By Joel Bowman, on March 16th, 2019% Have you noticed how many TV ads close with the sentence, “Ask your doctor if X is right for you…”? When I was young, most TV ads were for cigarettes. Brand X was smooth, Brand Y was mild, and (most famously) more doctors smoke Brand Z. These days, most TV advertising is for pharmaceutical products, fast food, or automobiles.
Everyone needs to eat, of course, and the availability of fast, convenient food serves a need. Most people also need a car and will buy a new one when the old wears out or has otherwise lose its “shine.” While in . . . → Read More: Ask Your Doctor….
By Joel Bowman, on May 9th, 2015% By now, you undoubtedly know about the devastating earthquake in Nepal. You may not have heard, however, about the earthquake in SW Michigan. Earthquakes come in all sizes, from the huge and deadly to the minor shake-ups. Michigan’s earthquake was a minor shake-up. When I was growing up in California, we had numerous minor quakes. Even though they always came as a surprise, we learned to recognize them for what they were. After I had grown up and left, California experienced at least two serious quakes with extensive damage and some deaths, one in northern California and one in southern . . . → Read More: Earthquakes
By Joel Bowman, on January 24th, 2015% We’ve known for a long time that the proof of the pudding is in the eating, but we tend to forget the wide variety of ways the saying applies. When we recognize that everything is “information,” we can begin to notice what is “high-quality” information and what information is of lower quality. The higher the quality, the greater the likelihood that the information will prove true over time. A pudding that looks really good, for example, may not taste as good as it looks. The food you see advertised on TV, is typically not edible. It’s made to look good . . . → Read More: Actions Speak Louder than Words
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