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Why Boundaries Create Security
Article Why Boundaries Create Security By Richard P. WeigandWriter on ethics, first principles, and cultural formation. Introduction Many parents...
Read Article Why Discipline Is Misunderstood — And Why Children Need It
Article Why Discipline Is Misunderstood — And Why Children Need It Introduction Few words in modern parenting create...
Read Article Can the Samurai Code Guide Modern Life?
Article Can the Samurai Code Guide Modern Life? The samurai lived in a very different world from ours. Their...
Read Article The Illusion of Consensus — Why We Think “Everyone Believes This”
By Richard P. Weigand Many people believe they form their opinions independently. In reality, we constantly scan the beliefs of...
Read Article The Triangle of Influence — How Ideas Actually Spread
By Richard P. Weigand Many people believe ideas spread because the best arguments win. That sounds reasonable. It is also...
Read Article How Small Minorities Change Society — The 10% Rule
Article By Richard P. Weigand Most people assume that major cultural shifts happen when the majority changes its mind. That...
Read Article Why Repetition Makes Ideas Feel True
Article By Richard P. Weigand Most people believe they adopt ideas through reasoning. But much of belief formation happens in...
Read Article Discipline in an Age of Comfort
If you ask people what they want from life, the answers are usually predictable. Few people mention discipline. Comfort.Freedom.Happiness.Success. Yet...
Read Article A First Principle of Human Life
First Principle Worlds rest on foundational laws. Here is one: it takes male and female to produce the human race....
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