First Blog

  Are you a Theorist? Specialist? Generalist? Something else? There are a couple of ways to figure out what you are in the general spectrum of place? A.    If you pay close attention to the operation of a system, like keeping the railroads on time or running a plant, you are an  operations  person. These people keep the heartbeat of their organization healthy and ticking. B.      If you love just one particular endeavor, such as art, law, physics, et al, you are a  specialist . From your great trial lawyer to nuclear physicist to auto mechanic are completely needed. We depend on specialists for almost everything. C.     If your priority is a working world and can live with or without theory, you may be a pragmatist. Pragmatists think of theories as tools to be used, rejected as needed. D.    If you love all things and seeing the world in total, you are a  generalist . Generalists look at the big picture, trying to see the framework of our lives in a holistic way. They try hard to u

Twelve Don’ts for Living 1.        Don’t waste time on revenge. It takes energy, but don’t forget it either. The possibility may come along. 2.        Don’t waste time on hate. It takes too much energy. 3.        Don’t cheat your employer. You are paid for the work. Do it well. 4.        Don’t fake it. Only those less intelligent than you will be fooled. At most half of them will believe. 5.        Don’t co-mingle your beliefs with your understandings. They are different. 6.        Don’t gossip. You’ll get a reputation. 7.        Don’t palaver your politics. About half will disagree, but you’ll never know who. 8.        Don’t proselytize. It makes you look bad. 9.         Don’t believe it even though you want to. Check it out. 10.    Don’t shirk responsibility to your family. You made them. You owe them. 11.    Don’t lie to your kids. They sense it and learn to lie back to you.  12.    Don’t lie to your spouse. They hear you far beyond mere words.  

What is the moral justification for slavery? A.     First, define your targets as ignorant and incapable of caring for themselves - alternately subhuman. B.      On this basis, take away their rights and "give" them what they need. C.      Your targets are now slaves to the state or plantation. D.     You have done the morally correct action. You feel good.   Does it work?  It has for millennia.