The United States seems to have been going through cognitive dissonance reduction for more than 100 years. It is trying to reconcile the highfalutin wording of is founding documents with its horrendous historical behaviour.
Cognitive dissonance (a theory developed by Leon Festiger in 1957) occurs when you must reconcile your own …Read the Rest
I was driving along on a city street in my car, speaking, hands free, to a friend in California. As …Read the Rest
Have news and sports interviewers gotten lazy with their questions? Every time I hear “Tell me how it feels…?” …Read the Rest
We humans seem to inherently fear the unknown, the different, the unfamiliar – anything outside the our tribal identification. We …Read the Rest
We started our little company in the early 90s and used computers as the core of our infrastructure, This was …Read the Rest
I was late for the meeting and as I walked in I mentioned that there was terrible traffic on the …Read the Rest
Capitalism is based on an exchange, usually goods or services for “consideration.” Consideration these days is usually money, but in …Read the Rest
On our second day in Haida Gwaii, we continued south from the floating camp in the zodiac toward the very …Read the Rest
Human existence has changed because we wanted the “world of should be” instead of the “world of is.” We tinker …Read the Rest
When you walk through the Subway crowds, you surrender to the crowd. You go at the speed the crowd goes. …Read the Rest
Often we hear arguments that ring sort of true when they otherwise should not. Some of these I call The …Read the Rest