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Why Men Fear Women
2w ago00:21:44Tap to summarizeGiven that man is the physically stronger sex, it may seem preposterous to claim that many men fear women more than women fear men. Yet across cultures and throughout history, women have often been portrayed as the greatest threat to man. In Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things, the American linguist and philosopher George Lakoff shows how in many languages there […] The post Why Men Fear Women first appeared on Academy of Ideas.
Transcribe →Carl Jung as Therapist – Your Problems Don’t Lie in the Past
Apr 1100:13:43Tap to summarize“We should not forget that every neurosis entails a corresponding amount of demoralization. If a man is neurotic, he has lost confidence in himself. A neurosis is a humiliating defeat and is felt as such by people who are not entirely unconscious of their own psychology.” Carl Jung, Collected Works Volume 17 In the modern […] The post Carl Jung as Therapist – Your Problems Don’t Lie in the Past first appeared on Academy of Ideas.
Transcribe →Why The Western Worldview Limits Human Potential
Mar 3000:15:27Tap to summarizeWhen considering how to improve modern day society many people gravitate toward political solutions. Others suggest that we need a sort of revolution of consciousness in which people move to a more enlightened state of being. But there is another path that could lead to social progress that is more practical than either politics or […] The post Why The Western Worldview Limits Human Potential first appeared on Academy of Ideas.
Transcribe →What If the “Crazy” Ones Are Right? – Conspiracy Theories
Mar 900:15:28Tap to summarizeSome people allege that the politicians, bureaucrats and corporate elite that make up the ruling class are conspiring to enrich themselves, gain more power, and transform society into a totalitarian dystopia. From assassinations to false flags, cognitive warfare to the rigging of elections, engineered pandemics to manufactured economic and social crises, there is little they […] The post What If the “Crazy” Ones Are Right? – Conspiracy Theories first appeared on Academy of Ideas.
Transcribe →Carl Jung – Are Demons Real?
Feb 1000:11:05Tap to summarize“[Modern man] is blind to the fact that, with all his rationality and efficiency, he is possessed by powers beyond his control. The gods and demons have not disappeared at all, they have merely got new names.” Carl Jung, Collected Works Volume 18 For millennia, in cultures spanning the globe, men and women believed in […] The post Carl Jung – Are Demons Real? first appeared on Academy of Ideas.
Transcribe →Why We Sabotage Ourselves – The Psychology of Self-Handicapping
Jan 2200:10:59Tap to summarize“The self-handicapper reaches out for impediments, exaggerates handicaps, and embraces any factor reducing personal responsibility for mediocrity…” Steven Berglas and Edward Jones, Drug Choice as a Self-Handicapping Strategy Rather than simply contending with external obstacles to success, many of us actively collaborate in our own defeat. We are our own worst enemies and our inability […] The post Why We Sabotage Ourselves – The Psychology of Self-Handicapping first appeared on Academy of Ideas.
Transcribe →The Psychology of Online Haters – Nietzsche’s “Poisonous Flies”
Jan 700:11:23Tap to summarize“Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.” Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind The internet has connected the world, but it has also unleashed a torrent of hostility. The primary source of this hostility is the online hater. Hidden behind a screen and protected by anonymity, these individuals mock and insult creators, podcasters, online personalities, […] The post The Psychology of Online Haters – Nietzsche’s “Poisonous Flies” first appeared on Academy of Ideas.
Transcribe →Why we Fear our Highest Potential – The Jonah Complex
Dec 3000:08:35Tap to summarize“The difficulties of our psychotherapeutic work teach us to take truth, goodness, and beauty where we find them. They are not always found where we look for them: often they are hidden in the dirt or are in the keeping of the dragon.” Carl Jung, Collected Works Volume 16 We all possess what Carl Jung […] The post Why we Fear our Highest Potential – The Jonah Complex first appeared on Academy of Ideas.
Transcribe →Why Weak People Create Hard Times – The Biological Decline of the West
Dec 1100:16:09Tap to summarizeThe modern West is in decline. Economic stagnation, rising tax burdens, moral disorientation, political corruption, bloated bureaucracies, and soaring levels of poverty, drug addiction and homelessness, all point to a faltering civilization. While many agree that the West is faltering, explanations as to why vary; some blame the collapse of religion and the loss of […] The post Why Weak People Create Hard Times – The Biological Decline of the West first appeared on Academy of Ideas.
Transcribe →Escape Mediocrity – How to Stop Wasting your Life
Dec 100:11:50Tap to summarize“Many are born; few live. Men without personality are innumerable and vegetate molded by their environment, like melted wax.” José Ingenieros, The Mediocre Man In the early-20th century, the Argentinian philosopher, physician, and essayist José Ingenieros wrote a book titled The Mediocre Man. In it he explores what distinguishes the mediocre masses from those who […] The post Escape Mediocrity – How to Stop Wasting your Life first appeared on Academy of Ideas.
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