You can't change the world until you feel at peace in it

Or: people don't care what you think unless they think that you care

A long time ago I thought that it was my job to confront and defeat all irrationality in the world - I saw myself as being thrown onto this dud of a planet with superhuman intellectual power and urgent moral responsibility, and so I would approach pretty much anyone and anyone and challenge them to justify their beliefs. They couldn’t do it! And what’s …