There’s always been news. There’s always been a continuum of what’s considered news by audiences and what’s not. But what’s been lacking has been information, wisdom, and knowledge. The continuum of what’s news has been debated for years by those delivering the content, and is now heating up with accusations of Read more…
When people talked with each other across the fences in the backyard, they knew (with some certainty, though certainly not ontological certainty) which of their neighbors were angry and which were pleasant. The bowling league, the local bar, the country club, and even the grocery store served as locations that Read more…
Pursuing the chimera of “Big Data,” means little in the face of human irrationality and unpredictability when the impact of emotions is removed from the analysis. Emotions are everywhere, and all around us, driving our reactions to events, our desires to record and document those events, and our drives to Read more…
The leap from here to there has never been closer. Sure, leaping is naturally hard. That’s why people caution other people, before they embark on a path they can’t see, into a future they can’t understand, with outcomes that are unimaginable, to “look before you leap.” It’s been written before that, Read more…
The standing rule is that people tend to most easily believe in conspiracy theories that they create; and tend to reject the conspiratorial thinking of others. The trouble with our concerns about fake news, is that they come from a place where critical thinking has been reduced in favor of Read more…
Tomorrow in the United States, is election day. There is, during local, state, and national elections, the usual appeals to get people to engage in phone calling for candidates, rallies, polling, and all the other “get out the vote” parts of an election campaign. The appeals come from the idea Read more…
The deep revelation of the revolution called the Internet, is that it continues to demonstrate that networks are the most valuable resource that an individual, a corporation, or a government possesses in order to leverage innovation, change, and advancement. Of course, during the height of the Industrial Revolution last century, Read more…
The government (and the corporations that consort with it through lobbying efforts) can’t provide every service, fulfill every need, and relieve every want for every individual. The government (and the corporations that consort with it through lobbying efforts) can be hampered from taking away rights and encouraging responsibility, from individuals. Read more…
You are probably going to read this post by clicking on a link from Facebook, if you read this at all. More likely than not, you won’t read this if you see it posted on LinkedIn (it seems too arduous to click on an article, thus the increase of click-bait Read more…
The deep end of the swimming pool is the best place to be in order to change through conflict. The deep end is where no one wants to go. It’s at the edge of the conflict universe, far away from the shallow center and a place for pioneers, adventurers and Read more…