Plato once presented an allegory that rocked the psychology and philosophy world. He asked people to imagine being prisoners chained inside a cave, chained in such a way that the only thing they could see were shadows cast on a wall. He suggested that if you were chained there long enough, and if all you …
Month: December 2025
5 Career Tips That Don’t Suck and Won’t Leave You Broke and Miserable
My kids are reaching an age where they’re trying to decide what their careers are going to be. We spend a good chunk of our children’s lives basically preparing them for nothing. We send them to school, and they get used to the automation of it all. You show up year after year, going from …
This is the Life You’ve Chosen: The Path to 100% Responsibility
I recently watched Wicked: For Good, and it sent me down a Wizard of Oz rabbit hole. I watched the first Wicked movie, Oz the Great and Powerful (the Sam Raimi/James Franco one), and then finally the original Wizard of Oz movie. Well, when I say “original,” I suppose I mean the most popular Wizard …