Tools are instruments, objects, or devices used to extend human ability to modify the environment or accomplish specific tasks…
Frustration, no definition required! Surely, most everyone experiences frustrations daily if not almost moment to moment in this new high tech world. The wifi is down, the connection is bad, my device’s charge is almost out, etc., etc. Just thirty years ago, BC (before cellphones)…
Bureaucracy: Administration characterized by excessive red tape and routine (the term first recorded in 1810-20; Bureau + -cracy, modeled on French bureaucratie). In the Modern Age, one of its most evident and agonizing creations being bureaucracies…
Clarity: clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity. Or, a short description; the state or quality of being clear or transparent to the eye…
Verve: enthusiasm or vigor, as in literary or artistic work; spirit. Practically a perfect example of verve is Emilie du Chateley. She graced the world in the first half of the 18th century and set an example for all of us who have dreams and want to realize them in this life…
Comfort is defined as a state of ease and satisfaction of bodily wants, with freedom from pain and anxiety. The Stoic and Existential thinkers particularly warn about seeking comfort above one’s own personal growth…
Gnosticism is an ancient syncretic religious movement (peaking 1st-5th centuries AD) that emphasized gnosis (secret, experiential knowledge) as the key to salvation…
Useful: being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect. I personally had the great benefit of being raised to be useful. Our parents were determined that their three children would become useful members of society…
Guarantees, warranties, insurance and promises, we all deal with them constantly. We have experiences which perhaps seriously affect our general state-of-mind. If you had better than average results with car insurance, expensive product warranties, friends and neighbors to watch your back…
Agnosticism concerns one’s stance on knowledge, not particularly about one’s beliefs. The term coined by Thomas Henry Huxley is technically the belief that “ultimate reality” is unknowable, rather than merely not knowing…