Ask most people to define “writing,” and they’ll tell you it’s the process of putting words down on paper, communicating what you already know. In reality, writing is often how you discover what you don’t know—and so how you learn to think better.
Tag: thinking
Write It Down
The things you write down, using your own words, begin to become the meaning you create for yourself, if for no other reason than because you wrote them down. And creating meaning is not a task any of us can afford to outsource.
How Do You Stay Hopeful?
The philosopher Ernst Bloch argued that hope is woven into the fabric of reality. Here’s a brief look at his big ideas, plus prompts to get you thinking and writing (hopefully).
I Used to Be ChatGPT
In the early 2000s, my job was to find and share answers to hard questions fast. Here’s what that experience taught me about how humans know, why we need to keep thinking together, and when we’re better than any artificial intelligence.
Check Your Lenses
Different tools enable different types of seeing and thinking.
Nothing Much and the Center of Everything
A brief reflection on the otherworldly importance of each of us—and why you should do your homework.
What Changed Your Mind?
The most important mind-changers aren't nuggets you'll note in a TED talk or even lessons you'll learn from a book. They're experiences that change who you are.
Why Can’t I Just Make Up My Own Mind?
Because your mind is basically a hypersensitive elephant with an untrained rider on top.
Someday You’ll See Things Differently
No matter how well you know a thing now, it will likely look different to you someday, after your next existential transition.
There Is More
There's much more to life than meets the eye, and we have to remember to look for it.
