Day 2741: Troubling Questions

What troubling questions are on your mind, here and now?

My troubling questions include:

• What do I do about the realities of white supremacy?
• How do I deal with the realities of the coronavirus?
• Why is wearing a mask a political issue?
• What does the American flag even mean these days?
• How will we know when (and if) to euthanize our cat Oscar, who has cancer?
• Why am I so worried about making mistakes?
• Should I go back to being a vegetarian?
• Why is it so difficult to wait?
• Why is it so difficult for the human mind to stay in the present moment?
• Why are people so concerned about their image and how they appear to others?
• Why is it that when life is more difficult,  people often feel worse about themselves?
• Why are trauma and abuse so often multi-generational?
• What do you do when you suspect a friend or colleague is having a mental breakdown?
• Does power corrupt and does absolute power corrupt absolutely?
• What is going to happen to nature as the world keeps warming?
• What kind of world is my 22-year-old son going to live in?
• Should we try to protect those we love from pain?

Do you see any troubling questions in these recent photos? (And is that a troubling question?)

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If you have any troubling questions about why I have slinkies in my office, see this very early blog post.

Jennifer Eberhardt answers troubling questions about racial bias in this excellent TED talk:

Unquestionably, that is a very important video.

Circling  back to the image that inspired today’s title …

… here is the live studio version of “Cloisonné” from Album Raises New and Troubling Questions by They Might Be Giants:

 

Feel free to raise new and troubling questions or answer any question in a comment, below.

Thanks to all who took the trouble to read this “Troubling Questions” post today, including YOU.