[Recorded December 19, 2020]  Merry Christmas! Some parallels between A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Batman v. Superman. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt ASPF.org Answers, insights, and commentary on: Common points of style Common character developments Common themes And much more To learn more:5 Act Revenge Tragedy | pulpklatura Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

Man of Steel Answers Insight Commentary

76 – A Christmas Carol

[Recorded August 24, 2020]  Finding the soul of Zack Snyder's Justice League Official Teaser (from DCFanDome) with Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt ASPF.org Answers, insights, and commentary on: Survivorship Bias Hallelujah etymology Hallelujah the lyrics Hallelujah the song Hallelujah the story Theme of Connection Theme of Mythology Teaser Structure Forward Momentum Increasing Intensity Storytelling Progression Hallelujah Parallels Amnesty for Converts "Help me find the others like you" And much more To learn more:The Holy or The Broken | Alan LightSurvivorship Bias | VeritasiumZack Snyder Interview | Reel-In-MotionMistakenly Seeking Solitude | The Happiness LabHallelujah | Revisionist HistoryLeonard Cohen's Hallelujah 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: "They've never faced us before.  Not us united."

75 – Hallelujah

[Recorded May 16 & 26, 2020]  Decoding MOS and BvS with the story of the Grail. Parallels between the first grail knight, Percival, and the first superhero, Superman. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Previously with Percival (00:01:05) The Forest Adventure (00:04:00) New Path Personally Chosen Individualism Impacts Civilization Individualism Not Anarchy (00:07:10) Where It Was Darkest (00:09:30) The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Good Does Not Mean Harmless Percival Done With God (00:14:25) Desert of the Soul Crisis of Faith Herders and Pilgrims The Hermit (00:20:00) Uncle As Father Figure (00:21:23) Solitude and The Hermit Within (00:24:00) Solitude as Path Back to Others (00:26:45) The Just World Problem (00:28:22) Suffering Is A Part Of Life Choose The Focus Of Your Attention Is This Helpful? You Have To Try That Which We Already Know (00:35:10) Percival Inspired Hero's Journey (00:36:30) GI Joe Fallacy (00:40:00) Temptation of Percival (00:41:45) Weapons & Signs (00:46:25) Sight Beyond Sight (00:49:55) Temptation of Superman (00:51:00) Function of Faith (00:52:07) Question of Facts or of Worth Gawain's Wedding (00:57:01) More Gawain and Batman Parallels Gawain v. Percival (00:59:43) The Pagan Knight v. Percival (01:03:05) Their Fathers Have The Same Name (01:05:00) The Grail Messenger Returns (01:06:16) Things Are Not As They Appear Greening of The Wasteland Servant Kings - Power Can Be Innocent Personal Conviction Not Peer Pressure (01:10:17) Percival's Conviction & Compassion (01:11:49) Return To The Grail Castle (01:14:06) Heal Another Heal Yourself (01:17:40) Superman's Next Stage (01:19:03) Grail Quest (01:20:35) Hope To Achieve The Impossible Extras [Recorded June 6] (01:22:05) Ask Questions Beyond Appearance Beyond Literal Analysis Beyond Established Stories The Beginner's Mind Possibility vs. Obstacles Valuable But Brittle Never Ending Battle Repetition and Experience This Man Is Not My Enemy The Inner Fool The Grail Was Always With You Prester John Art Creating Change And much more Reference Images: Via VERO on December 18, 2019 Via VERO on December 4, 2019 To learn more:The Temptation of Sir Percival | Arthur HackerLe Mort D'Arthur | Thomas Mallory (Armstrong)Owning Your Own Shadow | Robert A. JohnsonLiving An Examined Life | James HollisMyths to Live By | Joseph CampbellEternal Chalice | Monica PotkayG.I. Joe Fallacy | Laurie SantosJust World Hypothesis / Fallacy | Myles DyerJust World Hypothesis / Fallacy | ThunkSocial Media Empty Calorie Connection | Laurie SantosThe Revolution Will Not Be Televised | Gil Scott-HeronMan's Search For Meaning | Viktor FranklAttacking Backfires | Melissa DellThis Video Will Make You Angry | CGP GreyMindfulness Tool: RAIN | Life KitWhen Someone Doesn't Like You | Daryl DavisSuperman Smashes the Klan | Gene Luen YangThe Science of Well-Being | YaleOfficial BvS Watch Party | VEROOfficial MOS Watch Party | VEROFix You | Coldplay | Hearts & Colors coverOrpheus | Sara Bareilles Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: "The most rewarding mythological experience you can have is to see how it lives in your own psychological structure." "You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive. Only if we face these open wounds in ourselves can we understand them in other people."

