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Tag: Culture
The Stupidity of “Falling Back” an Hour
You set your clocks back, didn’t you? Custom forces you to do so, and sometimes custom is blindly repeating our mistakes. The twice-a-year clock shifting between “standard” and “summer/daylight” times is a prime example. Clock Time Our units of time […]
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How About We Just Get Rid of Gender Labels?
My article from three years ago “The Problem with the Transgender Label” asked a question some people don’t want asked: does that label cause more problems than it solves? It remains one of my most-read articles with mostly positive responses. […]
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Stop Dehumanizing People With Your Writing
It angers me. I know they don’t mean it, but it still angers me. I read a lot as a writer and professor and I see it all the time. People are dehumanizing other people with their words. Sheer obliviousness. […]
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There Are No Millennials and No Gen X or Gen Y
The corporate media loves simplifications. It enjoys painting with a broad brush and placing everything into tidy, constricting categories. One of the media’s simplifications is to label people as belonging to a generation. They claim you are a “baby boomer,” […]
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Inserting Philosophy Into Ancient Aliens
There is a TV show. Inside it are many tall tales. It demands we give up all the critical thinking we have ever been taught. Its absurdity is everywhere. Its nonsense is right before our eyes. They are not honest, […]
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What Lurks Behind Conspiracy Theories? A Philosophy of Conspiracy Theories.
Some people, despite all proof to the contrary, believe the moon landings were faked. Some people, despite all proof to the contrary, believe the last election was stolen. And those are just two of the many conspiracy theories that […]
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Calvinism and the American Conception of Evil
Largely underestimated is the significant influence that John Calvin has had on culture in the United States. Perhaps only John Locke has had more philosophical influence on the American Zeitgeist than has Calvin. To understand America and its uniqueness, you […]
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The Siloization of Humanity – Technology has enhanced an age old habit
Siloization – ˈsī-lō-ə-ˈzā-shən : the process of isolating a group apart from others especially in ways that hinder communication and cooperation In business jargon, “silo teams” refer to situations in which teams or departments don’t communicate with each other and […]
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Why is The Curse of Oak Island Lying To Us?
See also: New Curse of Oak Island Season and Learning from Rick & Marty Text Transcript: The Curse of Oak Island is an interesting and entertaining show. But as I mentioned in an earlier video, the show isn’t always entirely […]
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