Tag Archives: Irrationality

Follow Courage and Good Sense

Posted on May 16, 2019 by N.S. Palmer

I’m an optimistic kind of guy. I can usually find the “half full” in any glass, no matter how empty it is. But even I get discouraged sometimes. Most often, it’s because of human irrationality. The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Relations, Life, Political Science, Psychology, Society | Tagged Bertrand Russell, Courage, Existential courage, Gloom, Irrationality, Optimism, Social decline, Winston Churchill | Leave a comment

I Did Something Stupid Today

Posted on April 4, 2019 by N.S. Palmer

I did something stupid today. I got mad at my phone. And that’s a big part of what’s wrong with the world. Not the fact that I got mad. I’m obviously not that powerful. And thank goodness that I’m not: … Continue reading →