Your warrior archetype: To rage or not to rage? The destructive - and often self-destructive - warrior male archetype describes the man prepared to dismantle, sacrifice and cut his losses, if it means staying true to purpose. He is unafraid to let go of his sunk cost when he has to, and he ignores the toxic manipulative motivators goading him to “never quit.” Don’t get me wrong; the warrior is not the manipulable submissive pawn-soldier. You know, the trigger-happy manlet…
Master or Jack of all trades? How to manage your skill-set portfolio Some assert that a “*Jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.*” Others insist on the ideal focusing on and achieving virtuosity in a single craft, free from distraction and futile pursuits that will never lead you to mastery. After all, there is no point in wasting effort on skills in which you will never excel - never to wield effortlessly. Amateurism, it seems,…
Why I reject free will... And why you should too (Follow-up to Free Will Exists!) Every time I suggest that free will may not exist, I get a lot of emotionally-driven flack - we don’t like to be reminded that perhaps we aren’t as free as we told ourselves we were. Yet **unfree will** is not necessarily bad; and this coming from an individual freedom advocate. https://sotiris.substack.com/p/free-will-exists Our simplistic binary worldview demands its **pound of dichotomy**,…
How school damaged your mental health [part 2] Schooling-abuse awareness, and what we can do about it In part 1, I argued that state schooling damages your mental health by depriving you of your sense of **self-ownership**. It does so by forcing you to follow specific curricula, and twisting your innate self-discipline into **submissive involuntary obedience**. In essence, schooling is a well-into-your-20s denial of the freedom to own your life’s path, and to structure an…
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