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I was naive. I had a lot of lofty thoughts regarding the greatest nation on earth. I believed most people were good… not because they were exploited or forced, but because we’re inherently loving, kind, empathetic beings. Life kicked my ass. I turned to books, started reading, and became a bit of a philosopher. The more I read, the more I needed to know, answers sought, insights yearned. Truth is, life, in and of itself, is an education. We don’t know what we don’t know… until we do. We live in chaos and overwhelming abundance. There’s too often too much noise, too many voices, and technology supplies us with unending streams of pseudo realities.
“Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by a nation.”
Sipping French 75s in our ghetto blow-up hot tub overlooking the swamp in our backyard, my husband asks: How do you educate a country? Roughly 250 million Americans use Facebook and Youtube (As of June 2025). Only 15% of Americans pay for news; 20% subscribe to Netflix.
I don’t know. One man (i.e. mind) at a time? College doesn’t make people smart.
“These high achievers who have accepted the institutional learning parameters are almost never outrageous or revolutionary in their work, either in the way that they perform it or in its results.”
My parents had this ‘candy drawer’ in the kitchen growing up. It was full year-round of leftover Halloween and Christmas candy. I rarely touched it. But when friends came over, they’d be in awe and go crazy, devouring the drawer’s contents like deprived cave-children. My parents called it ‘reverse psychology.’ Maybe social media could turn out this way. The pendulum could swing.
We could hold logic, virtue, and integrity on a pedestal. We could situate data and present facts holistically in honest contexts regardless of incentives or consequences, and levels of acceptance or discomfort. Aletheia, derived from ancient Greek philosophy, literally means ‘un-concealment’ or ‘disclosure,’ referring to the process by which things reveal themselves, become known, or are brought into the light.
Here’s to hoping. Alexander Pope: “Whatever is, is right.” I’m elated to be here with you on this cyclical journey seeking understanding, wisdom, knowledge…life, liberty, happiness, and not the mere pursuit of.
Cheers,
Dr. Aletheia Aurelius
Founder of Aletheia Courses LLC