I don’t often write about current events. In fact I actively try to avoid doing so. Mainly because there are enough people giving their ‘hot take’ on the events of the moment. I wrote about mass violence a few weeks ago and the horrible school shooting this week conjured more thoughts on this uniquely American … Continue reading School Shooting

We all must live with our devices. Unless we decide that we are going to completely stop participating in society we need our devices and the applications that come along with them. These innovations in digital technology have made a lot of things much easier and more convenient. I often refer to my phone as … Continue reading Digital Drugs

It seems the truth of our current reality is that it is manufactured. What we think is reality is a veneer created by those that have power and make the rules. A thin layer of what we expect life to look like, but is actually just hiding the mess going on just underneath it. These … Continue reading Boiled Frogs

There is a danger in being overly woke. Woke being the term used to describe someone that is on the cutting edge of the zeitgeist of society. In modern times that means that they are very passionate about equity among all people regardless of race, sexual-orientation, or gender. In spirit this movement has only the … Continue reading Overly-Woke

We see the concept of cost very narrowly in America. I assume it is this way because the American economy relies on constant expansion and growth. The fewer obstacles between the producer and consumer the better. We see economic growth as an indicator of progress, but our understanding of both progress and cost seem solely … Continue reading True Cost