in information while starving for meaning. What does it mean to be human?
Civility is the disciplined refusal to humiliate or diminish someone else. These are all relational imperatives that only become real when they leave our bodies and enter the Other world through words, gestures, restraint, attention, or sacrifice.
December 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Civility is the disciplined refusal to humiliate or diminish someone else. These are all relational imperatives that only become real when they leave our bodies and enter the Other world through words, gestures, restraint, attention, or sacrifice.
They’re performative in the best sense: they require an audience, a recipient, a relationship.
To treat another person with dignity is to extend recognition across the gap that separates two consciousnesses. To be kind is to act in a way that narrows that gap without erasing it.
To treat another person with dignity is to extend recognition across the gap that separates two consciousnesses. To be kind is to act in a way that narrows that gap without erasing it.
December 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
They’re performative in the best sense: they require an audience, a recipient, a relationship.
To treat another person with dignity is to extend recognition across the gap that separates two consciousnesses. To be kind is to act in a way that narrows that gap without erasing it.
To treat another person with dignity is to extend recognition across the gap that separates two consciousnesses. To be kind is to act in a way that narrows that gap without erasing it.
Kindness, civility, and human dignity only exist in the space between people. They’re not feelings we nurture in private silence, but choices we make in the presence of others, often at personal cost or inconvenience.
December 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Kindness, civility, and human dignity only exist in the space between people. They’re not feelings we nurture in private silence, but choices we make in the presence of others, often at personal cost or inconvenience.
We can't change anyone, but we can make sure we treat others with kindness because we have no idea what greets them when they go home. We aren't in control of others, but we can control how we act and react. Doing the right thing isn't optional, it's required.
June 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We can't change anyone, but we can make sure we treat others with kindness because we have no idea what greets them when they go home. We aren't in control of others, but we can control how we act and react. Doing the right thing isn't optional, it's required.
The efforts to rip America apart from the inside out by tearing apart the very Souls of our People Must be Resisted. Do we have the Rights to have Our own Country and exist as people who live in Freedom and leave others alone? I believe we do and need to Preserve those rights.
June 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The efforts to rip America apart from the inside out by tearing apart the very Souls of our People Must be Resisted. Do we have the Rights to have Our own Country and exist as people who live in Freedom and leave others alone? I believe we do and need to Preserve those rights.
Civility is the ability to maintain differences in opinions without doing damage.
June 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Civility is the ability to maintain differences in opinions without doing damage.
All Human Life is Sacred from Conception until Natural Death. The Dignity of Every Human Person is Inherent in Their Very Being as Beloved Children of God Made in His Image / Likeness. Dignity Exists from the Moment of Conception. God has Absolute Sovereignty over Life and Death.
April 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
All Human Life is Sacred from Conception until Natural Death. The Dignity of Every Human Person is Inherent in Their Very Being as Beloved Children of God Made in His Image / Likeness. Dignity Exists from the Moment of Conception. God has Absolute Sovereignty over Life and Death.
Compromise has the Power to Create Circumstances that are Strong and Beautiful, pulling from the Best Each has to Offer.
April 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Compromise has the Power to Create Circumstances that are Strong and Beautiful, pulling from the Best Each has to Offer.
Let the Real Me Encounter the Real You.
April 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Let the Real Me Encounter the Real You.
Life, in all its Ages and Stages, is a Gift from God and a Life Worth Living.
April 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Life, in all its Ages and Stages, is a Gift from God and a Life Worth Living.
"If you're ever feeling useless, remember that it took twenty years and trillions of dollars and four US presidents to replace the Taliban with the Taliban."
Norman Finklestein
Norman Finklestein
December 23, 2024 at 8:43 PM
"If you're ever feeling useless, remember that it took twenty years and trillions of dollars and four US presidents to replace the Taliban with the Taliban."
Norman Finklestein
Norman Finklestein