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Unhoned Opinions

Many of our opinions are inherited, not developed. The more we hone them, the more they align with who we actually are.

The idea of common moral ground isn’t impossible, but it’s also not easy an idea to accept.

Many of our philosophies are labels and nothing more. Practical philosophy requires that we pay attention to our everyday actions.

It’s easy to reinforce bias. It’s difficult to present ideas to those who are predisposed to be biased against them.

We’re all trying to figure out how best to spend our time.

Kindness and reason are not mutually exclusive.

Concrete concepts are easy to understand and quite popular, but they often lack the valuable subtlety of less certain ideas and advice.

We define ourselves by our tastes, which can be limiting if we ignore aspects of life as part of that self-definition.

You make a statement with every single purchase you make.

A theory without practice is like a book never opened.