On Prejudice
The real problem with prejudice is closed-mindedness: too often our first impression – our prejudice – remains our only impression.
Wisdom
Paying it Forward
I want to tell a nice story about myself, not to brag, but in the hope that others might do similar things. I try to head overseas every year or two, and so far my wife and I have been able to do that with our children. It requires some hard choices and some clear … [Read more…]
Motorminds
For the sake of conversation, let’s say the human brain is like an automobile, and there are three basic models: the Corvette, the Silverado, or the amphibious Max IV 6-wheeler ATV. You get to choose. The Corvette is the sexiest, the social elite; as a mind, it’s the equivalent of, say, Carrie Fisher, easily one of … [Read more…]
Criminal Dehabilitation
Design your criminal: should incarceration generate criminal rehabilitation, or dehabilitation? What does justice mean if it doesn’t make us safer?
AIDS Impact
The aids impact went far beyond the victims, because it changed the rest of us and — perhaps — created a more tolerant and compassionate world.
Society vs Humanity
Society vs humanity: in contrast to the community, the society is self-serving and exclusive, and therefore anti-humane.
Community vs Society
Community vs Society: we tend to interchange the two words, but they are different: inclusive vs exclusive, tolerance vs intolerance.
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.
Hugh Thompson, Task Force Barker, and the My Lai Massacre
Hugh Thompson’s moral courage in protecting civilians from Task Force Barker in the My Lai Massacre changed the practice of warfare, and our view of war.
Child’s Games, Child’s Work: Hide and Seek
Child’s play is child’s work, and Hide & Seek is not the innocent game it seems. Like so much of life, it is really a game of survival, of life and death.