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Bad Bunny, Kid Rock, and the Super Bowl Halftime Show: Interdependent Mindset vs Independent Mindset
Today a battle in the war for the hearts and minds of Americans will be waged during the Super...
How Our Interdependent Nature Prevents Us From Just Letting Go
The world we typically see is a world of mostly unexamined, needs-based personal imperatives...
The Dangerous Baloney of the Independent Mindset
The previous article published here talked about the ubiquity of baloney in our culture due to the...
Detecting the Baloney of The Independent Mindset
As discussed in The Hopeful Mindset the independent mindset is based on an erroneous assumption...
Is Capitalism Driving Or Accommodating Our Desires
I have often pointed to capitalism as a product of the values inherent in the independent mindset....
Interdependent Values: A Prescription For What Ails Us
Values of the Interdependent Worldview It is now recognized across multiple scientific fields that...
Can Science Tell Us How We Should Live?
Since the death of God was announced by Friedrich Nietzsche in 1882 people have been arguing about...
Why Donald Trump’s Amorality Is Acceptable To So Many
In a recent article published in The Atlantic by David Brooks which draws on the work of moral...
Is Capitalism or Socialism Human Nature?
It has been claimed that capitalism is human nature. I think this is false. It is true that we can...
Is Hope Better for Stress Reduction than Mindfulness?
Nietzsche called hope “the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.” and I...
Gabor Maté and The Hopeful Mindset
Gabor Maté CM is a Hungarian-born Canadian physician. He has a background in family practice...
Hope Matters: It’s Not Just A Mood It’s A Mindset
A study at the University of Missouri’s Department of Psychological Sciences involving 6...











