Let’s get this out of the way first: meditatum is a Latin word that means “to ponder.” No surprise there…
This website is about big questions. Years ago, I was in a business support group, and my mentor taught me something I have never forgotten: if you want to elevate a conversation, elevate the questions.
If you want to solve big problems, you have to ask big questions. Small problems are everywhere, but I will try to avoid getting too distracted by them. For example, this is not a political blog. I care a lot about politics, but the problems we see in politics come from what our society believes about bigger topics like epistemology. I would rather focus on epistemology than politics.
While I discuss big questions here, I do not necessarily provide big answers. I am respectful of the fact that these topics have been debated for thousands of years by people much smarter than me. I tend to avoid dogmatism, partly for that reason, but also because my own epistemological beliefs lead me away from dogmatism.
I will be writing a lot about philosophy here and the intersection of religion and philosophy. I also enjoy writing about finance and entrepreneurship and how to live a meaningful life.
One thing that is important to me is originality in thought. I am not going to regurgitate what I read from books here even though I read a lot of books and am influenced by them. I write from a perspective that is probably not unique to me, but to the best of my knowledge, is not found exactly the same elsewhere. For that reason, a lot of what I write is experimental and probably flawed. You are welcome to pick it apart.
Some might wonder why I don’t allow comments on this website in the way that is typical on blogs. I have owned a blog before (I authored a music blog for ten years), and frankly, I got tired of moderating comments.
I hate to be blunt but many people that write comments are not very qualified to opine. And often, they are dogmatic, angry, and shrill. As I once heard, “those that know the least know it the loudest.”
I love discussing big questions with thoughtful people, but I have no interest in getting down in the mud with non-thoughtful people. I have actually noticed that the more thoughtful comments always come in through the contact form or email so I prefer you to communicate with me that way.
If you have comments or questions, I am happy for you to contact me here.