The Psychology of Obedience
Why intelligent people blindly follow what they know is wrong — and why intelligence was never the safeguard we assumed it was.
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Fear
The quiet engine under most behaviour.
If you gaze long into an abyss
And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.
Why You Suffer Unnecessarily
Pain arrives on its own. Nearly everything that follows it is added by a mind doing what it believes is helping.
What Remains at Three in the Morning
The hour when the arguments do not work. Traditions treat it as an affliction. It may be closer to an appointment.
The Comfort of Belief
Beliefs are not primarily descriptions of the world. They are load-bearing structures — which is why arguing with one so seldom moves it.
Fear Has No Object
Fear presents itself with a cause attached. Remove the cause and the fear finds another — which suggests the cause was never the point.
The Mind That Cannot Be Alone
A mind that cannot sit in an empty room is not restless. It is avoiding something, and the avoidance has become continuous.