Ajinkya Wadhwa

There is just one certainty: One day our time will be up, and we have no idea when that day will be.

Cultures use incentive systems too. Instead of physical shocks or jail time as penalties, cultures enforce their values with social and psychological punishments like criticism, ridicule, shame, and ostracism. Instead of Snausages or money, they use rewards like praise, acceptance, approval, respect, and admiration.

Every night after the Johnsons put Lulu to bed, she waits until they leave the room and then she crawls out the window to go riding around with the bad baby (Lulu’s friend) who lives down the block.

In higher-minded culture, the pervading values are Higher-Mind driven, making it a positively charged culture that exerts an upward pull on the psyches of their members. The behavior rewarded or zapped by the culture align more with the Higher Mind’s values, and interactions carry a generally high-minded tone, which empowers the Higher Minds of the... See more

Of course, the Higher Mind and Primitive Mind totally disagree about what your Values Stack should look like.

Reason #1: Weddings are ridiculously expensive

Whereas I like to view sustained periods of thought as the only accessible avenue of examination and contemplation.

(These) Ranges of experiences, whether good or bad, are all a part of this very existence that we have been gifted.

Humans learn via direct experience, but their advanced language and imagination capabilities offer them a second learning pathway.