Learn to use the tools

JC/ September 3, 2025/ history, language

Tools and weapons are often the same. It is the application that determines the bucket into which they get put. Learn to use tools so that you are not fearful of the weapons wielded by sociopathy. Don’t let the criminals tell you that these tools are weapons only because they want to use them to kill, injure, and divide us.

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Freedom “from” versus “to”

JC/ July 9, 2025/ biography

Growing up with a modicum of privilege in the United States during the end of the 20th century we dreamed of the things we could do with our freedom, “to.” We could leave home to make riches and buy big cars, big houses, big boats, big vacations. We had big dreams for things. In those times we took our freedoms,

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Fear and the biology of our human brains

JC/ July 1, 2025/ science

What causes some to be more fearful than others? When two people are exposed to the same stimulus under the same conditions why does one person respond with panic, isolation, and defensiveness? While the other responds with calm, curiosity, and resolve? Research indicates that more grey matter in the anterior cingulate cortex equals more liberal, less fearful responses. Larger right

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