Are We Living in a Simulation? Matrix, Maya, and the Search for Meaning
There is a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. Something you know is wrong with this world. Most people are not ready to be unplugged. Fear cuts us off…
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Surround Yourself With Good People: The Culture of Sour Grapes
I’m secretly waiting for you to fail. I will root and holler and stand by your side. But truly, I don’t love myself enough to see you win and be…
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End Citizens United: Will the Fox and the Hound Remember?
“We’ll always be friends forever, won’t we?” We were raised together. Played together. Heck, we’re practically brothers. Sure, we’ve got different roles now. Different backgrounds, different outlooks. But we’ll always…
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Legal Bribery: How Does Lobbying Negatively Affect Government?
Lobbying: A career born in hell — funded by addiction, oil, and war. How does lobbying negatively affect the government? You know the folks from Purdue Pharma who helped enable…
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Presidents and Pushers: The War on Drugs and How the U.S. Became Top Boy
Pablo Escobar’s character in Narcos said it best: “Lies are necessary, when the truth is too difficult to believe.” And maybe, for the last century, connecting these dots was too…
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Servant Leadership Isn’t Dead — You’re Just Doing It Wrong
Thank God Don Draper Never Had LinkedIn. Leaders today are performers — spinning yarns while spinning plates, claiming they invented the art. I mean, could you imagine us having to…
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Citizens United: A Bane-Style Takeover of American Democracy
There’s a scene in The Dark Knight Rises. Bane has overrun Gotham. The rich are panicking. The streets are in chaos. Crane, somehow the judge, hands out sentences like candy….
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Not Today, Dr. Melfi: How Would Tony Soprano Do In Modern Therapy?
You steer the ship the best way you know how. Tony Soprano existed in a world where therapy was taboo, mental health was guesswork, and the pharmacology department acted like…
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The Four Horsemen of Positive Masculinity: Irwin, Burton, Rogers, and Nye
Crikey — where have all the good men gone? We don’t live in a world where fundamentally good men are celebrated anymore. Integrity’s a liability. It’s a race to see…
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I Used ChatGPT for Therapy: Here’s What Happened
Skynet, are you there? Using AI as therapy is absurd. This wasn’t full-Gonzo — I literally trauma-dumped into a word doc with a God complex one day, with no intention…