# Ideas

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## [Look for Things That Don’t Change](/content/2021/07/19/things-that-dont-change-ontology-perception-ben-parry/index.html)

By seeking out the things that don’t change—or invariant structure—we can invest in areas of life that are endlessly rewarding.

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## [Could the COVID Pandemic Spark a Cash Benefits Revolution?](/content/2021/03/15/covid-pandemic-coronavirus-cash-benefit-stimulus/index.html)

For low-income families, the move toward direct, broad cash benefits might prove to have a long-lasting impact once the COVID pandemic ends.

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## [A Community of Consciousness: Bridging the Gap Between Mind and Matter](/content/2021/01/21/community-consciousness-mind-matter-gap-panpsychism/index.html)

Considering the practical consequences of panpsychism might shed some light on consciousness, bridging the gap between mind and matter.

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## [The Mythos of Pandemic](/content/2020/03/30/mythos-pandemic-coronavirus-kennedy-onassis/index.html)

Without a shared mythos or communal rituals, we face not only the physical threat of coronavirus but also an epidemic of hopelessness.

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## [We’re Overdoing Democracy. But Why?](/content/2019/12/23/overdoing-democracy-politically-saturated-identity-politics/index.html)

Society has become so politically-saturated that we’re now overdoing democracy. Here are a few reasons why it undermines our institutions.

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## [Haste Makes Waste](/content/2019/08/07/haste-makes-waste-busyness/index.html)

Haste becomes waste is intimately tied to the fact that many people have forgotten to inhabit their body, too eager to get somewhere else.

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## [Become This Delicate Skin of the Earth](/content/2019/07/28/become-delicate-skin-earth/index.html)

When we each return to the earth, we can be secure in knowing that we are part of the grand planetary story, not separate from…

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## [Happiness Precedes Success and Achievement](/content/2019/06/10/happiness-precedes-success-achievement/index.html)

Our cultural institutions have the story backwards. Focus on well-being instead of achievement, and success will follow.