Life In Chaos

There are so many absolutely appalling human-generated crises going on in the world. People of normal conscience and intelligence, basic humanity and awareness are in fact appalled, are outraged; some are speaking out, protesting and resisting… Some are feeling simply powerless, wondering how these terrible things are being permitted to go on happening. Wondering who …

“Aren’t you kind of old to be so cynical?”

I look at some of the young people around today and they are a lot less bullshit-inclined or fooled than other generations have been: Less trusting of authority, more spin-proof. While this might look like cynicism sometimes, it may also closely resemble common sense. Cynicism is a result of disappointed trust combined with a sense …