I rarely reprint other people’s brilliance but being back at the beach I was deeply moved by this story by Jaimal Yogis who mentions Sam George saying, “Palace of Stoke”. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/07/is-surfing-more-religion-than-sport/533721/ Surfing More Sport or Religion? Even hardcore devotees disagree, though many acknowledge there’s something profoundly spiritual about catching waves—a feeling scientists attribute to the […]
Behavioral Responses Reconfigured
Polarization is on the rise. A structural decline is happening in America that’s shifting people into the margins based on education, beliefs, or ethnicity. Denial about the circuitousness of change is leaving casualties at the road side as individualized behaviors are dictated by black and white values and not pragmatism. Advocates animal rights will attack […]
Hot Day in August
It was a hot day much like this one back in August 1762. An overweight British bureaucrat in his mid-forties, who preferred to sit on his butt and gamble, as many Londoners knew, got hunger. His name was John Montagu and he was rich, had the title of Earl, was falsely empowered and as a […]
Mass Shootings Unspeakable Tragedy
Mass Shootings Unspeakable Tragedy The mass shootings this weekend are unspeakable. Hearing the news while in a restaurant with my daughter and family after a cheer competition brought tears to my eyes. This could have happened anywhere to anyone. Gun control is not the problem. Metal health is the problem! Six Million years ago our […]
China’s Middle Class
China’s Middle Class Economic pundits are coming to grips with a new global realty check. The realization that industrialized double digit export growth in China is unsustainable. However, that has not deterred Chinese policymakers from eyeing new sustainable growth strategies to propel China into the preeminent world economic power. One secret weapon could […]
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