[Steve’s note: If you have any relationship to surveys – and in these days, practically anyone in business has a relationship with a customer service survey – this […]
healthcare / politics / pro-life / sociology
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Pro-life? Then support universal health care.
It was chilling to see such a blatant dollar amount put on a life. When we say a human life is worth a certain amount of money, we make inhuman decisions – like deciding whether or not to give someone medical care – the appearance of being rational. Some folks are already claiming that national health care would do something like that.
But the system we have now does exactly that..
review / sociology
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Traffic and Me
[This is an edited (length severely cut) version of my academic review of Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) for […]
business / philosophy / sociology
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Starving sheep at work
The problems in my workplace – and probably yours – have to do with starved sheep. It’s become fashionable to appeal to doing the right and pleasant thing. […]
military / rant / sociology
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Turning Veterans Into Sociopaths
The movie scene we watched in class resonated with me; two war vets confessing their darkest memories of combat to each other. It resonated because it reflected my […]
advice / business / healthcare / pirates / sociology
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Reigniting the Spirit of Pirates
Since Talk Like a Pirate Day is upon us, I’m presenting this today. A little over a year ago, I was invited to give my feedback on a […]