Author: Justin N. Poythress

  • The Campaign Part I of IV

    September 20, 2021
    This is Part 1 of 4. Check here for the other parts:    Part II    Part III    Part…
  • Close your mouth to save your life

    September 9, 2021
    It’s not only a concern for others that motivates us to keep our mouth shut. It should be an instinct…
  • Why some people are black holes

    August 26, 2021
    What we find in the wicked is… nothing. It’s an absence, a nothingness. Instead of seeing perhaps some malformed root…
  • Renew the city – start with yourself

    August 12, 2021
    The reason why the subject of city transformation or cultural renewal will spawn an infinite number of books, articles, and…
  • Getting what you want, or your nightmare

    July 29, 2021
    The more you dread failure, the more your minor failures will haunt you. You will replay them in your mind,…
  • The soil of apathy Part II

    July 22, 2021
    There is no grand narrative. There is no sweeping, golden standard of right and wrong, of high virtue and deathly…
  • The soil of apathy Part I

    July 15, 2021
    By apathy I do not mean an emotionless shrug at everything that happens, but rather the lack of willpower to…
  • Feasting in a luxurious house

    July 8, 2021
    There are two main objections in people’s minds when they consider setting themselves toward living a life of wisdom. First,…
  • How to be authentic

    July 1, 2021
    I’ve never actually met a fully authentic person. I’m not sure I would want to. It’s been said that a…
  • The balanced, centered, “zenned” life

    June 24, 2021
    What everyone wants, or at least what we want from others, is balance. We need empathy over echo-chambers. But how…