Monthly Archives: May 2019

Last night I wrote yet another poorly-edited post and–just for the hell of it–started to wonder what it would be like to put together a book.  That’s not something I’m going to do.  So many posts depend on links that … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking a lot lately and I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m a Luddite.  Not in the sense that I hate technology, because I don’t.  But I’ve realized that there are some things that I do that indicate … Continue reading →

I graduated from college the year I turned 23.  Late that summer, I sat in St. Paul with a friend and we talked about what each of us was going to do someday. I already had accepted a scholarship at … Continue reading →

Elective affinity is a concept originally used by Max Weber to explain how capitalism and Protestantism came to be associated.  It’s sort of a case of ships not passing in the night. Here, I want to use it in a … Continue reading →

Today I want to talk a little about something closely related to, but different from,  fundamental attribution error (FAE).  FAE is complicated, but an example will suffice.  FAE can be spelled out as “the notion that when I do something bad, … Continue reading →