What Gene Roddenberry says here is probably correct, but, sadly, our species seems to be headed in the opposite direction. “Differences in ideas and attitudes” are increasingly perceived as alien, and thus, threatening. The most obvious real-world example today, of …
Category: Sustainability
From Guest Blogger Lillian Connor – Sustainable Luxury: Strategies Redefining High-End Fashion
Luxury fashion brands have traditionally epitomized opulence and exclusivity, but in recent years, sustainability has become a driving force behind their operations. This article explores the effective sustainability strategies that luxury fashion brands are employing to mitigate their environmental footprint …
Why Is Christianity in Decline?
These folks ask: Curious about the decline in Christianity and church attendance? Support your congregation with learnings from this free 24-page study, including 10 practical ways to address these challenges in your community. Of course, I have no idea what …
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Something to Learn Here?
I very seldom write posts about matters of pop philosophy like this one; I can only say that there was something here that spoke to me. I’ve been too quick to point out the stupidity of other people in my …
Attacking Public Education
Great quote from public intellectual Garrison Keillor here. Yet keep in mind that those working to weaken public education couldn’t care less about some notion of “community.” Whether these people are Christian fundamentalists, or some other form of small-government zealot, …
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Christian Movements
News flash: If you’re a part of a “Christian movement” that demands that “the government be a part of God’s wrath,” you have deep-seated psychological issues that are unlikely to resolve by encountering some meme on social media.
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Diversity
From the year I became an entrepreneur in 1984 until I moved into another line of work (environmental sustainability) in 2009, I’m guessing that my company (initially I myself) hired, say, 300 people. My policy was always: if two candidates …
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More On the Meaning (Meaninglessness?) of Life
In a recent post, Does Life Have Meaning? I wrote about the plethora of recent social media posts on the supposed meaninglessness of our lives. In addition to the other points I made in the original post, this subject appears …
Does Life Have Meaning?
There seems to be a great number of social media posts recently on the subject of the supposed meaninglessness of our lives. Some people point to what they believe to be an absurd cycle of “eat, work, be entertained, sleep” …
A Pleasant Surprise
In this day in which so many Americans have completely given up on English grammar, it’s almost weird to see that the sign-maker here correctly used a semicolon to separate two independent clauses. Kudos. Btw, the message is excellent as well. …
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