Culture

The Great Lie

American culture defines narcissism. It is a mix of libertarianism and selfishness exhibiting an extreme indifference toward others. Of course, we...
Jerry Lawson
Oct 22, 2021 3 min read 118

Why Massive Fictional Universes Are the Future of Film and Television

The Emmy nominations were only recently announced, but a winner has already been announced: comic book adaptations. But it’s more than that,...
Robert Desocio
Jul 28, 2021 8 min read 157

What Do Lessons from the Industrial Revolution Have to Tell Us Today?

A historical reversal of direction underway? The nineteenth-century influenced the social-political and economic development of human life on earth in vibrant...
Susan Mackenzie Andersen
Mar 22, 2021 5 min read 112

Will Pokemon Cards Become the Latest Commodity Craze

Gamification, scarcity, and The Greater Fool Theory Pokemon cards have been on fire lately. While Gamestop hasn’t quite made it to...
Bashar Salame
Mar 16, 2021 3 min read 309

The Link Between Consumerism And Productive Societies

Why consumerism and productivity go hand-in-hand, everything has a price Consumerism is seen as a negative trend in most of today’s...
Agustinus Theodorus
Mar 15, 2021 4 min read 226

Lewis Mumford, A Thinker for the Ages Tells a Tale Of Cities Since the...

The Medieval Religiously Centered City My Dad often spoke about his admiration for Lewis Mumford (October 19, 1895 — January 26,...
Susan Mackenzie Andersen
Mar 11, 2021 6 min read 209

How I Became an Independent Researcher of The Tangled Net Of Economic ...

Rarely do I find myself in a state of seemingly unattached free-form physical depression of the sort that makes one’s energy...
Susan Mackenzie Andersen
Oct 23, 2020 7 min read 156

Can we replace fighting with work and reason?

Usually, death hits us at the wrong time. The passing of Justice Ruth B. Ginsburg opened the political arm wrenching in...
Henryk A. Kowalczyk
Sep 30, 2020 3 min read 101

Data Apocalypse Later

“Experience as a whole is not something that anyone can be spared”. — Hans-Georg Gadamer Data Driven is a Car Crash?...
Peter Stannack
Sep 21, 2020 6 min read 193
Working from Home

How Working From Home Increased My Productivity

Stories of success, anguish and the internal state of affairs from a “self-proclaimed” productive human Working from home really brought out...
Agustinus Theodorus
Jul 29, 2020 4 min read 289

Words Alone Are Not Enough: Overcoming a Multitude of Problems Require...

Our mindset is mired in the stone age. We still plunder the earth. Neo-liberalism is the current expression of that mentality....
Jerry Lawson
Jul 24, 2020 5 min read 223
Umbrellas with assorted colors

Open your mind to bias in the boardroom

We all have a mental boardroom, and usually, there’s a hidden bigot at the table.  That’s the premise put forth by...
Jim Katzaman
Jul 22, 2020 6 min read 186

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