74 – Grail Quest

[Recorded April 29 & May 6, 2020]  Decoding MOS and BvS with the story of the Grail. Parallels between the first grail knight, Percival, and the first superhero, Superman. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Previously with Percival (00:01:20) The Grail King & Grail Castle (00:03:10) Magical Other World The Fisher King Wound Origins & Meaning (00:04:05) The Tasting The Burning Fish - "What was I supposed to do?" (00:04:55) Jousting The Pagan Knight - "Krypton lost something precious" (00:10:25) As Divine Punishment - "I don't know if it's possible" (00:13:55) Stages of Evolution (00:15:20) Unconscious youth, conscious middle, enlightened elder The Midlife Crisis (00:19:50) The Wasteland (00:23:55) Inauthentic Lives (00:26:10) Campbell's Start - From Critic To Champion (00:27:30) In Man of Steel and Batman v. Superman (00:30:20) Fertility, ecology, decline, Knightmare The King and the Knight are One... (00:36:30) The Grail Castle (00:37:40) The Grail Procession - Grail and Lance (00:38:20) Failing to Ask Questions - "A knight does not ask questions" (00:39:30) The Law of Enchantment - Spontaneous Gifts (00:40:50) The Duty to Ask (00:43:00) The Weeping Damsels (00:46:50) The Pain of Consciousness The Costs & Collateral of Past Successes Father's Unbreakable Sword (00:48:20) The Lady of the Tent (00:50:00) Society vs. Spontaneity (00:51:50) Advice - Right or Wrong? (00:56:10) The Old Knight's Character (00:57:30) Jonathan's Character (00:58:40) Advice Context - Stage of Life (00:59:50) Jonathan's Advice (01:02:40) The Old Knight's Advice (1:04:10) Authenticity… …without Boundaries is Careless (01:06:50) …without Empathy is Selfish (01:09:00) …without Trust is Risky (01:11:20) Bring Your Best Self (01:12:50) Uncertain Dry Years (01:13:30) Joining The Round Table (01:14:40) Love Trance (01:15:40) The Grail Messenger - Humiliated Before Camelot (01:17:10) Sir Gawain (01:19:10) Percival : Superman :: Gawain : Batman Nature of Foils (01:21:30) Dual Identities (01:24:00) Batman Mythos : Gawain Mythos (01:26:05) The Sun Knight - Batman '66 : The Light Knight (01:27:40) Descent & Rehabilitation (01:29:10) The Useless Knight (01:32:50) The Trial of the Perilous Bed The Bleeding Lance / Kryptonite Spear (01:35:40) Religious Artifact (01:37:00) Collective Consciousness Remixing Mythology (01:38:50) DC Heroes & World War II (01:42:20) Symbol & Commentary (01:43:55) Kryptonite Spear vs. Bullets Critique of Violence (01:45:50) And much more To learn more:Le Mort D'Arthur | Thomas Mallory (Armstrong)Owning Your Own Shadow | Robert A. JohnsonLiving An Examined Life | James HollisMyths to Live By | Joseph CampbellEternal Chalice | Monica PotkayEmotions in Medieval Arthurian Literature | Frank BrandsmaKing Arthur: History & Legend | Dorsey ArmstrongThe Crusades: A History | Jonathan Riley-SmithFantastic Creatures | Juliette WoodJoseph Campbell: A Fire In The Mind | Larsen & LarsenCarl Jung: Wounded Healer | Claire DunneThe Waste Land | T.S. Eliot2001: A Filmmaking Odyssey | Imaginary WorldsThe Science of Well-Being | YaleDefine Your Fears Instead of Goals | Tim FerrisAuthenticity Is A Double-Edged Sword | Adam GrantOfficial BvS Watch Party | VEROOfficial MOS Watch Party | VERO$5.27 Launch Fundraiser | AFSPLimited Time Offer $12/yr | HBO MaxHurt | Johnny Cash Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: "The most rewarding mythological experience you can have is to see how it lives in your own psychological structure." "We have not even to risk the adventure alone for the heroes of all times have gone before us. . . . And where we had thought to be alone we shall be with all the world."

