Don Kahle

a consilientist -- one who cares less about things and more about how things connect

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A solution
is a potion
that works

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"Forewarned" is redundant, unless there were three more who urged caution.
Then it's misspelled.

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A goalie's job description is exactly opposite the position's name.

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Democrats: defuse GOP's threat on the debt ceiling by renaming the hostage: "creditworthiness certification" or some such...

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Did you know that some studies indicate that 1% of American males are psychopaths? (Rough equivalence: being 6'4" or taller)

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I counted them today. My house has 70 windows. (Note to self: Don't throw stones.)

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"The pursuit of happiness" has disappointed us. We pursue like crazy, but happiness rarely results. Banishing sadness is easier.

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If people make/take the space and time necessary to feel sad, they are less likely to become angry. Angry people (felt or sublimated) tend to do things that hurt people, making others sad. Or angry! End result: if more people were willing to feel sad, a whole lot fewer peopl…

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I wonder how much human anguish and sorrow is the result of other humans expressing anger, resentment, or revenge?

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I learned early in life that attractive people tend to be less interesting. Now that I'm old, the same rule applies, but class has replaced beauty. It's harder to have original or daring thoughts if you're beholden to — i.e. a beneficiary of — the status quo. Success homogen…

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We have Generation Z, post-modernism, and ultimate Frisbee. Is it really a surprise this feels like the end?

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Sadness affirms empathy and strengthens community, lessening fear for all. Lessened fear reduces anger and can eliminate resentment and revenge.

Sadness begins a virtuous circle that sows safety into the world, mending the fabric that knits us together. Mental health is no…

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God created powdered sugar because She wanted
the ubiquity of glitter,
but edible.

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News item: Government officials plan to investigate Southwest Airlines (which canceled 2000 flights today) because the airline gives consumers reliably low fares by not organizing its business model around the hub-and-spoke model, which is more expensive but less resilient.
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It's so disappointing to the masses, living their lives in quiet desperation, when a young man isn't quiet about it.

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How do we curb conflict capitalists?
(aka conflict entrepreneurs)
How did we do it last time?

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Do we think of ourselves first as colleagues, compatriots, citizens? Or as customers, clients, consumers?

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I was about 11 when I learned that "celery" and "salary" are different words. That cleared up a lot of confusion.

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Mathematicians don't have meetings. They have encounters.

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An actor who doesn't need an audience is just a liar.