… and the word was, “RUN!” or, “HIDE!” or, “STAY!” Totally makes sense that history started with a word, else what could be told to others? This is not focused on making sounds, but a communicative language. A recent genomic study places human divergence driving language somewhere 135,000 years past. Based on what the genomics data indicate…
We all do it … boredom, restlessness, etc … we scroll around, we browse around looking for something to distract us, to help us forget important things. Doom scrolling, mindless internet browsing, or whatever you call it … it’s cooking the planet according to a new study from The Ecologist. It’s not, however, your internet…
A couple of weeks ago, one of my life coaches me asked a great question: “Where do you look for direction?” … the question was posed in profound personal growth / life’s purpose context. I didn’t not even reflect on the question before answering, “my heart songs”. After some reflection, I thought my response could…
I can be from time to time a cultural explorer. I study, learn as much as I can about different cultures – especially their perspectives and beliefs that diverge from the mainstream rivers of junk that pass by me every day. One outcome from these studies is that I can pick and choose what I…
Sometimes an article pops up on my reading list, and I am not sure what to do with it … how to think through it, how to make sense of it and how to not follow the click-bait. This article from The Dispatch had all the signs of a click bait post – a title:…
Awhile back, I posted on corporate life artifacts left in my behavior and thinking that are NOT that useful outside of corporate circles. There were two fundamental aspects, a) urgency to complete, i.e., the result, and b) the transactional nature of all interactions and relationships. While studying more astute thinkers and mystics (Braiding Sweet Grass…
