Looking At/With/Beyond to Have Peak Experiences
January 25, 2026
The psychologist Abraham Maslow made peak experiences his business, and he explored them in Toward a Psychology of Being. Many people today know him for
A Way to Overcome Biases in AI and Maintain Our Humanity
November 5, 2024
Salman Khan, in Brave New Words; How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing), looks forward to many ways that AI might
Hiking to the Heavens; Approaching Creation from Ohlone and Miwok Points of View
November 1, 2024
After exploring the Ohlone and Miwok worlds on Mt. Diablo’s lower slopes, I ventured to its summit. A lot of Ohlone and Miwok Indians thought
Hiking to the Center of the World; Ohlone and Miwok Indians in the San Francisco Bay Area
October 27, 2024
I hiked to Mt. Diablo’s summit two weeks ago, and it was one of the most spiritual hikes I’ve ever done in the SF Bay
From Information to Joy; Expanding Ideas of the Basis of Knowledge
August 15, 2024
Some technologists say that human cultures are increasingly being uploaded into the digital world, and they justify this claim by stating that the information in
A Person Can Only Be Both Conservative and Liberal
June 15, 2024
Conservatism and liberalism by themselves are self-contradictory. A Westerner who calls himself conservative supposedly honors the most time-tested values that have inspired people in Europe,
How to Read Books in a More Rewarding Way
April 3, 2024
Many people have the impression that reading is cold and dry. Mark Twain said, “A classic is something everybody wants to have read, but no
Words that Can Expand Your Perspective of the World
March 31, 2024
Words we regularly use can greatly influence out consciousness and feelings. Paul Starobin, in After America; Narratives for the Next Global Age, wrote that the