At the end of this video, the question is asked, rhetorically, what does this exponential rate of change mean. Below is a brief overview of some of my answers. In the early 1980s I created and implemented a public opinion poll in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. It’s purpose was…
In 1981 I had a neighbor who, while she was friendly enough, always seemed to keep a certain distance. When asked about that, she said she had a rule never to get too close to her neighbors. One evening I met her coming home, and I saw that something was…
In the early 1980s I had a lot of friends who were into various alternative health care modalities. None of them was exactly setting the world on fire, nor did they seem to have much of a clue as to how to market their practices. There was a lot of…
“The War in Iraq” is nonsense. It does not exist. It is entirely fiction. What does exist and is real is a multitude of wars in Iraq, as many of them as there are humans who hold the thought of such a war. Each and all of them are entirely unique, individual,…
“Perspective: use it or lose it.” Richard Bach, “Illusions” It is always a matter of perspective. Perception, if you like. But what it really comes down to is that anything that can be called a failure, can just as easily be called a success if you stand in the right…
Stress is misunderstood by almost everyone. The main reason people have trouble managing, let alone eliminating stress in their lives is that they don’t really understand what it is and where it comes from. To make matters worse–actually, far worse–the supposed experts give them advice that, while it may in…
All Hallows’ Eve; Halloween; All Saints’ Eve; to the Celts, the last day of the year, a festival for the dead; to early Christians, a night when witches and warlocks ranged abroad, a good night for a large bonfire; to modern children, costumes, candy and ghost stories. To…
How many times has that question been asked, in various forms, since the Indian Ocean’s belated Christmas present arrived in South Asia? And children aren’t the only ones asking. Most people, even those who are thousands of miles away, are trying to come to grips with the magnitude and impact…
When I switched my college major from engineering to clinical psychology, I was fortunate to have a new next-door neighbor, Al, who was a graduate student in clinical psychology. He was in the final months of an eleven-year saga to his PhD. One day I asked him what the difference…
In game theory there is a type of game called the “zero-sum game.” Simply put, it is the winner-take-all kind of game. The name derives from the fact that in zero-sum games, what the winner wins is exactly equal to what the loser loses. If you add them together, the…
