Laurence Mesirow
I am a writer who has been concerned about the effects of modern technology on human living environments and human behavior for many years.
A Sense Of Place In American Politics
In my last article, I discussed the importance of having a subjective sense of place in one’s life and the pathological reactions of those people who don’t. I left out one pathological reaction and...
Finding A Place For Oneself Within Oneself
The word “place” has several different meanings just as a noun. There is the objective meaning of a specific geographic location. For instance, when we say so-and-so has a nice place, we are referring...
The Causes And Effects Of Acting Foolish
There are many different ways that the word foolish is used in everyday speech. But all of them seem to have in common the underlying meaning of not taking into account the potentially negative...
Making Peace With People Who Are Too Numb To Listen
I was in a zoom meeting the other day with members of the Chicago Ethical Humanist Circle. Part of the implicit beliefs of many of them is that all people are basically good and...
The Problem With Always Solving Problems Today
One thing that all humans have is problems. Problems are defined discrete tension-pockets that create irritation, discomfort and pain for humans and that inspire humans to try and find ways of eliminating these tension-pockets...
Our Growing Indifference To Other People
One topic that seems to come up lately in my conversations with friends is the growing inconsiderateness that people show one another in today’s world. Drivers with road rage, gruff or indifferent salespeople, impatient...
How Climate Change Is Keeping Us Alive
Hurricane Ida is one of the worst hurricanes in Louisiana history. It has significantly damaged the electric grid. It has torn the roofs off of a lot of homes with its formidable category 4...
How Our Experience Of Time Changes As Modern Technology Changes
One notion that has been discussed lately by some in the news media with regard to the American withdrawal from Afghanistan has been how the Americans and the Taliban have such different conceptions of...
The Difficulty Of Maintaining Positive Relationships In A Vacuum World
Trust and love represent two positive emotional attributes of the human relationship to the external world. Although they can be interconnected with one another, they are always distinct from one another. Trust refers to...
The Need To Set Social Fires Through Fast Fashion
There was a time in human history, when most people had just one set of clothes. Unlike much of the clothing today, it was made to last a long time. Only when the factory...