Demagogues vs the Democracy
To understand who we are today, we need to understand kings, conquerors, and their dysfunctions, and what life looked like in their kingdoms. It wasn’t pretty.
Small Evolution
Gender Equity & Pointless Ambition
Too often, gender equity pursues a masculine success of domination and pointless ambition, ironically making ‘equal rights’ offensively anti-egalitarian.
Sexual Genetics
Sexual Genetics: differences between boys and girls exist, on average. Insisting that the differences are universal, or that they are nonexistent, are both unjust.
Outrageous Lebanese Genetics
Lebanese Genetics sounds boring, but the Lebanese may be the most stereotypical ethnic group around, an inheritance from the Phoenicians.
The Bookscrounger Returns
I’m back, the Bookscrounger returns. Where I’ve been, and where we’re going.
Paternal Corn: Bad Dad Jokes
Perhaps there is a good reason that fathers tell bad dad jokes…
Flower Power
Americans spend a fortune on flowers and flowering plants, potted and cut. Articles in recent years show that we spend well over $35B on lawn and garden supplies, and an additional $45B for gardening and landscaping services. For cut flowers and house plants, add $40B to that. How many of us have traveled miles out … [Read more…]
Rockabye, Baby
The word cradle comes from the same Germanic root as the word cart. Which makes sense; the movement of either a cradle or a cart will put a child to sleep. Or the movement of a car, another related word. All parents have seen our children refuse to take a nap, and then watch them … [Read more…]
Changing Change
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Progress is a new concept in human development. And that means we have to rethink our approaches to change, and the rate of change.
Risk Tolerant/Risk Immune
When things go well, stick to the traditional, don’t try new things. When you’re desperate, try new things. That’s the way biology and business look at it.
So what happens when you have enough, but your competitors are improving? It’s never happened before, and so we need a new way to look at it.