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The Burden Of Principle: The True Meaning Of The Lord Of The Rings Every timeless story has a **call to adventure**, **hero’s journey**, **moral dilemma**, and most importantly, a **realization**. Without a realization, the story doesn’t linger in your mind and soul. Few stories have made an impact on our collective unconscious as that of The Lord of the Rings. But, what was the realization and moral of that epic story? What do we learn from it? I believe that Tolkien,…
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"How do you respond when someone lies to you?" (Quora Question) Admit Your Responsibility In Being Lied To... I’ve caught people lying to me in the past, and I got frustrated until I realised that I was partly responsible. Hear me out… First, how do you know they are lying to you? Are you certain that they are lying to you? Sure, you can never be certain they are telling you the truth either. This is the kind of humility you need before you can address a lie: **the humility…
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How To Prevent The Next War Why The "War For Peace" Trope Is Dangerously Illogical... And What You Can Do About It As if I needed more black pills for my colossal disappointment in the human condition, I caught a tweet the other day by someone whose political beliefs couldn’t be more different than mine... Yet this tweet found us in agreement: “*You cannot war your way to peace*” underlines the **deontological** argument over the **utilitarian** argument. And **deontology is…
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What would happen to monetary currency under proposed systems of anarchy? (Quora question) Means of exchange (money) have always emerged organically and spontaneously throughout history. No state enforcement was ever needed. Free markets have used gold, silver, precious stones, salt, and bartering as means of exchange, without any perceived “authority” telling them what do use, and for which supposed “value”. The emergence of cryptocurrencies as units of value further proves…