achilles justice

     I am an optimistic humanist, meaning that I believe in the potential of human growth, transcendence and perseverance. I believe that if people have the cognitive capacity for agency, they can build themselves to a better life by modifying their thoughts, beliefs, habits and social group to support the kind of person they want to be and become. 

     I beleive that the brain is a reflection of what we think and how we act so if we change what we think and how we act, our brain will adapt and form habits that we can use to our advantage. 

     I believe that sometimes we have to have boundaries towards people that are unsafe or unhealthy to protect ourselves but we can create a context with those people based on growth. I believe that creating a supportive network of friends who love us and are authentic with us is probably the most valuable decison we can make. With a sound social group, we have the support to become any kind of person we want. 

     I value healthy self-expression and authentic identity that contributes to one's personal being and the benefit of society. I believe that each member of society has a responsibility to our group as a whole and to individual members of that group. If we all take responsibility for the mental health of ourselves and each other, we can live in a safer, ethical, and utopian-like society. We will always have challenges as a species, but if we can cooperate together, we can overcome thoe challenges in the most effective and efficient means possible.