11-14-2025 There's the commons – shared community spaces – and what we have in common. What binds us together. But how deep do those bonds go? What is taken for granted (tacit)? What is left unexplored in daily routines and […]

11-16-2025 Evidently, even the bond between telepaths might not be adequate joining, a deep enough togetherness. The theme of individualism versus collectivism involving, in particular, a hive mind reminded me of a story I'd read long ago, decades ago. It's […]

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 […]