According to a recent Newsweek survey among 1,000 U.S. citizens, “29 percent couldn’t name the vice president. Seventy-three percent couldn’t correctly say why we fought the Cold War. Forty-four percent were unable to define the Bill of Rights. And 6 percent couldn’t even circle Independence Day on a calendar.” As Andrew Romano, the author of the Newsweek article noted, “…the world has changed. And unfortunately, it’s becoming more and more inhospitable to incurious know-nothings—like us.” To quote Plato, “the price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” The need for a curiosity of mind in all human endeavors, particularly in business, education and government, should be clear. Continue reading
Education
Statistically Speaking
Quantum physicists tell us that at the subatomic level there is indeterminacy to the interactions and interconnections of particles—that they do not take place at a definite place and time—and thus (they) exhibit a likelihood of occurring; reality is associated with a statistical probability distribution. In other words, variation is an inherent phenomenon characteristic of reality. Continue reading
Personal Assault
What we see before our very eyes each and every day is people conflicting, people at odds with each other on a very personal level, people (verbally) assaulting people. Why do most take such offense when presented with a different idea? Continue reading
Insights from the Impoverished
In a recent HuffingtonPost article David Chura brings to light the affect that poverty, despair and hopelessness have on people, especially during the formative years. When individuals grow up in an environment within which such dark currents flow, they feel trapped and, as David Chura relates, a way out is likely imperceptible. Continue reading
It is Really About Being Competitive?
We often hear people proudly exclaim, I’m a competitive person! Just what does this mean? Do those who say this really know what it means? Continue reading
Gregory Gull 