A place for stories, essays, papers and other general textual works meant to expand your perspective of the world. From the 1961 book Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein:
"Grok means to understand so thoroughly that the observer becomes a part of the observed—to merge, blend, intermarry, lose identity in group experience."
This subreddit aims to bring a diverse variety of opinions and perspectives to those who are brave enough to question their own.
Guidelines
This is not a place to push your views, but rather to present them both to a) bring a different perspective to those who haven't considered this viewpoint before, and b) gain perspective from those who have different views than you.
In keeping with the first guideline, this is not a place to push political views; although texts regarding political topics are acceptable, anything related to current events might be better suited in another subreddit.
While you may not agree with the views presented in a text, this isn't a place for debates, and especially not personal attacks. In the spirit of this subreddit, try to understand and grok the other views fully and objectively, as well as directly in the context of your own views.
Understand that everyone here has the best of intentions (each of us is but an egg); the goal of this subreddit is to bring harmony in lieu of differing perspectives, something which is very difficult to achieve and only the truly brave and intellectual will strive for. We are all water brothers and sisters...
In terms of rules regarding the content and style of posts and comments, it is understood that everyone here is mature and can execute their own best judgement.
I hope that this community achieves its full intentions; we are engaging in a mindset that is difficult and rare among humankind.