73 – Grail King

[Recorded April 22, 2020]  Decoding MOS and BvS with the story of the Grail. Parallels between the first grail knight, Percival, and the first superhero, Superman. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Arthurian influence on Snyder and Terrio Joseph Campbell's love of Parzival Arthur, The Grail, and Percival Chrétien de Troyes adds the Grail Percival, Perceval, Percifull, Parsifal, Parzival, Percivel... Faire Unknown motif Contemporary Story for Contemporary Audience Siege Perilous: Destiny & Free Will Becoming The Red Knight Percival and Superman Kill Only Once Cultures of Acceptable Violence Carl Jung's concept of the Shadow Batman & Superman's Shadow Shadow Consciousness Or Else Societal Expectations: Silencing Of Natural Self Marriage For Love: Western Spirit Silent Champion From Afar Chrétien's Unfinished Romance And much more! To learn more:Le Mort D'Arthur | Thomas Mallory (Armstrong)Owning Your Own Shadow | Robert A. JohnsonLiving An Examined Life | James HollisMyths to Live By | Joseph CampbellEternal Chalice | Monica PotkayEmotions in Medieval Arthurian Literature | Frank BrandsmaKing Arthur: History & Legend | Dorsey ArmstrongThe Crusades: A History | Jonathan Riley-SmithFantastic Creatures | Juliette WoodJoseph Campbell: A Fire In The Mind | Larsen & LarsenCarl Jung: Wounded Healer | Claire Dunne Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: "The most rewarding mythological experience you can have is to see how it lives in your own psychological structure." "We have not even to risk the adventure alone for the heroes of all times have gone before us. . . . And where we had thought to be alone we shall be with all the world."

72 – Grail Knight

[Recorded February 2017, August 2017, October 2019, December 7, 2019]  Defeating Doomsday. BTS: This pre-recorded episode was assembled shortly after Part 3, but was never happy with it.  While waiting on inspiration, it was decided to stop trying to resuscitate recordings from 2017.   Forewarning, the concluding Part 5 is probably never coming and this Doomsday series is abandoned for now.  Nonetheless as this episode was already completed it's finally being published.  However, a NEW mini-series is already in production, the first episode will be published Friday. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Why didn't Batman bring the spear to Doomsday instead? Why didn't Batman immediately go for the spear? Why didn't Superman defer to Wonder Woman? And more poor questions... To learn more:New York Night Sky Turns Bright Blue | NYT Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: #recycled

71 – Doomsday Pt.4

[Recorded February 2017, August 2017, October 2019, December 7, 2019]  Defeating Doomsday. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Why did Batman leave the spear with Lois? Hindsight Bias Batman's crashed vehicles Lois Competence, Spear In Water, Falling, and Recover Spear If Onlys, Regrets, Time Travel, & Sisyphus Actual Facts versus Abstraction Critics Who Review Films They Didn't Finish Edit Bay of the Brain / Nostalgia Literature as Ethical Simulators Eucatastrophe Monsters versus Positive Thinking Demonizing and Redemption Hot-Cold Empathy Gap And much more! To learn more:Talking to Strangers | Malcolm GladwellChoiceology: Knew It All Along | Katy MilkmanHidden Brain: Looking Back | NPREmpire Podcast| EmpireImaginary Worlds | Eric MolinskyPublic Health Ethics | James Wilson Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: “Whether you call someone a hero or a monster is all relative to where the focus of your consciousness may be.” - Joseph Cambpell

70 – Doomsday Pt.3

[Recorded December 8, 2019]  Wonder Woman 1984 Trailer reaction. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Almost nothing!  No time! Blue Monday "How does it feel?" - Emphasis on emotion again Trash can scene indicates a reprise of Fish-Out-Of-Water To learn more: Wonder Woman 1984 Official Trailer | WBBlue Monday Cover | BBC Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: #HowDoesItFeel?

69 – Wonder Woman ’84 Trailer 1

#releasethesnydercut Adapted from my Introduction to the ForSnyderCut.org site, drafted December 2017 and published January 2018. Donate to AFSP Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt To learn more: ForSnyderCut.org Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: #ReleaseTheSnyderCut #AFSP

