Tag: Human Behavior

My Saturday morning entrepreneur group has been an ongoing theme in this column.  And this is very simply because so many of the situations that unfold at its meetings are extremely relevant to my...

As modern technology invades more and more areas of our daily lives, we are increasingly surrounded by more and more layers of mediated experience.  All the layers of screen reality: movies, television, video games,...

Perfection is that to which we aspire in many of the phenomena in our lives, whether they be objects, activities, processes, interactions, relationships or atmospheres.  It is that which makes something flawless and complete. ...

The notion of cancel culture refers to the boycotting or shunning of someone whose behavior or speech is deemed in some way objectionable or controversial.  The boycotting or shunning can damage a person’s reputation...

Recreation refers to those activities that we do for enjoyment and that don’t relate to making a living.  Ideally, recreation helps us to relax or helps us to express strong passionate enthusiastic feelings.  Either...

A purpose is the place where we are going when we try to finish our little daily tasks, our larger life schemes, and our still larger personal evolution.  It is the end point that...

A symbol is something that represents something else.  A symbol can be a mark, a sign, a number, an icon, an actual material thing, a plant, an animal or a human being.  Various animals...

Frequently in this column, I have talked about a dichotomy between traditional societies and modern societies.  Traditional societies is a grab-bag term, an all-encompassing term which I use to describe everything from preliterate tribes...

In many ways, American society seems more contentious and more divided than it has been in a long time.  In politics, the long-simmering conflict between Democrats and Republicans that started under President Reagan is...

If ever there was a blatant case of throwing the baby out with the bath water, it’s in the movement in the U.S. to defund or even abolish police departments.  There is no question...