I just read a very good article in the NYT by one of my favorite contributors David Brooks. The article is here: The New Humanism In short, his article speaks about our emphasis on measurements, metrics and reasoning while ignoring our emotions, human bonds and the like. If you haven’t clicked the article, here is…… Continue reading Global Citizens – Understanding Ourselves
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Penance, Happiness, Language and Poison Oak
It has recently occurred to me that in order to achieve happiness, the opposite is first required.
How can we know happiness when we have never experienced pain or sorrow? As I look around, I see people with a very high standard of living, which the Kings of the past could only have dreamed. I see people who should be happy or even content, slogging through life continually reaching for that elusive state of joy.
2011 – Thoughts
I know it has been a very long while since my last post but I have been extremely busy. As these posts go to the unknown internet I won’t tell you what events have happened but I can tell you that what are categorized as life’s most stressful events, I went through two of them in succession. No worries however, they were both good. On top of that the holidays happened and I had many many guests, also which was a great pleasure but left no time for posting.
Japanese TSA Airport Security
I think you have to understand Japanese society and that it is still very male dominated. I think they respect women much better than most societies but there is still a very strong element to see them as sex symbols. Yet, when making decisions it might be surprising to know that it is the wives who usually control the finances in the household.
MBA Students – A Scourge
As is the purpose of this blog, we try to help readers see a completely different point of view. In this post, I will continue this tradition and propose that the current problems of the USA are due to a vile group that hitherto has escaped all blame and remains in the shadows. It functions almost as a secret society yet is completely out in the open. They influence many aspects of our daily lives yet we scarcely notice.