#ReleaseTheSnyderCut

[Recorded February 2017, August 2017, October 2019]  Defeating Doomsday. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Temporal Frame of Reference Superman's Decision-Making Danger to Self / Selflessness Learning and Rational Choices Stakes: Threat to Superman's Life Doomsday's Intelligence The Primal Zombie Super-Jumping "Flight" Physics Doomsday's Genitals Triploids / Lex's Genetic Contribution Size Strength Bias Bioluminescence Solar Flare Substitute For Evolutionary Power Why Take Doomsday to Space? Why Not Keep Going? Lack of Astronomical / Cosmic Intuitions Why Didn't Superman Fly Faster? Fantasy User Interfaces (FUI) Canonicity Is Tracking Superman a Plot Hole? Novel Tech Mutual Regard, Competing Interests Consent / Stealth Powers Plasma Stealth Force Field Absorption Time to Thermonuclear Launch Why Didn't Superman: Dodge The Nuke? Let Go of Doomsday? Return Doomsday to Space After The Nuke? Take Doomsday to the Ocean? Nuclear Strike Reveals Nature of Superman's Powers Invulnerability - Force Field not Composition Muscle Mass - Biological Default not Built By Exercise Myostatin Regeneration - Two Types "Undead" Genes And much more! To learn more: Threat of Ancient Mesopotamian Zombies | STBYMBoeing AH-64 Apache | WikipediaProjectile Use By Non-Human Organisms | WikipediaLight On Earth | David AttenboroughSpontaneous Photon Emissions From Humans | KobayashiElectric Life Forms Live On Pure Energy | New ScientistDraper Point | WikipediaCut Travel Time To ISS From 2 Days To 6 Hours | EngadgetSuperman Space Suplex | Superman: DoomsdayMan of Steel Spoiler Special | EmpireBvS Fantasy User Interfaces | PerceptionDesigning Fantasy User Interfaces | PixelHubPlasma Stealth | WikipediaTo Launch A Nuclear Strike | BloombergMuscular Baby | New York TimesThantomicrobiome | Peter NobleUndead Genes Come Alive Days After Death | Science AAAS Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: #StrangerThanFiction

68 – Doomsday Pt.2

[Recorded February 2017, August 2017, October 2019]  Defeating Doomsday. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Real World Ethics vs. Thought Experiments Why Trinity Didn't Use Lex to Stop Doomsday? Criminal Liability For Conversion of Extraterrestrial Specimens Thad Roberts and "Sex On The Moon" Valuation of Moon Rocks Liability For Power Grid Disruption And much more! To learn more: Theory of Mind Deficiencies | WikipediaSex On The Moon | Ben MezrichWhere Does NASA Keep Moon Rocks? | Smarter Every DayProjectile Use By Non-Human Organisms | WikipediaSpontaneous Photon Emissions From Humans | Kobayashi Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: #FlyMeToTheMoon

67 – Doomsday Pt.1

[Recorded August 8, 2019] Learning from Eastern thought. Seeing much more detail and connection. Comparing high and low context communication. How Superman's silence can be seen as sophisticated. The Problem of Evil in the East. Harmonizing Batman and Superman. Based on the research of Dr. Richard E. Nisbett and his book, "The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently" Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: East Asians less inclined towards Fundamental Attribution Error (00:04:40) Dr. Richard E. Nisbett (00:07:40) Objects vs. Context (00:17:45) Nouns vs. Verbs (00:18:30) Facial Expression (00:25:11) Michigan Fish Test (00:32:44) High & Low Context (00:36:17) Superman's Silence (00:48:37) Thinking and Speaking (00:51:03) Counter-Intuitive Wisdom (00:58:02) Modesty and Bragging (01:06:35) Analysis vs. Holism (01:08:49) Comparison (01:09:30) Logic & Paradox (01:15:00) Dialectical Reasoning (01:25:03) Retcons / BvS Critique (01:25:55) Existentialism (01:28:45) Embodied Knowledge & Wisdom (01:43:40) The Problem of Evil (01:57:24) Applied to Batman v. Superman (02:03:24) Lex's Bad Faith Dilemma (02:07:00) Dialectical Synthesis of Batman & Superman (02:10:55) And much more! To learn more: PressPlacing the Face in Context: Cultural Differences in Facial Emotion | Takahiko MasudaThe Michigan Fish Test and the Middle East | Sheena IyengarWhat Does The Michigan Fish Test Say About You? | io9Eastern and Western Cultures See Emotions Very Differently | University of AlbertaJapanese More Sensitive Than Westerners To The Big Picture | WiredThis Mistake We All Make | Richard Nisbett | The GuardianAre You A Holistic or Specific Thinker? | Erin Meyer | Harvard Business ReviewEast & West Part Ways in Test of Facial Expressions | NYTZack Snyder's Superhero Life | BloombergEast Versus West | Forbes BooksGeography of Thought | Richard NisbettThe Culture Map | Erin MeyerYou May Also Like | Tom VanderbiltHit Makers | Derek ThompsonThe Misinformation Age | Cailin O'ConnorHeaven & Earth Are Not Humane | Franklin Perkins MediaWest and East Cultural Differences | EBSEAST or WEST: Which mindset do you have? | Off the Great WallEastern Philosophers vs Western Philosophers | Epic Rap BattlesLogic & Reasoning | VSauce2Batman v. Superman: By The MinuteDC Cinematic MinuteReality | Invisibilia | NPR ImagesPopulation Perspective | Our World In DataPopulation Density | Our World In DataInterpersonal Trust Attitudes | Our World In Data Population Perspective Population Density Trust Attitudes Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: #YouHaveTheRightToRemainSilent #BeStill #BestOfBoth

