Trump versus Cruz, Clinton versus Sanders, Democrats versus Republicans, pro-anything versus anti-the-same-thing. Americans focus too much on wounds and not enough on diseases. On some level, most people know that. Regardless of political stance, the man/woman in office should have: Intelligence. An IQ test should not be a presidential mandate, but he/she should have enough […]
Read More →Liberals don’t understand how people can support Donald Trump. And conservatives don’t understand why anyone wouldn’t support Donald Trump. In this case conservatives are right about one thing: Liberals should understand. They may not agree, but the reason behind Trumps’ support is pretty simple. It’s a two-step view: Government is messed up The solution is less government and […]
Read More →Technology is destroying America, but it’s not the self-driving cars, loss of privacy or generation of young people buried in cell phones. It’s Facebook. Twenty years ago, the U.S. had skinheads and radicals on both the left and right. But 20 years ago, the radicals couldn’t find each other – their circle of crazies was […]
Read More →People are a messy amalgamation of tastes, intellect, backgrounds and foibles. We think we understand how things work, but we’re usually wrong. It’s akin to a pack of orcas thinking that all sea animals like seal meat simply because each one of the 10 orcas in their pod just love seal meat. Like the orcas, […]
Read More →The world is a polarized place. Our differences, however, may be biological as much as ideological. Fact No. 1: People with autism have trouble empathizing with other people. They simply don’t identify tricky non-verbal cues and, as a result, can’t share in someone else’s happiness or sadness. (An overly simple explanation.) Fact No. 2: […]
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