Americans are so caught up in the idea of materialism through capitalism that they think that a pure capitalist system benefits everyone. The premise of capitalism is that everyone will do what advantages them or they die. Maybe not dead in a coffin and grave, but they would be homeless and incapable of competing in…
Netiquette or really any form of etiquette is not common sense. People in general do not know how to behave themselves in foreign cultures. As much as we might hate to admit it, cybercultures do abound and each have rules of behavior. They may not be posted, but members of the society know them. Many…
It is unfortunate that the Taliban decided to destroy any non-Muslim artifacts in Afghanistan. Some fairly recent photos at Yahoo show that they destroyed 2 giant Buddhas thought to be over 1500 years old. I don’t quite understand the need to attack others that are different. For those of you that do not have it… I recommend…
Hmmmmmmmm…. “The one predominant duty is to find one’s work and do it.” — Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American economist, lecturer, author, and feminist
Interesting quote addressing the recent violence in schools. I’ll tell you what went wrong and it’s not TV, rap music, video games or a lack of prayer in school. What went wrong is that white Americans decided to ignore dysfunction and violence when it only affected other communities, and thereby blinded themselves to the inevitable…
Something that has tied my thoughts in knots for about a week now… this preoccupation many individuals claim to find my supposedly lofty intelligence intimidating bothers me. Really, I am not that intelligent… I usually score between a 126 to a 144 on IQ tests. School was a knack for me because teachers and testing…
Nice and dreary outside. We need the rain, but at what cost? Thunderstorm warnings… tornado watches… Funny things is that just yesterday we were told that the drought would continue. Yes, I know that one measley thunderstorm will not cancel 3 years of drought conditions, but the rain will be especially nice. Wow… Yesterday around…
Something I guess I intuitively knew, but never really considered is that online communities are exactly that… communities. Consider that these places have areas for interacting with other members. People do the usual thing like talk to each other. I think the key is the results of the conversation… they argue, aid other, seek info,…