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Be a Winner in 2021
Life is like a game of chess. I was going to say “life is like a box of chocolates,” but apparently someone else has used that already. In high school and college, I played a lot of chess. A chess … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Psychology
Tagged Carpe diem, Courage, Life, Losing, Meaning of life, Personality, Psychology, Risk, Winning, Wisdom
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Lockdown Imitates Art as “They Live”
“We are living in an artificially-induced state of consciousness … They have created a repressive society, and we are their unwitting accomplices.” — Scientist in “They Live” As countries around the world struggle to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, and … Continue reading
Posted in Political Science, Psychology, Society
Tagged COVID-19, Fear, Freedom, Learned helplessness, Lockdown, Public policy, Risk, SARS-CoV-2, The American Spectator, They Live
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The Wisdom of James Bond
“You only live twice: Once when you are born, And once when you look death in the face.” — James Bond “James Bond” is now a movie franchise, just like “Star Wars” was. But it started out as a … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Society
Tagged Fiction, Haiku, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Risk, Safety, Tradeoffs
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Life is a Judgment Call
The bar patron asked the bartender, “Is life worth living?” The bartender replied, “It depends on the liver.”1 In other words, it’s a judgment call. Most of us crave simple patterns to explain life. We crave simple rules to guide … Continue reading
Posted in Human Relations, Life, Psychology
Tagged Driving, Duties, Judgment call, Moral judgment, Moral responsibilities, Risk, Roundabout, Traffic, Traffic accident, Traffic circle
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