Usually when I critique a movie lots of folks like, they tell me, ‘It was just showing the way things are. It was real.’ And they do not want to hear it when I make the point that giving audiences what is real is precisely what movies do not do. They give the re-imagined, reinvented […]
Lady Grantham
“Don’t be defeatist, dear; it’s very middle class.” — Lady Grantham (Maggie Smith)
Revised Govt Classification System Proposed
Proposed: 14 updates to the Freedom of Information procedures that keep “too many documents classified.” #FOIA The current classification and declassification systems are outdated and incapable of dealing adequately with the large volumes of classified information generated in an era of digital communications and information. — Nancy Soderburg
Iyanla Vanzant | Spiritual Abuse
Sobering: “So why have you sold her down the river for a hat and a parking space?”
Charles Dugigg on the Power of Habit
Read Charles Duhigg on the Power of Habit Making sustainable life changes is about studying yourself, not just what other people say is good for you, or what other people believe you should do. Study yourself, your drives, your customs, your triggers, and your personal reward system. (Your personal reward system is about what makes […]
Jonathan Haidt on Intra-cultural Conflict
Within any country, the disagreement isn’t over harm and fairness… We debate over what’s fair, but everybody agrees that harm and fairness matter. Moral arguments within cultures are especially about in-group [loyalty to groups, families, and nation], authority, and purity. — Jonathan Haidt
