There have been many attempts to inform our society that consumerism is a choice, but so is a more minimalist lifestyle. “The Story of Stuff,” founded by environmentalist Annie Leonard, is perhaps the best example. I once met Annie at …
Category: Sustainability
The United States Is Going to “Run” Venezuela
Pete Buttigieg, always on point, brings clarity to the matter. At home, we have tax cuts for billionaires while children starve, stagnant wages for the working class, homeless veterans, the National Guard in our streets in an effort to solve …
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Wise Words from a Woman of Intelligence and Compassion
The words at left come from an old college friend who had a stratospheric career in law, especially as it applies to the workplace, and went onto to teach, coach, mentor, and author books on the subject.
Marketing Bad Luck
We’ve all had bad luck. Here’s an example from my life as a marketing consultant to large tech companies, including IBM and Hewlett-Packard. I had just flown into Phoenix from Boston, landing in the late evening and getting a taxi …
Stopping Animal Abuse in New York City
Good going. Should have happened a century ago.
Morals and Honesty Used to Matter
At left is a reminder that there was once a time when morals mattered. How do you think voters at the turn of the 20th Century would have responded to Trump as a U.S. presidential candidate?
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On Stupidity
The ancient (pre-Socratic) Greek philosopher Heraclitus is most remembered for having written, “Change is the only constant,” or alternatively translated, “Nothing endures but change.” He wrote, “Into the same rivers we both do and do not step,” meaning that the …
Presenting Sir David Attenborough
An international hero. I met a guy earlier today, and we were discussing why human civilization is losing the battle against environmental collapse. The answer, obviously, is that there are too few David Attenboroughs and too much greed, ignorance, indifference, …
Don’t Argue with Crazy People
At left are the words of 20th Century philosopher of science Karl Popper. He looks a bit tired, doesn’t he? No wonder. This is the reason that I generally make no appeals to Trump supporters that to the effect that: …
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A Cruel Irony
To paraphrase the words of Aldous Huxley: There is a cost to denying reality, and the longer it’s denied, the higher the cost.
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