Author: Jason
Micro Learning (30) The Artisan (5) The Healer (8) The Sage (13)
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Is Avoiding Conflict Cowardice or Wisdom?
Why does avoiding conflict feel like the mature choice, right up until the resentment starts leaking out somewhere else? The Case for Avoiding Conflict…
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How to Sit With a Problem Before Solving It
The message comes in. Before you’ve even read it twice, you’re three responses deep — one drafted in your head, one you’re about to…
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Doxxing, Explained in Plain English
Someone posts a screenshot of a stranger’s rude comment online. Within an hour, a reply lists that stranger’s real name, home address, and employer.…
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Deepfake, Explained in Plain English
A video surfaces of a public figure saying something outrageous. Within minutes, people are arguing over whether it’s real, doctored the old-fashioned way, or…
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Culture War, Explained in Plain English
A disagreement about a school curriculum, a holiday tradition, or a word choice suddenly becomes evidence of which side of the country someone belongs…
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Virtue Signaling, Explained in Plain English
Someone posts publicly about a cause they care about. Almost immediately, a reply accuses them of “just virtue signaling.” The accusation: that they care…
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Who Benefits From a Proxy War You’re Not Fighting?
A factory that made spare parts for tractors five years ago now runs three shifts producing artillery components. Its stock trades higher every time…
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Ad Hominem, Explained in Plain English
Someone makes an argument. The reply doesn’t touch the argument at all. It goes after the person instead — their character, their motives, or…
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Slippery Slope, Explained in Plain English
Someone proposes a small, specific change. The response isn’t about that change at all. It’s a warning about the extreme, unrelated-seeming outcome it will…
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Straw Man Argument, Explained in Plain English
You make a specific, careful point. The person responding argues against a much more extreme, sloppier version of it instead — one you never…