Tag: family


  • Raising Anti-Fragile Kids

    Raising Anti-Fragile Kids

    …and Being One Yourself Life is hard. Shocking, I know. But in our well-intentioned efforts to shield ourselves (and our kids) from every bump, bruise, and slightly uncomfortable situation, we might actually be making things worse. Enter anti-fragility, a concept from Nassim Taleb’s book Antifragile that basically says: some things don’t just survive stress—they actually…

  • The Zizian Cult and the Limits of Online Community

    A Case Study in Digital Radicalization and the Need for Divine Connection You may have never heard of the Zizians— a cultish group of radically rational, trans-human, vegan Sith philosophers. Sounds like something right out of a sci-fi movie, right? But no, they’re real, and they’ve been in the news for all the wrong reasons—murder,…