Steven Pinker’s new book, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress is a beacon of hope in what I have been considering “dark times.” If you’ve been reading my blog awhile, you know that I haven’t been happy about Trump’s presidency. Pinker’s book has convinced me that there’s a lot more “ointment” than there is “fly.” Things in general will continue to get better in spite of Trump’s efforts to return us to the “dark ages.” Progress is not guaranteed, of course, but the long-term trend of history is increasing well-being for humans based on advances in . . . → Read More: Enlightenment Now
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 Comments are closed  Blog  Big Enders, Buddhism, Catholics, chimpanzees, cultural differences, culture, dark ages, enlightenment, Enlightenment Now, Fisk University, fly in the ointment, gorillas, Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away, humanism, Imagine, Imprint Period, internecine, John Lennon, Jonathan Swift, Little Enders, Marian Fuson, Modeling Period, Morris Massey, Muslim Countries, Nashville, Nelson Fuson, Pinker, presidency, progress, Protestants, reason, science, Socialization Period, Steven Pinker, Stevie Wonder, Trump, well-being, What You Are Is Where You Were When In “That Ol’ Black Magic,” in reference to the Ol’ Black Magic of love, Robbie Williams says he’s loving the spin he’s in. Love isn’t of course, the only “Black Magic,” that puts people in a spin. In the U.S., we’ve grown increasingly aware of the “spin” used by major corporations and politicians to influence politics and consumer behavior. “Spin” is basically a biased interpretation. While some form of “spin” has undoubtedly been with us throughout human history, the “father” of modern political spin is usually thought to be canaries in cages down in coal mines so that, when the . . . → Read More: The Spin I’m In Comments are closed Blog Agent Orange, bats, bees, birds, bomb, bombs, butterflies, canaries, canary, clear the airway, coal, coal mining, Coca Cola, Coke, corporations, deforestation, Edward Bern's, global climate change, GMO, Good Samaritan, health, insecticides, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Lincoln, long-term problems, Mandy Patinkin, Miami, Mideast, military and civilian first-aid, Monsanto, natural gas, neonicotinoids, North Vietnamese, oil, Ol' Black Magic, politicians, public relations, Robbie Williams, sea-level rise, short-term thinking, Spin, Stephen Colbert, stone age, stop the bleeding, The Late Show, trees, Vietnam War, walking dead, well-being My guess is that readers of this blog already know that oxygen is a principal key to the health and well-being of life on Earth. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is a way of delivering oxygen directly to the blood, tissue, and other bodily fluids. Although it is often done in a hospital setting, especially in burn units, some individuals have purchased units for their own use. HBOT chambers come in two varieties, hard chamber (HBOT) and soft chamber (mHBOT). Hard chamber units are able to employ higher pressure to address certain kinds of problems best treated in hospital settings, although . . . → Read More: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Comments are closed Blog acupuncture, airplanes, antioxidants, back pain, blood pressure, bowels, circulation, claustrophobia, coronary disease, Debra Basham, ears, earth, fast phobia cure, Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth, HBOT, health, health benefits, hearing, hearing aids, high blood pressure, hyperbaric, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, Mesotherapy, mHBOT, NLP, oxygen, oxygen mask, oxygen therapy, pharmaceuticals, placebo, placebo effect, scientific, seeking and finding, silica, surgery, the bends, therapy, validity, well-being The meetings of the International College of Integrative Medicine always provide new and interesting information about advances in holistic health care. Regular readers of this blog will remember my previous posting about my Adventures in Mesotherapy, when I sought a way to improve my hearing. Although I had not expected another opportunity to improve my hearing acuity at the October 2013 ICIM meeting in Columbus, Ohio (“INNOVATION: Meeting Today’s Medical Challenges”), that’s what happened. Debra and I were attending the ICIM meeting to conduct two sessions on meditation and hypnosis. In addition to our own presentations, we also do . . . → Read More: Adventures in Pulsed Power at ICIM Comments are closed Blog audiologist, chelation, Columbus, death, Diagnostic Face Reading, health, health care, hearing, hearing acuity, hearing loss, heavy metals, holistic, holistic health care, ICIM, improving hearing, International College of Integrative Medicine, learning, MagnaCharger, medical, medical challenges, medical training, Mesotherapy, Ohio, PEMF, pulsed magnetic cellular charger, pulsed power, Samuel Johnson, well-being What’s been happening in your life while you were making other plans? World events in recent weeks have basically captured attention I had intended to “spend” elsewhere. First, the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear plant meltdowns in Japan…. As someone with friends and semi-relatives (my daughter-in-law is Japanese, and her parents live in Osaka), I have been following the events there with some concern. Second, recent events in the Mideast have been difficult to ignore. Compared with what’s currently going on in Libya, the “revolution” in Egypt was fun to watch. In an article titled, “Washington vs. the Merciless,” Thomas . . . → Read More: Are We Having Fun Yet? Comments are closed Blog climate, coal, consequences, crisis management, crown of creation, cultural, environment, environmental, environmental policy, fiscal policy, gas, global, history, international, learn, learning, long-term, mistakes, NLP, nuclear, NY Times, policy, politics, precognition, tax policy, taxes, the future, Thomas L. Friedman, war, well-being The Christian Bible says that Satan is the “Father of Lies.” The actual Father of Lies, however, is fear. Regardless of whether you believe that Satan is a metaphor for fear, you undoubtedly know that people lie when they are afraid. Everyone, George Washington included, has lied and will probably lie again. Lying is a normal part of human existence because humans experience fear. Think about the last time you told a lie, especially a significant one, and note that you felt fearful before uttering your lie. You can use knowing that fear is the “father” of lies to increase . . . → Read More: The Father of Lies Comments are closed Blog anger, aware, conscious, Father of Lies, framing, geophysical, George Washington, global warming, green cheese, gridlock, Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift, lie, lies, lying, manipulation, moon, motivation, pie, politicians, politics, reframing, Satan, self-understanding, Sir Walter Scott, truth, understanding, well-being, Yahoo CBS News recently ran a segment about the TV show “All in the Family,” which was a hit back in the 1970s. The theme of the segment was about the way the show represented political discourse at the time. Archie (played by Caroll O’Conner), who was an archconservative, and “Meathead” (played by Rob Reiner), an ultra-liberal. I had watched the show with regularity when it was popular, and the aspect of the CBS segment that came as a huge surprise to me was how slender Archie Bunker looked. Back in the 70s, I had thought of him as fat. . . . → Read More: Weighty Issues Comments are closed Blog 1970, All in the Family, Archie, Bunker, CBS, exercise, fat, health, Meathead, perception, physical fitness, slim, snack, soda, soft drinks, TV, weight, well-being |
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