Implanting Evil

“In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousandfold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach the evildoers, we are not simply protecting their...

Light

God calls us to be lights to the world, but this is a metaphor about effect, not source. The point of the light is not that it might be admired but that it reveals. – E.O.

Smartphones

“The evidence that phones in pockets interfere with learning is now so clear that in August 2023, UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) issued a report that addressed the adverse effects that digital technologies, and phones in...

Stress

“Many of the trees they planted [in Biosphere 2] to create a rain-forest ecosystem grew rapidly but then fell over before reaching maturity. The designers had not realized that young trees need wind to  grow properly. When the wind blows, it bends the tree, which tugs...