Social Contract Great Expectations: The “Gold-Digging Whore Epidemic,” the Economic Proposition of Marriage, and How Expectations Form Behaviours That Harm Us All 17 Feb 2021 I thought about incorporating two scenes into this piece, but with some further consideration it seems best to present them both up front. I'm afraid of getting married, man. Why,…
Social Contract Victory Defeated US: How Winning Became the Ultimate American Problem 7 Jan 2021 I am not much of a Republican or a Democrat. My ideology is at times offensive to both party lines and so I could not imagine success representing Americans with…
Social Contract Thumbs Up, America 7 Nov 2020 Sorry, friends. I am going to be a downer today. I mean, I'm a downer every day but I try to take measures to conceal that from others. Those closest…
Social Contract My Truth and The Truth 28 Sep 2020 We are currently attending a training through work that discusses multiple aspects of communication. One of the concepts that arose during the training is the need for people to speak…
Personal… The Fog of War 23 Sep 2020 We face a lot of problems today. Some are holdovers from prior generations, others are unique to the modern world. A major part of me still believes that people, in…
Social Contract Definitions and Labels 31 Aug 2020 I felt compelled to write today based on two events. First, the #IStandWithJK hashtag reappeared on social media, and it brought up discussion about one of her tweets in particular:…
Personal… Another Appeal Against Late-Stage Capitalism 20 Aug 2020 In the past I have tried to dance around the language of economics a bit. Any critique of capitalism seems to confirm that the critic is a Marxist/socialist/communist. The philosopher…
Social Contract Dunning-Kruger Is My Middle Name: Empathy, Knowing How Much I Don’t Know, and Struggling in a World of “Experts” 8 Jul 2020 Where even to start? There is the mask requirement debate or the "Karen" response or the even broader state of discourse. There is the snowflake versus the deplorable. There is…
#HeForShe… Harry Potter and the Constant Controversy 29 Jun 2020 It happened again. This time Stephen King responded to something of Rowling's not realising people saw a transphobic tone, Rowling responded with high praise, someone else asked King for clarification…
Social Contract Children Are Not the Future 7 Jun 20208 Jun 2020 Earn good grades and stay out of trouble. That gets you into a good college. Do well in college. That gets you a good job; ideally, it gets you a…
