“Here is the tragedy of theology in its distilled essence: The employment of high-powered human intellect, of genius, of profoundly rigorous logical deduction—studying nothing. In the Middle Ages, the great minds capable of transforming the world did not study the world; and so, for most of a millennium, as human beings screamed in agony—decaying from starvation, eaten by leprosy and plague, dying in droves in their twenties—the men of the mind, who could have provided their earthly salvation, abandoned them for otherworldly fantasies.” MenWorldMindHumansAgeHuman BeingsFantasyStudyMiddleDyingHe ManGeniusCapableEssenceTragedyTwentiesSalvationIntellectTheologyEmploymentLogicalAbandonedAgonyPlagueMiddle AgesTransformingStarvationMillenniumGreat MindsDeductionsLeprosyTransforming The World Author:Andrew Bernstein
“Throughout history, independent minds have carried mankind forward. Whether they identified how to make fire or manufacture tools, develop rational philosophy or create man-glorifying art, pioneer scientific knowledge or invent the electric light, independent thinkers have created the goods on which human life and prosperity depend.” MenMindHumansArtPhilosophyLightFireMankindDependsToolsIndependentProsperityRationalHuman LifeGoodsThinkerElectricPioneersScientific KnowledgeElectric Light Author:Andrew Bernstein
“... statism systematically violates the rights of individuals and is, therefore, immoral. Because it suppresses the mind and violates men's rights, it thereby causes abysmal poverty and is utterly impractical.” MenMindIndividualCausesPovertyRightsImmoralCollectivism Author:Andrew Bernstein
“You might think that shifting your thoughts is as easy as setting your mind to it. But stressful thoughts aren't held in place through choice or will power. They're held in place through perceived truth value.” ThinkingMindMightValuesChoicesEasySettingSettingsShiftingWill PowerStressful Author:Andrew Bernstein
“The less you think counterfactually, the less you experience stress. Stress, in this light, isn't a bad thing. It's simply a warning system telling you that your mind has lost touch with what's real.” ThinkingMindRealLightLostStressBad ThingsWarning Author:Andrew Bernstein
