Free essays and podcast episodes are published every Tuesday, and paid subscribers receive an additional essay and episode on Thursdays. Gregory Benford, an astrophysicist and science fiction author, is perhaps best known for a quote pulled from his 1980 novel
This is a very well timed read. Within the last couple of days I had a conversation with someone that aligns very well with this “law”, and I felt very uncomfortable with the conclusion of the conversation. The topic wasn’t one of high importance, yet I still felt attacked into which I now, after spending time thinking further into the words that were said, that the conversation was driven from a passionate fuel that blinded me and made me arrogant to what the person on the other side was trying to get across.
This is a very well timed read. Within the last couple of days I had a conversation with someone that aligns very well with this “law”, and I felt very uncomfortable with the conclusion of the conversation. The topic wasn’t one of high importance, yet I still felt attacked into which I now, after spending time thinking further into the words that were said, that the conversation was driven from a passionate fuel that blinded me and made me arrogant to what the person on the other side was trying to get across.
Loved the read, thank you Colin,
Turner