by tfindlay | Sep 15, 2020 | Hopeful Mindset
I recently watched a Netflix documentary called “The Social Dilemma” <https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=81254224> in which a dozen or so highly qualified and experienced people working in the field of social media were interviewed. I thought I was...
by tfindlay | Aug 11, 2020 | Hopeful Mindset
The foundation of The Hopeful Mindset is a recognition of the interdependent nature of life. This recognition is in contrast with a common misconception that organisms exist independently from one another. Although many people are aware of the existence of ecosystems,...
by tfindlay | Jul 22, 2020 | Hopeful Mindset
I recently participated in a webinar entitled “What is the Earth Asking of Us?” arranged by earthliteracies.org. Although the participants came from varied backgrounds and experiences there was a general consensus that Earth needs us to learn to live in harmony with...
by tfindlay | Jul 10, 2020 | Hopeful Mindset
Shakespeare wrote, “What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” and he was right. The names we give to things are often quite arbitrary. For example a pencil could be called a “grapher” as long as everyone understood that “grapher” is a word we...
by tfindlay | Jun 23, 2020 | Hopeful Mindset
As discussed in the A Brief History of the Western Mindset section of The Hopeful Mindset, the dominant mindset of western civilization has been and still is The Cynical Mindset. As this mindset has evolved over the past 2500 years, human beings have come to see...
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