Glen Phillips

I don't think man is a rational beast. I think man is a rationalizing beast. And we're very narrative. We think that we are... I don't know. We think we're rational players and it's astonishing how often we aren't.

I don't think man is a rational beast. I think man is a rationalizing beast. And we're very narrative. We think that we are... I don't know. We think we're rational players and it's astonishing how often we aren't.

I mean, I find Sam Harris really fascinating in that regard because he can be really brilliant and I also know his controversies, but he is also capable of being remarkably blind to the biases he carries about those he is close to. That if you have dinner with somebody and you have a good time and you get into deep things, you can whitewash their fascism. Or just not fully contend with it.

I mean, I find Sam Harris really fascinating in that regard because he can be really brilliant and I also know his controversies, but he is also capable of being remarkably blind to the biases he carries about those he is close to. That if you have dinner with somebody and you have a good time and you get into deep things, you can whitewash their fascism. Or just not fully contend with it.

I mean, I find Sam Harris really fascinating in that regard because he can be really brilliant and I also know his controversies, but he is also capable of being remarkably blind to the biases he carries about those he is close to. That if you have dinner with somebody and you have a good time and you get into deep things, you can whitewash their fascism. Or just not fully contend with it.

And I think it's possible to say, I love some very difficult people, and I love some people who have opinions and views that I have a lot of contention with, and I can agree that I have a lot of contention with those views. But I don't think because I'm close to them that I don't know that it absolves them of those. Like... We are so uneven when it comes to our emotional and our relational stuff.

And I think it's possible to say, I love some very difficult people, and I love some people who have opinions and views that I have a lot of contention with, and I can agree that I have a lot of contention with those views. But I don't think because I'm close to them that I don't know that it absolves them of those. Like... We are so uneven when it comes to our emotional and our relational stuff.

And I think it's possible to say, I love some very difficult people, and I love some people who have opinions and views that I have a lot of contention with, and I can agree that I have a lot of contention with those views. But I don't think because I'm close to them that I don't know that it absolves them of those. Like... We are so uneven when it comes to our emotional and our relational stuff.

I'm watching it in my family as my family changes and ages and the post-divorce dynamics and remarriage dynamics. Like all these things that are really complex and where nobody's a bad actor. Everybody is kind and good and loving and yet still there's so many emotions that come out. Things that are... We can think we're acting...

I'm watching it in my family as my family changes and ages and the post-divorce dynamics and remarriage dynamics. Like all these things that are really complex and where nobody's a bad actor. Everybody is kind and good and loving and yet still there's so many emotions that come out. Things that are... We can think we're acting...

I'm watching it in my family as my family changes and ages and the post-divorce dynamics and remarriage dynamics. Like all these things that are really complex and where nobody's a bad actor. Everybody is kind and good and loving and yet still there's so many emotions that come out. Things that are... We can think we're acting...

so rationally and kindly, but there's so much that can tip the scales of where we choose to forgive and where we choose to blame or where we choose to find fault or where we choose to find the gems. And all of it is blameless. unless people are being actively abusive, right, or malevolent.

so rationally and kindly, but there's so much that can tip the scales of where we choose to forgive and where we choose to blame or where we choose to find fault or where we choose to find the gems. And all of it is blameless. unless people are being actively abusive, right, or malevolent.

so rationally and kindly, but there's so much that can tip the scales of where we choose to forgive and where we choose to blame or where we choose to find fault or where we choose to find the gems. And all of it is blameless. unless people are being actively abusive, right, or malevolent.

But I think short of malevolence, which is why I find it hard to forgive, for instance, Jordan Peterson, but short of outright malevolence and punching down to the weak, I think we're all trying to find our way home, right? We're all helping each other on our way home. I'm trying to think how to say this well, and I'm sorry I'm not being entirely coherent.

But I think short of malevolence, which is why I find it hard to forgive, for instance, Jordan Peterson, but short of outright malevolence and punching down to the weak, I think we're all trying to find our way home, right? We're all helping each other on our way home. I'm trying to think how to say this well, and I'm sorry I'm not being entirely coherent.

But I think short of malevolence, which is why I find it hard to forgive, for instance, Jordan Peterson, but short of outright malevolence and punching down to the weak, I think we're all trying to find our way home, right? We're all helping each other on our way home. I'm trying to think how to say this well, and I'm sorry I'm not being entirely coherent.

It's such a difficult process to even with our own reactions be able to slow down enough to wonder, to be curious about where we're being rational and where we are rationalizing.

It's such a difficult process to even with our own reactions be able to slow down enough to wonder, to be curious about where we're being rational and where we are rationalizing.

It's such a difficult process to even with our own reactions be able to slow down enough to wonder, to be curious about where we're being rational and where we are rationalizing.