Four books on the philosophy of marriage.

Made a post about the science of attachment and how that helps you make and keep friends as an adult. The book is Platonic by Marisa Franco.

Is compersion an innate orientation—or something we learn? 🤔

Can something be both innate and developed? Maybe compersion—like desire—is an orientation we grow into.

Full post on Substack: shaundmiller.substack.com

I've started a substack. My first post is on compersion as an orientation. Here are some highlights, and you can read the rest at shaundmiller.substack.com

📖Just wrapped up the research of compersion by @drmariethouin

Did you know there are actually TWO distinct types of compersion? One is like an attitude, an ethical foundation even when the feelings aren’t there, while the other is like the joyous feeling and physical sensation of endorphin rush.

Martin Luther King Jr. is well-known for fighting for Civil Rights, bus boycotts, the “I Have a Dream” speech, and non-violent protest. But in his later life, he extended his philosophy toward global justice and interconnected his criticism of poverty to the problem of fighting in Vietnam.

We often hear we need more empathy, but what is it exactly? It’s a multifarious answer. So I looked at it from various psychological and philosophical descriptions into a coherent post. I would’ve loved to add more elements such as descriptions from Carl Rogers, but perhaps that’s for another post.