Corporate brain muscle re-engineering
While philosophers have argued long on differentiating a human brain from a human mind, I find it tiresome – and difficult without adding terms like consciousness and soul. Like a self-congratulatory exercise that has no function other than distract you from more important work – living better. I recently stumbled on both a mindfulness practice…
Leto II on change
A recent post on Marcus Aurelius and change found another emperor / ruler talking about change – … mostly the same sentiment. Wikipedia has this to say about the book. “In all of my universe I have seen no law of nature, unchanging and inexorable. This universe presents only changing relationships which are sometimes seen…
Finally, a good piece on fences
After reading Mark and Delia Owens (post here) work the veterinarian fences in East Africa caught my attention and I followed up everywhere I could to find a NGO working to remove / improve fencing. Null … just nothing. Finally this last week, a great piece with good stories and details about fences’ evil and…
Irrational power of fearing ‘other’
City of Quartz – LA After pulling together a group of admired friends and family reading a specific book – City of Quartz, by Mike Davis – and watching, listening to some current events, my response to the book has changed. At first, I expressed my angst while reading that I had hard time accepting…
