Throughout COVID-19 it became clear that most people only looked for evidence to support their beliefs; political sides became polarising.
It made me realise that people at each end of the spectrum are both boring and somewhat ignorant; if you aren’t open to changing your mind when presented with new information then you might as well be a lump of clay, don’t you think?
The middle ground is far more interesting and nuanced. Some people reading this will agree, and I’m sure others will continue with their lump of clay interpretations.
In arguments, we often want to be right. But being right is not the same as being wise.
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have ambition.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.
We often try to outrun the storm, emotionally, physically, spiritually.
We’re entering an age where machines do our thinking before we’ve even had a chance to try.