It’s been praised by ancient philosophers, pushed geniuses to see the world differently, and can help you today — It’s difficult to figure out what you should do and where you should be. Some never find that perfect fit. But we’re not alone. Organizations go through this difficult process as well. In the National Football League, sixty-nine percent of number one draft picks either don’t play for their team…

And their weapon of choice was a wooden club — Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl in his classic Man’s Search For Meaning once summed up the dual nature of humanity brilliantly in only a few words. His method of description was something familiar: a gas chamber. Frankl pointed out that man is both the terrible creature that operated it, and the…

The unacceptable creation and destruction of disposable people — “On the night of June 16th, Alyssa, known to many as Bre, was the victim of a gruesome and unthinkable act. She was brutally attacked and set on fire by her assailants. She sustained 2nd and 3rd degree burns over more than half her body and is currently in a…

It wasn’t a creator, thinker, or leader. — If I asked you who the most influential person in modern history was, could you come up with an answer? The question itself might seem a bit monumental. To define it down to a single person over the last couple hundred years might be a struggle. I’m sure your first…

Dr. Frankenstein, automatons, animal electricity, and fallen angels — Our ancestors lived in a world with uncountable unknowns. Their method of handling these uncertainties was magic, spirits, and gods that directed these things that couldn’t be understood. Even if their magic wasn’t real, their belief gave it power. And, on occasion, sometimes our ancestors could manipulate this magic in…

It sits hidden in the world’s most inaccessible point for later civilizations — Waste can be an odd sort of treasure at many levels. In one sense, if you can find a use for what no one wants, riches await. For instance, Heritage Daily reports some ingenious Romans started collecting urine to use for tanning materials and creating ammonia. It was a surprisingly…

C.S. Lewis’s timely advice on postponing today for an ideal tomorrow — “Human life has always been lived on the edge of a precipice. Human culture has always had to exist under the shadow of something infinitely more important than itself. If men had postponed the search for knowledge and beauty until they were secure, the search would never have begun.” —…

Chimpanzees, elevated ground, and spying on rivals — Risk is the ultimate motivator. The danger of the sea pushed the ancient Greeks to develop the idea of insurance for their ship cargo. Their armies thought up mitigations to risk as well. …

Eastern scholars are saying the great philosopher didn’t exist — Certain well-educated academics in China claim that Aristotle never existed. You can say this is an odd shot to fire in a modern-day Cold War between the West and East. But it’s a heavier salvo than you think. Wars between nations aren’t only fought with guns and armies. Words and…