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The Importance of Anticipating Consequences

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 15:42:23 +0000

People often assume that their actions will achieve what they intend and nothing else. But that assumption is dangerous. What is achieved may be what they wished, something completely different, or a little of each. For example, someone may express what she intends as a compliment but in fact offends the other person. Someone else [...]

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The Decline of Thinking in America

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 15:49:42 +0000

Late one night many years ago, my college roommate awakened me with the announcement that he had just written a profound essay and wanted me to read it right away while the “ink was still fresh.” I stumbled over to his desk, looked at the typed page and saw [...]

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Overcoming Our Social Chaos

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 18:12:15 +0000

As I explained in my last essay, several generations of individuals have grown up believing that they are never responsible for what they say and do. According to this belief, their parents mistreated them, their teachers failed them, their fellow students, coworkers, and employers disrespected them, and total strangers commit micro-aggressions against them. Their anger [...]

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