“With great power comes great responsibility.” -Spiderman Peter Parker was wrong. Unfortunately, equating control (power) with responsibility is a common misconception people have. This is the notion that we are responsible for what we have the power to directly control. Although this notion is pleasing to our senses of equality and justice, it doesn’t apply […]
Be an Adult
Society defines an adult as someone who has reached the age of majority. For myself that was less than a year ago. My nineteenth birthday won’t be until August. To a lot of people I’m still not an adult. A young-adult/teenager blend that doesn’t really classify as an adult, but still needs to shave. I […]
The Optimists Dilemma
To be positive or not to be positive, that is the question. Being optimistic can certainly motivate you towards action. Unfortunately, unadulterated optimism can also blind you to potential problems and get you to overstate your chances of success. The optimists dilemma is whether the gain in motivation is worth the price in rationally observing […]
A Glitch in the Universe
Have you ever run a computer program and noticed a glitch? Where the program was supposed to do one thing and ended up doing another? Maybe you tried to save a file and your computer crashed. Maybe the website you tried to open didn’t seem to format correctly. When your computer fails to work how […]
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