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Category Archives: Classics
How we handle uncertainties and risks
Every day we make risky choices in an uncertain world from ingrained attitudes developed over our lifetimes. Sometimes, in the spirit of play we choose the paths of greatest risk and greatest reward, sometimes we systematically maximize the chances of success by … Continue reading
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Laws of Natural Selection; laws that can sustain civilization
This post introduces a summary of the evolutionary laws that have produced and sustained microbial life for more than 3.5 billion years and complex organisms for 540 million years with the same resources, constraints and uncertainties that face mankind and … Continue reading
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Stop whining about taxes, we’re in serious trouble!
Thus far we have been swamped by only three waves of what will probably be a 7 or 8 wave tsunami. This inherited mess has been developing for more than 25 years—only made worse at a faster pace during the … Continue reading
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We cannot save other nations! We can only generate failed states
My friend Dean was a recovering alcoholic; his family, his Catholic faith and AA had provided the support he needed to keep him on the wagon and lead a happy productive life for 10 years when he shared this: “When I was … Continue reading
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Management Bottlenecks: primary source of institutional failures
An Admiral in the Pentagon called his staff together and announced: “Somewhere in this office there’s a bottleneck,” a young Lieutenant from the South spoke up: “Suh, in my long association with bottles, I’ve always found the neck to be … Continue reading
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To Preserve our Bill of Rights we need a Bill of Obligations
The United States Bill of Rights, those first ten amendments to our Constitution and arguably its crown jewels, beautifully and succinctly describe basic rights of every individual in our society; a society governed by the rule of law rather than … Continue reading
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