Often times when I am alone, random thoughts and ideas pop into my head. Sometimes these are meaningful but more often than not they are trivial and meaningless. I have started keeping a log of these thoughts in order to come up with some interesting posts for people to read. There will be times when I will post (hopefully) entertaining blogs about trivial nonsense, but more importantly I hope to write about issues that are important to me in order to improve my understanding of them. I will primarily use this blog as a forum to explore these issues in greater depth through research, discussion and reflection.
In the past I’ve found that when I am strongly opinionated about a particular issue I am resistant to changing that opinion. I will peruse the internet and find myself reading posts that reinforce my beliefs only to further solidify my opinion. The times that I do find myself reading something that contradicts a position that I hold, I will frequently catch myself immediately criticizing and finding counter arguments to the information while I am reading. It’s as if I have made my mind up about whatever I’m reading without giving enough consideration to the other side.
I have only met a handful of people who are actually willing to change their opinion on important issues. How many times have you heard someone state something along the lines of, “You make several compelling points, I am going to reevaluate my position on this.” One of my goals is to get to a point where I can say something like this more freely, the only person standing in the way is me; I am held back by my own pride, biases and arrogance. Recognizing this I will try to adopt a way of thinking where I actively challenge my own position on important issues and seriously consider counter arguments or alternative perspectives in their entirety.
My goal is to have my posts reflect this kind of flexible perspective and hopefully my thinking and writing will evolve in a way that is crisper, more informed and a more entertaining read for everyone.
I look forward to reading my fellow bloggers posts and I am genuinely excited about this blog.
El Cazador
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