Here in Kansas, authoritarianism drips slowly into our daily lives. Lose the pronouns in your official emails. Clean up your syllabus of forbidden words. Be careful what the job description says. As I drive home, I see this and say, "But at least I have this." For how long?

Watching the terrifying Stephen Miller speech, I was reminded of Freud's descriptions of the two great human instincts (Eros - love, sexuality, cooperation, creativity and Thanatos - aggression, destruction, death). Miller seems motivated entirely by Thanatos.

A book review from my toughest critic -- my daughter!

It's not just a transfer of wealth from all of us to the rich -- it's a transfer of freedom from us to them. From my book:

Talking to KU and Mizzou friends about the psychological meaning of freedom from the perspectives of anthropology, social psychology, and evolutionary psychology.
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I don't understand what Trump doesn't like about his portrait in Colorado.

Bezos has fired the Opinions editor and will only publish opinions that support "freedom" and free markets (predatory capitalism).

I’m traveling into the past on my way to St. Louis, my hometown.

Just got the draft of the book cover for Psychology of Liberty: Reclaiming Everyday Freedom.

14 Sixteen year olds having an overnight at my house!

The new volcanic eruption as seen from my grandchildren’s school in Hafnarfjördur this morning.

I just deleted X and now would like to build my Blue Sky community. I'm a psychologist and professor who writes about creativity and evolutionary psychology of freedom. I live on a farm in Kansas and spend part of the year in Iceland.

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,456,522!