Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein

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About Time, Session 7: Dare to Be Ordinary
Giving up on the unattainable goal of eradicating all our problems.
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The Myth That People Work Harder Under Capitalism
Capitalism has been the great engine of unimagined prosperity and unimagined improvements in worker conditions.
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About Time, Session 6: Are We Here to Get What We Want?
Do you tend to blame other people and circumstances, or do you reflect on what action is needed?
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February 2025

How the Government Makes Vaccines Less Safe
The 1986 Vaccine Act distorts the market for vaccines and makes them less safe.
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About Time, Session 5: Not Minding This Moment
Notice how your minding takes you out of the present, making you ineffective and unhappy.
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Once in a Lifetime
The best pleasures are those we didn't plan.
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There Was No Free Speech in Nazi Germany
All this has happened before and is happening again.
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About Time, Session 4: Your Attention Please
How we use our attention determines every other choice we make.
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Live As If You Were Living Already for the Second Time
"Self-actualization is possible only as a side-effect of self-transcendence."
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About Time, Session 3: The Joy of Missing Out
Whenever I’m not grateful for my life, wife, or work, I know my thinking is off.
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On Squandering Time
“Expending more energy in your leisure, can end up energizing you more.”
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All This Has Happened Before
As we choose to reoccupy our command center, we are no longer puppets being jerked around.
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