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Category Archives: Coping with Change
Electronic Vehicle Battery as Home/Grid Power Backup
Washington Post Climate Advice Columnist, Michael J. Coren, talks about how the battery in your car can become a part of the larger power grid solving short term and medium time frame problems. Technology already exists to connect your car … Continue reading
Anomie and the threat to American Democracy
Anomie is the breakdown of social norms resulting in an increase in “deviant” behavior. As the concept has evolved over time, the role of economic immobility has become a key area of research interest as a primary driver of abnormal social behavior. Continue reading
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Tagged anomie, anomy, destruction of the middle class
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Initial thoughts and assumptions about identity and this blog
As a well-trained social scientist of the late 20th Century in Western traditions, one must always begin with assumptions and values. Continue reading
Recommendation for “Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action” by Simon Sinek
Just spent an interesting hour listening to Simon Sinek about “why” matters. (He blogs at http://www.startwithwhy.com/.) It was a combination of existentialism and self-actualization. The basic concept is that most of us operate in the world of “what” or “how”, … Continue reading
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Tagged follow your bliss, leadership, Thousand True Fans, vision
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Shoes to replace shoes: the barefoot running movement
We have traveled an interesting technological circle in my adult life. When I started running in junior high school, we wore plain canvas shoes. Like the Converse shoes that are now retro-hip. By the mid to late 1970’s, a technology … Continue reading
Snow days, climate change and second order effects
It is a snow day in New York City. Again. I am enjoying it but I did grow up in Montana. This one is a little closer to what I would call a snow day, i.e. a decent accumulation where … Continue reading
Life, Limits and You Are Here
(Dateline – Sol 3) One of my life changing moments was reading the book Limits to Growth (1972) when I was in high school. It wasn’t an “ah ha” moment like reading the Milgram experiments. It was, as later in life I learned … Continue reading
Danny’s 2009 Giving Season List
(Dateline Sol 3.) As Christmas shopping moves into full swing and with the anniversary of my birth coming up, the question of what to buy me for a present that would “wow me” came up earlier this week. In a … Continue reading
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Annual Evergreen Sacrifice Begins in NYC
Dateline New York City. Christmas preparations are underway on Broadway in New York City as the annual sacrificing of the evergreen trees ramps up. An ancient pagan tradition going back millennia as part of the annual festivities designed to counter … Continue reading
Post modern career daze
Participated in a career day at PS 278 this week. Nine days after being laid off. Was a little worried about talking about careers to children without having a job. But it worked out fine. Was talking last week about … Continue reading
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