66 – East

[Recorded July 12, 2019] Why do reasonable minds differ? On movies? "Did we even see the same film?" On justice? Why do Superman and Batman always differ? Psychologists weigh in. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Naïve Realism Study on Motion Picture Appraisal Correlation with critics Illusions: The dress, shoe, Yanni / Laurel, etc. "They Saw A Game" Moral foundations and affiliations Cultural differences lend perspective The missionary and anthropologist Linguistic effects on cognition Fundamental Attribution Error Disposition versus circumstance Depiction is not endorsement Judging others as disgusting Public Irrationality Thesis Philosophy and Psychology on Character Clark & Diana as role models (combat FAE) And much more! To learn more: Strikingly Low Agreement On Movies | Pascal Wallisch You Are Not So Smart Live | David McRaney "They Saw A Game" | Hastorf & Cantril The Righteous Mind | Jonathan Haidt Through the Language Glass | Lera Boroditsky This Is Water | David Foster Wallace Stories of Your Life and Others | Ted Chiang The Culture Map | Erin Meyer The Character Gap | Christian Miller Christian Miller: Character Gap | Philosophy Bites The Callout | Invisibilia YANSS 157: Pluralistic Ignorance | David McRaney You May Also Like | Tom Vanderbilt Conversation with Ross & Nisbett | Think 101 Hit Makers | Derek Thompson Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.com Twitter: @mosanswers Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaic Help With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: #ThisIsWater #DefyDefaultMode

65 – Differ

[Recorded June 29, 2019] Consider Man of Steel and BvS through the lens of commitment. Can Superman combat loneliness and a crisis of conviction? Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Dive deep into discussion and address apologetics for: MOS is structured wrong BvS should have shown Superman's honeymoon period Superhero movies should be escapist Nairomi was entirely unneeded and so much more! Answers, insights, and commentary on: Interpreting, "Must there be a Superman? / There is." Superhero retirement Seven Stages of Romantic Relationships Lois & Clark Early Stages and Wake-Up Call Why no onscreen honeymoon? / Batman is BvS protagonist Superman & the World's Wake-Up Call Insecurity absent commitment (no superheroes norms yet) Loneliness epidemic Who is Superman for? Superman: friend of the forgotten; a valid interpretation Superman as common cultural touchstone enables impact The Second Mountain / Benefits of Commitment Family (marriage), Calling (vocation, Faith (philosophy), and Local Community Why BvS included Nairomi not just the BZE Clark Kent: Man of Commitments Why MOS is structured to show Clark's heroism early Crisis of Faith: "Superman was never real. / No one stays good in this world." Local action and many more topics! Enjoy Independence Day with others... accept that invitation or extend one! To learn more: Lies Our Culture Tells Us | David Brooks Psychologists Study Ghosting | SciShow Loneliness Epidemic Index Infograph Study| Cigna Desire In Long Term Relationships | Esther Perel AOM 518: Quest For A Moral Life | Brett McKay The Second Mountain | David Brooks Hit Makers | Derek Thompson Introduction recorded July 1, 2019 Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.com Twitter: @mosanswers Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaic Help With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: #InterdependenceDay #MaximalCommitment

64 – Commitment

Mother's Day Excerpts Contrapositive - Understand & avoid villain behavior (1:20) Elevation - The case for paragons (7:30) Seeing - Clark versus how Bruce views women (20:10) "Isn't That A Good Thing?" - Martha's hope (25:00) Secret Sharing - Responsibilities of secret keepers (27:10) "I'm Older Now Than My Father Ever Was." - Parents as milestones (37:00) "How Come Dad Never Left Kansas?" - Earning conviction (38:40) Optimal Stopping - Algorithmic anxiety argument (45:50) How Come Superman Doesn't Take Over The World? - Economics (50:40) "You Don't Owe This World A Thing." - Interpretations (1:04:00) "I'm Already There." - Covenants, institutions, & traditions (1:15:30) Kierkegaard - Individuality and the leap of faith (1:19:30) Sign Off - Excerpted excerpts (1:32:20) Superhero Philosophy (1:33:50) Conjunction Fallacy (1:37:10) Success (1:39:50) Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.com Twitter: @mosanswers Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / YouTube

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Answering Man of Steel Questions, Criticisms, & Controversies to gain Insight into the DC Cinematic Universe

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Man of Steel Answers Insight Commentary

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