Those familiar with my writings know of my eternal hostility to collective thinking. The key to living well – materially, psychologically, and spiritually – is to recognize that we are social beings who need the cooperation of others while, at the same time, retaining our individual sense of understanding and direction. We need to maintain an energized awareness that never allows our social needs to preempt our individual judgments about the propriety of our actions. There is nothing so destructive to decent society as the tendency to relax our psychic energies and let our thinking dissolve into mass-mindedness. Wars have … Continue reading LXX – Collectivism Begins In Your Neighborhood