Big Questions

Inspired by Tracy Durnell’s page of the same name.

A lot of my writing is an effort to understand the world around me. These questions are not always at the forefront of my mind while writing, but I think they do help trace an undercurrent to a lot of my work on this site.

I have the more central questions bolded, with the various articles that I have written and deemed to fall under that question. I also identified a sub-question that I think was at the center of each post.

How can we connect to people (at scale)?

• Building Yourself in Public: What if we used social media to share parts of our lives to show ourselves “building in public”?
• Hosting for Emerging Adults: How can young people host gatherings to foster connection between friends/peers?
• Personal Community Building: How can someone find, make, and keep friends while centering friendship in their life?

What are the possibilities of non-monogamy in transforming the way that we connect and relate to others?

• Reimagining Romance: What are the current problems with our social concept of romance and how could it be different?

How can we get more people to eat plant-based?

• Lazy Vegan Meals: How can we make eating plant-based easier/less effort?
• Reducetarian Splits: How can we categorize/organize diets that aim to reduce meat consumption in different ways?
• Vegan at Home: Can we create a Reducetarian split that maximizes flexibility and control?
• Gym Rats Are The Perfect Reducetarian Target: How can we get people heavily involved in gym/fitness culture to eat more plant-based?

How can we teach children ethical principles in order to accelerate their own moral development and/or help them be the best members of a polite society?

• Teaching Children Ethics: How can we teach children ethics in developmentally appropriate milestones?