This blog doesn’t really have a “theme”.
I know I would probably have more readers if I did. If all I wrote about was venture capital or technology or something even more niche. Instead, I treat this as more of a personal blog. I write about whatever I want to, whenever I want to. A few topics like tech, entrepreneurship, soccer, and philosophy come up a lot because those are the sort of things I spend a lot of time thinking about.
This blog is a reflection of who I am and how I see the world.
If there is one message that permeates this blog, I hope that it is one of optimism. The idea that tomorrow will be better than yesterday is one of the cornerstone pillars of my psyche. It’s a fundamental part of who I am and I hope that it shows through in my writing. Apart from the occasional rant, I try to maintain a positive attitude and focus on controlling the things I have power over and not stressing out about the things I don’t. I try to keep an even keel and maintain a sense of moderation and centricity. Things are rarely black or white. Narratives are rarely as simplistic as storytellers would have you believe. My natural instinct is to look for common ground even among the most fierce of ideological opponents.
I try to face everything with a sense of humor and genuine optimism.
That has been hard recently.
It’s hard to maintain optimism when the world feels like it’s on fire. When it feels like our country is tearing itself apart.
This video helped me and I wanted to share it with you. Maybe it will help you too.
It’s an important message and one that aligns with the bridge-building ethos of this blog.
People are people.
Police aren’t pigs. Protesters aren’t wild animals.
People are people. They have families. They have dreams and ambitions. They have hopes and fears. They are capable of hate. And they are capable of love.
People are people. People are idiots. And people are geniuses. Often simultaneously.
People are people. To treat them as anything less than that dehumanizes you even more than it dehumanizes them.
Democrats are people. Republicans are people. Anti-Fascists are people. Fascists are people.
I am not some moral-relativist imploring you to respect everyone’s journey or telling you to follow your truth. I believe that there is good and evil in this world. Just as I believe that there is good and evil within all of us. Because we are people.
What unites us isn’t the fact that we agree. It’s the fact that we don’t.
Humanity is not at its best in times of peace but in times of upheaval. When we are rolling in the mud kicking, screaming, and slinging punches. Fighting bitterly but slowly (oftentimes so slowly it is imperceptible) moving towards a better world.
So fight for what you believe. Stand up and be counted. Argue vehemently for your causes just as you know your opponents will.
But never forget that your opponents are people.
That is the only way that we lose.
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