Dads Read Too

JER: “Duck! Rabbit!” by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld masterfully displays the connection between perspective and cognitive bias.  The human brain is a magical meaning-making machine.  As explained by the books “The Righteous Mind” and “Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me)” , the human brain is programmed to react based on emotions and justify those actions to convince ourselves that we have made the right decisions.   I want to believe that “free will” exists, and that I am in control of my decisions, but there is growing research that helps demonstrate that humans can see, think, and feel that mutually exclusive realities exist based on their perspectives.  The 2020 Presidential Election is an example.  Some people, government officials included, claim that there was rampant, significant voter fraud that “stole” the election.  Other people, government officials included, claim that the election was the “most secure in history” . This event s...

JER: “ A Stone Sat Still ” by Brendan Wenzel is another great exploration into perspective and perception similar to “They All Saw A Cat”. I particularly like “and the stone was a feel; and the stone was a smell; and the stone was a kitchen”.

JER: “ Here We Are ” by Oliver Jeffers - subtitled: “notes for living on planet earth” is a beautiful exploration of perspective.  Everything gradually gets classified down and defined.  Where do we live?  We live in a solar system that is only one of TRILLIONS in the Universe.  It is remarkable to think we are one solar system out of trillions, that we live on one planet out of eight in our solar system, and we can further classify that down to one part of the earth (i.e. LAND for most of us), to one person out of BILLIONS, and even though we can define ourselves as one of many different shapes, sizes, and colors, we are all still PEOPLE. Most of all, this book left me in awe of the miraculous fact that we EXIST AT ALL.  If you zoom out far enough, you realize we are more similar than we are different.  The books sentiments remind me strongly of Stoicism .  We need to rely on one another when we enter this world, before we leave it, and ...