INFORMED LIFE

5,000+ years ago, people were their own rational guide through the world as a means of survival. Almost no information was passed from...

Whether or not to eat meat is a difficult ethical question, but let’s explore the most ethical way possible to consume meat. Imagine you...

Going on a long walk with a trash grabber and a grocery bag is one of the easiest hobbies you can take up to improve your life. You will...

Atheists, believers in God(s), Agnostics, and even believers in a simulation all benefit from praying. Praying acts as a check on the...

Nearly all jobs are important and provide a net benefit to society. If you don’t think your job matters, you are sorely mistaken. The...

Good vs evil does exist, but people aren't inherently good or evil. Those that do evil lack the capacity to see why good is preferred...

Ugly. Orange. Failed businessman. These insults are not on a person’s character, but instead on their looks and money. Could you imagine...

Seeing the future is to have awareness of something before it happens. Prediction is a hypothesis as to what will happen. When does a...

We watch a debate like we watch a football game, cheering on the side that aligns to our ideological preference. Our ego clouds our...

There are no better or worse immutable traits, there are only traits more or less preferred by society. The short and tall man each have...

Sunday blues. You are dreading going to work tomorrow. Is this a valid feeling? Ask yourself, “Do you want a job?” If you answer yes, you...

A vision of improving the world is a virtuous pursuit. To desire credit for improving the world is a selfish pursuit and a manifestation...

By following each possible logical string to its conclusion, we find that true virtue is always the answer. True virtue, as opposed to...

Humans have an inner feeling that we want to make a big impact on the world, but this is a manifestation of the ego, as it requires us to...

What is your goal in life? A common answer is happiness. Even the 14th Dalai Lama has stated the purpose of life is to be happy. People...

Never hate someone for acting in their nature. A rooster sings at the break of dawn and you awake angry. “Shut up bird!” You exclaim. Can...

Determinism can be seen as life being a giant if-then statement; we just fail to see all the inputs to the output. If Determinism is...

Randomness does not exist in the universe; we just cannot see all data points that lead up to events. Wherever you are and whatever you...

We all have experienced the feeling of reading a quote and feeling mind-blown by the profound idea or wisdom it conveyed. We often save...

Think back to moments in your life that were hardest. Were you sitting on the floor nearly lifeless with depression trying to figure out...