Propaganda in the Time of Social Media
[Update: YouTube removed the video I had linked to. Probably a good thing, since it helps decapitate (pun intended) the ability of IS/ISIS/ISIL to spread propaganda.] Fascinating turn of events. The...
View ArticleVisualizing Exponential Growth
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made some recent statements about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Here are some highlights: Exponentially growing epidemic – “The number of cases is...
View ArticleTrue Motivator – Our Quest for Mastery, Purpose, and Self-Direction
I first spotted this on The Tiny Life. It’s a presentation by RSA Animate that explains what really motivates people. In a nutshell it explains why punishment and reward are not a good motivators for...
View ArticleCould Modern Humans be Suffering from a Form of Zoochosis?
We took Katie to the Sacramento Zoo this past weekend and while we had a good time, I came back with the general impression that we’re doing a terrible disservice to the animals there. Seeing the...
View ArticleEnvironmental Sustainability = Economic Sustainability
Truth be told, if any piece of a system is sustainable it has a natural sustaining effect on the other parts. By sustainable I mean the true definition of the word, the capacity to endure. This can be...
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Ten Commandments – Food for Thought
This is what is sounds like when people value balance higher than acquisition. Not knocking the other ten commandments – just saying.
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Do What You Love
This is good advice for teaching us to support our children’s strengths but also our own strengths. When we do what we love and we do our best we succeed and thrive without the need for competition or...
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Alternate Explanation for Extreme Weather
I like the logic the fellow at Suspicious0bservers presents. Here’s what I make of it all. Climate change is not entirely manmade. Pollution is all bad, but it’s not the whole story. Space weather is...
View ArticleThis Short-term Earthquake Uptick Predicted – It’s the Sun
The folks at Susupicious0bservers have found a significant correlation between activity on the Sun and earthquakes. They can’t predict the location of earthquakes but when the Sun shows certain...
View ArticleBalance over Acquisition
In 2007 I woke up. I remember the exact moment. I was driving to work on a 100 mile commute and was stuck in traffic. The weight of mortgage debt and a crashing real estate market is what shook me from...
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