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Of mice and men
Can you imagine being born with every privilege the world has to offer and also feeling a victim your whole life? Can you imagine using great power to disenfranchise the most vulnerable people in society? "Can you imagine being the most powerful individual alive and being afraid of the weakest people on earth?" I cannot. But sadly, I do not have to imagine it. You, me, and the entire world are watching an entitled man-child, who is the literal embodiment of everything tha
Lawrence Sheraton
Oct 26, 20183 min read


Our Greatest Existential Threat
What is our greatest existential threat? What events or cause/effect scenarios could lead to the end of humanity's existence on Earth? Outside of the scope of astrological events, think asteroids, solar decay, etc., what human caused events could destroy us as a species? The idea that the greatest existential threat to humanity is human activity has been with us for a while. He's an image and a pity statement from a poster created by Walter Kelly in 1970 for the first Earth
Lawrence Sheraton
Jul 22, 20187 min read
Introduction to Why and Because
Why and Because—The Art and Science of Moral and Ethical Understanding explores a basic question: How do you know what is right? Ethics is something we have innate knowledge of, but it takes a good deal of effort to fully understand, express, and apply properly. The problem with innate abilities is we often don’t know how we do it. If we asked 100 people how they maintain balance, we’d likely get 100 different answers. We may not understand how we maintain balance, but that
Lawrence Sheraton
Nov 18, 20172 min read


The Human Condition
Polarity | The embodiment of the human condition Polarity is the embodiment of the human condition. People have good and bad impulses; they act in kind and harmful ways. They treat each other with fairness and unfairly. Nobody is as bad as their worst deed, and nobody is a good as their best deed. As a species, we advance the most when we seek truth through greater knowledge and understanding. Conversely, we regress when we are constrained by ignorance and fear. P
Lawrence Sheraton
Nov 18, 20171 min read
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