by Dirk Johnson | Aug 6, 2024 | memo
To lose your legs or your eyes or your ears but still remain uncowed, high spirited, and cheerful: this is true power, an exalted siddhi.
by Dirk Johnson | Jul 18, 2024 | memo
We need questions, not answers. Answers are everywhere. Real questions are rare.
by Dirk Johnson | Jul 16, 2024 | memo
Why is there such a generally low opinion of humanity? Pyramids were created by aliens, the moon landing was a hoax: these and many other beliefs express nothing but a low opinion of human possibility. We live in an age of unparalleled human material creation beyond...
by Dirk Johnson | Jul 13, 2024 | memo
The teacher and the student must have similar levels of commitment to the process. A dedicated teacher and a negligent student, or a dedicated student and a negligent teacher must not come together. If the student won’t pursue his studies, he only deserves a...
by Dirk Johnson | Jul 12, 2024 | memo
It’s been 50 years since I fractured my skull, lost my left eye, and lost my smile to mid sagittal paralysis. I noticed because I see people smiling, confident that their smile is pleasing to others. While my smile feels like a sinister commentary or a...
by Dirk Johnson | Jul 4, 2024 | memo
July 4, 2024 12:59 EDT Starting with the Declaration of Independence, our government was born from the leading intellectual ideas of its time. It wasn’t some anti-intellectual backwater that so many are so determined to turn it...
