Monday mornings are always fun, aren’t they? Of course, I’m being facetious, if you haven’t already guessed. I wasn’t particularly excited myself to wake up on this Monday morning after stumbling across an apparently not so widely seen tweet yesterday. That tweet is below: Needless to say, I probably could have slept better last night…
I’m Taking the Day Off… You Should, Too
“We are telling our kids that nature is in the past and it probably doesn’t count anymore, the future is in electronics, the boogeyman is in the woods, and playing outdoors is probably illicit and possibly illegal.” -Richard Louv In honor of the grass roots holiday that will be celebrated tomorrow, April 20, I’ve decided…
The Daszak Chronicles (Part I?)
One lesson that I have learned in my time on this blue-green marble we call Earth is that when someone suddenly appears in the mainstream spotlight, and then disappears just as quickly, there’s likely more to their story than what we are being led to believe. If you subscribe to the notion that the news…
The Emperor’s Secret War Chest (Psychological Leverage in the Information Age)
“Your mind is the outcome of genetics, traumas and hacks.” –Scott Adams In my last composition, we examined a few of the more well known behavioral psychology studies conducted during the 20th century. While you may have drawn different inferences from these studies than I did, I would hope we can agree that what these…
A Quick Update
Just taking a moment to let you all know that I am currently working on a follow-up piece I am intending to supplement and expand what we observed from the behavioral trials in Asch, Milgram, and the Stanford Prison. I have narrowed the subject material down to 4 additional studies; however, because I was completely…
Asch, Milgram, & the Stanford Prison
“Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.” -Jane Rule If you are anything like me, and god help you if you are, then you have spent a considerable amount of time observing the other people around you and trying to figure out why they do the things they do. Why does…
Three-Card Monte Strikes Again
“And the nature of magic is all in the person’s experience. Whether the magician is using a highly complex sleight of hand or he’s just got two cards that are the same, it doesn’t matter: it’s how it is sold and how magical it is for the person that matters.” -Derren Brown If you pay…
The New Upside-Down
“The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.” -Alfred Adler Do you remember the first time you heard another person utter the phrase “the new normal?” Maybe you do; maybe you marked it down on a calendar or some other sort of record-keeping device in order to commemorate the occasion. Maybe…
A Note for Readers
Although in my mind it goes without saying, some of you may find yourselves at odds with the subjects and/or opinions that I may choose to write about. I am not here to argue whether or not you should feel the way that you feel about these things; that is your right as an individual,…
We All Walk the Long Road
Together we have traveled a long road to be where we are today.” — Thabo Mbeki So where are we, exactly? That’s a loaded question if there ever was one; and made all the more difficult to answer by the fact that the more pieces you use to construct the picture, the more complex and…