Nature Is A Machine. The Family Is

Radical Transparency Is Critical To Having An Idea Meritocracy Because It Shows What's Actually Happening Without Spin And Prevents People From Maneuvering Politically Behind Each Others' Backs. It Brings Problems And Weaknesses To The Surface And Allows People To See How They Are Dealt With, So It's Great For Training People On How To Deal With Real Problems.

This Is My Year Of Transition From What I'm Calling The Second Phase Of My Life To The Third Phase Of My Life. And I Wanted To Pass It Along. What I Mean By That Is, In The First Days Of Your Life You're Dependent On Others And You Learn. You're Basically A Kid, Depending On Your Parents. In The Second Phase Of Your Life, You're Working And Others Are Dependent On You And You're Trying To Be Successful. And Then When You Go To The Third Phase Of Your Life It's No Longer As Much Of A Kick To Be Successful. There's A Natural, Instinctual Desire To Help Other People Be Successful.

Sometimes We Forge Our Own Principles And Sometimes We Accept Others' Principles, Or Holistic Packages Of Principles, Such As Religion And Legal Systems. While It Isn't Necessarily A Bad Thing To Use Others' Principles - It's Difficult To Come Up With Your Own, And Often Much Wisdom Has Gone Into Those Already Created - Adopting Pre-packaged Principles Without Much Thought Exposes You To The Risk Of Inconsistency With Your True Values.

Treat Your Life Like A Game.

Though How Nature Works Is Way Beyond Man's Ability To Comprehend, I Have Found That Observing How Nature Works Offers Innumerable Lessons That Can Help Us Understand The Realities That Affect Us.