steve franssen
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Shallow Relationships
Shallow relationships offer only shallow value. Most commonly, people seek out shallow relationships for a baseline level of comfort. This means that they have such little self-mastery that the predictability of idle chatter and distraction is preferable to the clashing voices in their own psyche. Watching movies, getting buzzed, or ogling at sports with so-and-so… Continue reading
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Domesticated Human Tricks
Talented people with some measure of ability in accruing skill have the same proposition before them as anyone else: live in service of ideals higher than oneself or indulge in smallness for the sake of comfort. Most of the talented in this irreligious age choose the latter. They build up what amounts to stupid human… Continue reading
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Convincing People
When you discover the truth about something for yourself, when you’ve tested it through and it holds water, your first reaction in the early going is to turn to someone else and tell them everything. Maybe it’s sheer enthusiasm, though you learn quickly that most social environments don’t tolerate exuberance. Maybe you’re driven to tell… Continue reading