I read this AI research article recently. Its drift fits my narrative re symbiosis – "a collective [and cooperative] human intelligence sort of thing." • Harvard News > "Artificial intelligence may not be artificial" by Liz Mineo, Harvard Staff Writer […]

Does career / work success automatically ensure happiness? Do pay increases have large and long-lasting effects on job satisfaction? This article (video) explains that: "To get actual happiness from work, you need to seek two things, and really two things […]

"What really makes someone a good person?" Psychologist and neuroscientist Sarah Schnitker studies how traits like patience, courage, and compassion are built through repeated practice in real-life situations. She’s found that virtues grow not from comfort, but from challenge. She […]

Caption: Diagram for happiness by an unknown author. Creative Commons.

The future of interdependence between humans and AI? • Phys.org > "Could humans and AI become a new kind of evolutionary individual?" by Santa Fe Institute (9-22-2025) In a recent op-ed published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, […]

[Caption] The song:"Embrace me … My sweet embraceable you … I want my arms about you …" Companionship for every season of life. It's primal. A low state of companionship by in-home caregivers seemed to work for my mom during […]

How does emotional maturity play into happiness and meaning? The ability to have hard conversations which explore horizons of experience: "Make room for complexity rather than chasing clarity." There's a price for a frictionless faith, the "soft pillow for a […]

Is the whole point of achieving the "good life" to be "sanctified?" – in the context of personal & public virtue. To have that "golden ticket?" Possess "saving faith." Does that "blessed" state require intellectual independence? Is there any penalty […]

Regarding curiosity as a luxury … Sometimes our collective imagination is captured by grand ventures & stories which expand our vision of the world and point to new horizons. Such was the first manned landing on the Moon. Such was […]

Will superintelligent, powerful AIs entertain doubt? Or seduce us into blind faith? Numb us intellectually & emotionally, or nurture our questions & agency? Here's a young voice reminding us of the importance of critical thinking … the power & peril […]