Entries by Daphne Hanson

The importance of devotion

My wife made a comment the other day that made me think she is considering leaving me. I know things haven’t been great at home, but I didn’t think they were that bad. I guess the stress of the kids and the loss of her job have really gotten to her. I am not always […]

The sense of hearing

Which is more important in the first year of life, accurate hearing or seeing? At birth, the sense of hearing is much more dominant than the sense of sight. Normal visual development is the change from just responding to simple brightness or high contrast, toward the organization of details into patterns and the ability to apply […]

Understanding of social contracts

Rifles, muskets, longbows, and hand grenades are inherently democratic weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon — so long as there is no answer to it — gives claws to the weak. George Orwell, “You and the Atom Bomb”, 1945 How does “giving claws to the weak” relate to “Life, […]