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This week was all about “The Feels” and our identities. How do our emotions, self perceptions, and thoughtless ideologies shape how we interact with the world around us?

Selections for 12.01.2016:

Choice and Decision-Making Require Emotion, but Shouldn't be Focused on Emotion
@krnel
https://steemit.com/emotion/@krnel/choice-and-decision-making-requires-emotion-but-shoudn-t-be-focused-on-emotion
Given that most people respond to emotion more than reason, how do we engage? Do we appeal to emotion in order to win others over or do we stand by a commitment to reason and search for truth? @krnel argues for maintaining high principles and avoiding merely making others feel good.

Liberals vs. Conservatives: Do the Names Even Mean Anything Anymore
@richq11
https://steemit.com/politics/@richq11/liberals-vs-conservatives-do-the-names-even-mean-anything-anymore
We feel a strong disconnect between liberals and conservative, but how much of that is based on true differences between these ends of the political perspective. This article argues that the distinctions are meaningless in contemporary American politics and offers an alternative framework for understanding political roles

Atheism Talk: The Myth of Intelligent Design
@contentjunkie
https://steemit.com/atheism/@contentjunkie/atheism-talk-the-myth-of-intelligent-design
What is creation science? Is it really scientific? My guess is most of us on steemit believe evolution is a fact, but what is it that makes Intelligent Design psuedo science. Hint: it's not God.

The difference between a LEADER and a RULER...
@dwinblood
https://steemit.com/anarchy/@dwinblood/the-difference-between-a-leader-and-a-ruler
Anarchy invokes images of wild, anti-social behavior. Also, Johnny Rotten. @dwinblood argues that these phenomena are inherently non-anarchistic and tells us why Anarchy is not what pop culture tells us it is.

The Problem of Good: Why I'm Skeptical of Good People - And What it's Like to be "Evil"
@schattenjaeger
https://steemit.com/philosophy/@schattenjaeger/the-problem-of-good-why-i-m-skeptical-of-good-people-and-what-it-s-like-to-be-evil
While I am almost certainly polar opposite of @schattenjaeger politically speaking, I appreciate his analysis of how we label good vs evil and the conflict between our stated values and our words and deeds.

Bonus Terence McKenna section

Yesterday I posted a piece on Hegel which contained a passing reference to Terence McKenna. Today I find not one, but two posts about him and his thought. I love synchronicity.

So Thick It Is Dripping Off The Walls
@steemrolls
https://steemit.com/philosophy/@steemrolls/so-thick-it-is-dripping-off-the-walls

TIL of Time Wave Zero
@richardcrill
https://steemit.com/til/@richardcrill/til-about-time-wave-zero