Every truth comes after the event, the philosopher Alain Badiou once said. It's tempting to view the widespread stress, anxiety, and sense of disconnection today as the culmination of such an event-one that reveals an uncomfortable truth: Few people dare to live authentically, as they are consumed by what others think of them.
Baseball can strain one's sense of empathy, sometimes. I believe in empathy as the cheapest and best antidote to a world that sometimes seemed designed for, and therefore too often rewards, unchecked greed and narcissism.
Higher education faces a significant challenge in fostering open dialogue as many students feel intimidated to express differing opinions, despite faculty support for constructive disagreement.
A man's suffering is similar to the behavior of a gas. If a certain quantity of gas is pumped into an empty chamber, it will fill the chamber completely and evenly, no matter how big the chamber. Thus suffering completely fills the human soul and conscious mind, no matter whether the suffering is great or small.