Episodes

Tuesday Jun 11, 2013
Overcoming Societal Norms
Tuesday Jun 11, 2013
Tuesday Jun 11, 2013
We humans are herd animals.

Tuesday Jun 04, 2013
The Need for Validation
Tuesday Jun 04, 2013
Tuesday Jun 04, 2013
We all fall prey to it Especially when we are working on something creative.

Tuesday May 28, 2013
Which comes first?
Tuesday May 28, 2013
Tuesday May 28, 2013
Is courage more important to ethical development? Or is compassion? Or perhaps critical thinking? The answer: None of the above. They are all equally important.
As a Humanist parent, I hope my child will grow into an ethically courageous adult.
I know that compassion is important to my son’s growing sense of moral courage.
I also know that in order to be courageous he needs to be able to think for himself.
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Tuesday May 21, 2013
Letting go of anger
Tuesday May 21, 2013
Tuesday May 21, 2013
Letting go of anger, as hard as it is, is an important part of effective problem solving.
It is clear that some people just like being angry.
Or they are afraid of letting go of their anger.
Probably the latter.
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Tuesday May 14, 2013
The 3 C’s of Humanism
Tuesday May 14, 2013
Tuesday May 14, 2013
The idea behind this is not to provide a perfect definition of Humanism, but rather to help Humanists consider a different aspect of the philosophy in a new way.
Humanism is a deceptively simple philosophies.
Yet, it is really hard to describe well because once you start getting into the details, there is all the nuance and balance that is required to do it well.
Regardless, here is yet another attempt by me to describe and define Humanism in a simple way that is nothing but simple.
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