In Man Disconnected, Zimbardo writes about the plight of the male in the modern world. A combination of excessive gaming, porn abuse, a lack of responsibilities, a lower quality education has all contributed to the phenomenon of the man-child, who can’t change a tire, but has multiple shampoos and styles ready for his masculine beard. … Read more
The Loneliness and Anxiety of Modern Man In Man’s Search For Himself Rollo May writes about a feeling of emptiness common to all. But what does it mean to feel emptiness? A human being is not empty in a static sense, as though he were a storage battery which needs charging. The experience of emptiness, … Read more
On the superficial level there are assets or debits to living in any period. On the more profound level, each individual must come to his own consciousness of himself, and he does this on a level which transcends the particular age he lives in. The same holds true for one’s chronological age. The important issue … Read more
The courage to be one’s self is scarcely admired as the top virtue these days. One trouble is that many people still associate that kind of courage with the stuffy attitudes of the self-made men of the late nineteenth century, or with the somewhat ridiculous no matter how sincere “I-am-the-master-of-my-fate” theme in such a poem … Read more
Dr. Tillich has stated that “the principles which constitute the universe must be sought in man,” and the converse is true, that what is found in man’s experience is to some extent a reflection of what is true in the universe. This can be clearly illustrated in art. A picture is never beautiful if it … Read more
The pursuit of competitive enterprise was a magnificent and courageous idea in its heyday. But in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries considerable changes occurred. In our present day of giant business and monopoly capitalism how many people can become successful as individual competitors? There are very few groups left who, like doctors and psychotherapists and … Read more
Those years in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, when Europe was inundated with anxiety in the form of fears of death, agonies of doubt about the meaning and value of life, superstition and fears of devils and sorcerers, is the nearest period comparable to our own. All one needs to do is read fears of … Read more
Rollo May writes about a feeling of emptiness common to all. But what does it mean to feel emptiness? A human being is not empty in a static sense, as though he were a storage battery which needs charging. The experience of emptiness, rather, generally comes from people’s feeling that they are powerless to do … Read more
The phenomenon of Jordan Peterson is a historical accident. As a relatively obscure psychologist from Alberta, Canada, who made a small number of public appearances, few people anticipated his rise to fame. But a few random events, such as the explosion of Youtube as a social media platform, and a law that compelled people to … Read more
1-Sentence Description of A Mind for Numbers by Barbara Oakley The secrets to effectively learning math and science. 3 Key Ideas Two Modes of Thinking: Focused and Diffused. Use the focused mode to grapple with problems in any subject, and when you are done, relax your mind and disengage from the activity. This allows the … Read more