Category: Society

  • Sweeping Arguments Away

    Rest assured your sweeping generalization will always be countered with a single specific example. #culture #psychology #younameit — Charles Bartlett (@bartlettcharles) May 26, 2015

  • 850 Gallons for a Steak

    850 Gallons for a Steak

    The hard truth is that eating “American” Paleo is not environmentally sustainable. Not at the world’s population growth rate. The Los Angeles Times published a great interactive post allowing you to select different foods to learn the amount of water required to produce and prepare them.

  • Which Movie Did Americans Support?

    Which Movie Did Americans Support?

    Both movies involve a sniper. Both movies are about protagonists championed by Americans. Coincidentally, one film was released during the week of the other film’s protagonist’s birthday. One protagonist worked tirelessly to promote the Civil Rights of oppressed and marginalized Americans through Peace. Never backing down in protecting the freedom and safety of those Americans and…

  • My Coldest Day Ever

    My Coldest Day Ever

    This week I had the good fortune to experience the coldest day in Toronto Ontario Canada in the past year. The Financial District was 5 degrees Fahrenheit and -10 degrees with a windchill factor. That is cold. That is cold like I have never imagined. It’s unreal and there are no words that can describe…

  • It’s OK to be Hated

    It’s OK to be Hated

    This wonderful speech indirectly touches on the mantra that you should ‘respect people, not ideas’. The crux of the matter is that the majority of people in the world can not separate themselves from the ideas or beliefs they hold. An attack on their belief or idea is an attack on their person. That view…

  • The 1 = 3 Rule

    The 1 = 3 Rule

    Paying employees better than the industry average appears to be a tactic that works. Costco has seen similar results doing the same. But of course we the customer play a role in this as well. If the customer can’t be bothered to care about how a company treats their employees, in order to save a…