We certainly live in interesting times, don’t we…. Lately, we’ve recently seen a number of complaints about how a percentage of those living in the US are only interested in “free stuff.” The main complaint is that those people will vote for Democrats for political office rather than for Republicans, who want to make sure that no one receives “free stuff.” According to some, we have become a culture of “cheaters.” The original impetus for this blog entry was a comment a friend made about the concern companies have about people who “telecommute” and work from home rather than driving . . . → Read More: Cheating on Our Ethics Test
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 Comments are closed  Blog  "get even" mentality, 80/20 rule, academic community, adjunct faculty, bribes, captains, cheaters, college, colonels, corporate, corporate ethics, corporate systems, corporations, Corvair, credit-default-swaps, democratic, ethics, financial industry, Ford, free stuff, generals, Glaxo, globalization, GM, governmental regulations, high school, honest day's work, ignition switch, leadership, Lieutenants, lobbyists, local problems, majors, nation, NCOs, Noncommissioned Officers, office, part-time, Pinto, primary education, prostitutes, Republican, schools, secondary education, shit runs downhill, standards, standards for behavior, systemic problems, technologies, technology, telecommuting, universities, vacation, Wilfredo Pareto, working from home, world-wide If you are old enough, you can doubtless remember the rhyme from childhood about the hearse going by: The hearse goes by, the hearse goes by…. I couldn’t find the version I learned in childhood, but all the versions I saw online are highly similar. The main point is that death is the great equalizer. Everyone eventually ends up dead. In the version I learned, you were buried under the “moss and peat.” That suggests that the version I learned originated in pre-Medieval England, where dead bodies were often left in the abundant peat bogs. For our ancestors, the awareness . . . → Read More: The Hearse Goes By, The Hearse Goes By Comments are closed Blog cardiology, cryonics, death, denial of death, end-of-life, fear of death, hearse, hearse goes by, high school, hospice, hospitals, NDA, NDE, near-death experience, nearing death awareness, nursery rhyme, Sam Kinison, World Wars A long time ago (1985) a New York University professor, Neil Postman, published Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. One of the principal ideas is that television is “entertainment,” even when the subject is serious. The “news” becomes just another “show.” From time to time I have wondered what Professor Postman would have thought about social media. His principal complaint about television was that it turns “news” into “entertainment.” Rational discourse was replaced by video and sound “bites,” with the focus of attention increasingly fleeting and fragmented. I remember the history of television . . . → Read More: Social Media and Our Collective Well-being Comments are closed Blog A.M., ABC, actors, addiction, addictive behavior, Amusing Ourselves to Death, ARPANET, BITNET, broadcast media, Cable, CBS, Civil Rights, college, consumers, contacts, Dancing with the Stars, DWTS, entertainment, F.M., Facebook, generations, go outside and play, Google+, gossip, high school, history, horse, horseback, information, Internet, Istagram, letters to the editor, LinkedIn, NBC, Neil Postman, New York University, news, newspapers, newsweeklies, online gaming, PinIt, play, publications, radio, reading, riding horses, Selfies, Snapchat, social media, soldiers, sound bites, texting, texting while driving, TV, Twitter, Vietnam, Vietnam War, voting by text message, walking, war, Web sites, World Wide Web, www |
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