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Emotions and Photons: March 2013

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Saturday, March 16, 2013. Things to act, and things to be acted upon. This is a post I've been meaning to write for a long time. I've hesitated because it discusses such a huge, deep subject that I haven't known where to begin. And, like Haruki Murakami says, when you put something profound into ordinary words, it loses its magic and seems silly and hollow. Anyway, here's a stab at it, so wish me luck. So what is it about agency I want to discuss? Well, it's how we use it – or rather don't. Use of agency...

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Emotions and Photons: September 2013

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Thursday, September 19, 2013. On Vulnerability: Of Fire and Ice. At relationships. And the reason we’re bad is partly because we don’t always understand well how human connection works. Oh, we recognize it when we see it; and we are right to crave it. And I’m sure each of us could deduce the essential dynamics from our own personal experience if we gave thought to it. But do we? So what about friendship? What about human relationships? What determines how many (or how few) we have? How do they germinate?

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Emotions and Photons: September 2012

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Friday, September 28, 2012. Of hope and fear. For those of you following the blog, I apologize for the long lapse between posts - life gets busy sometimes. I'll try to be more consistent and frequent in the future :). This post is the result of a long process, inspired mostly by the thoughts and experiences others. It focuses on hope and fear – two concepts that wield a huge influence on our lives but that we rarely understand. Because they are predominantly emotions. Of your hopes ever coming true.

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Emotions and Photons: June 2014

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Monday, June 16, 2014. Wisdom from little yappy dogs. Let me start by saying how much I hate little dogs. Why do I hate them? I could go on and on about how they look like rats, how they're disgustingly pampered, how their owners treat them like accessories, how they bark endlessly etc, etc. But just today I realized the real. Reason I hate little dogs. All the other reasons are just excuses, whereas this is the heart of the matter: little dogs are. An interesting observation is that we are simultaneousl...

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Emotions and Photons: February 2014

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Monday, February 3, 2014. Revelation and modern spirituality. I think it is safe to interpret this to mean, broadly speaking, that while the average person’s trust in old religious institutions is fading, the basic human need for spiritual meaning, context, and connection is as strong as it ever was. And it is being met, these days, by what might be termed “modern spirituality.”. 8221; rather than giving the matter serious thought and reflection, and seeking God for truth on the matter. Alas, this is not...

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Emotions and Photons: January 2013

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Saturday, January 19, 2013. The Price of Understanding. Understanding comes at a price – and people are not often willing to pay it. This may not seem very intuitive, since understanding ought to be as simple as giving a listening ear and applying one’s mind a little bit. In fact, it’s not – and even those two requirements are often too much to ask. What’s the high price of understanding? Thing you believed was true is in fact not leads you open to wonder if the rest. And guess what, ladies and gentlemen?

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Emotions and Photons: July 2012

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Thursday, July 26, 2012. Some thoughts on misery and faith. Warning: this post doesn't claim to solve any mysteries or make any grand claims. I hope it doesn't sound preachy. I only wanted to venture some insights on what is for some a very difficult, painful topic. I have recently been reflecting on misery. I’m not talking about having a rough day, or a string of bad luck, here. I mean real misery. What possible purpose could this serve? Or: why isn’t the world perfect? 8221; Instead, I only want to off...

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Emotions and Photons: November 2014

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Thursday, November 6, 2014. Do you believe everything you think? I saw this bumper sticker on my way home from work today:. Do you believe everything you think? At first it didn't make any sense and I discounted it as another silly bumper sticker. But thinking about it some more, I realized that the idea is, in fact, quite profound. First, it implies that there is a hierarchical difference between thinking. Something is true and believing. If so, do you just think. It will, or do you really believe.

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Emotions and Photons: Two theories of social interaction

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014. Two theories of social interaction. You have limited time, attention, and love to spend; so be careful who and on whom you spend it. As soon as I wrote this down I knew I was onto something bigger – a theory of social behavior! The statement I just made sounded like basic principles of economics: in a world of infinite wants and needs but finite resources (in a word: scarcity), how do you invest the resources you have to acquire the most economic goods and services possible?

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Emotions and Photons: October 2012

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012. Alright, I promised a post on facing fear, so here it goes. The way I see it, there are two basic responses to fear: either you avoid it, or you confront it. I would estimate (and I frankly admit this to be a Dan-fact) that roughly 99% of the time we deploy the former. I think we would be much better off employing the latter. Lots of reasons. Fears grow when you ignore them. They fester. Perhaps the most important reason we must. And the worst of it is that fear often operate...