Social Harmony Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/social-harmony/ Vincent Ryan Ruggiero - Author of books and essays Sat, 11 Jan 2025 17:05:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://mind-at-work.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-open-book-32x32.png Social Harmony Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/social-harmony/ 32 32 The Story Is Much Bigger Than It Seems https://mind-at-work.com/the-story-is-much-bigger-than-it-seems/ Sat, 11 Jan 2025 17:03:51 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=6130 The story is that Mark Zuckerberg's parent company Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, has replaced its controversial "fact checking program" with one similar to Elon Musk's program X. Fact checking had been in effect in Meta since 2016 when Trump first became president, and it resulted in hundreds of thousands if not [...]

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]]> Harmony Is Wonderful, But How Is It Achieved? https://mind-at-work.com/harmony-is-wonderful-but-how-is-it-achieved/ Sat, 27 Jul 2024 13:30:36 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5943 Now that the election is growing very close, the messaging from both parties is increasingly focused on some version of, "We've got stop questioning one another's integrity, calling names and casting blame, and refusing to work together for the common good. Our common goal must be to put country above self and achieve harmony." It's [...]

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]]> Restoring Internal Harmony https://mind-at-work.com/restoring-internal-harmony/ Sat, 17 Dec 2022 16:23:44 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5118 Viktor Frankl From all indications, more and more Americans are experiencing disillusionment, despair, and even suicidal thoughts over the continuing decline of our culture. Such feelings are likely to be strongest among younger people who have grown up believing that having things go well is their birthright, and when things do not go [...]

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]]> How to Contribute to Social Harmony https://mind-at-work.com/how-to-contribute-to-social-harmony/ Sat, 29 Oct 2022 15:14:11 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5068 The great majority of Americans agree that overcoming the division among us is imperative. We have to learn to speak with one another in a more respectful, positive way. In doing so, we may find the disagreement between us is not as great as we thought. But even if it is great, we will have [...]

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]]> Restoring Social Harmony https://mind-at-work.com/restoring-social-harmony/ Sat, 06 Aug 2022 14:34:00 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=4982 I ended my recent essay, “Revisiting Ancient Wisdom,” by recalling Confucius’ view that getting beyond self-adulation improves ourselves, our communities, “and ultimately the world.” This essay expands on that idea. The Anglican lay theologian C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) wrote many insightful books on Christianity, the most unusual of which was no doubt “The Screwtape Letters,” [...]

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