Thoughts on Communication
Patty asked on LinkedIn about our thoughts on communication. Here were my thoughts expanded below. Communication is not just dialog or debate.
Newegg: Axe the Price-Available-at-Checkout policy.
I buy things at Newegg. I have found them to be a trustworthy merchant. However, they’ve just instituted a new policy that I find irritating on a number of levels.
The Skinny On Obesity – UCTV
Back in 2009, a doctor named Robert Lustig was the first to put himself out on a professional limb and say we have problems with sugar in a Youtube video called Sugar: The Bitter Truth. It was a very long lecture using a lot of science terms that probably scared away half the audience out of fear of learning something hard and scared the other half numb with incredulity. In the original video he says that sugar (fructose especially) is the toxin that is causing our obesity epidemic.
News Coverage as Shocking as News Itself
I find myself as slack-jawed by the news coverage as I am by the news conveyed. Every news franchise – every minute – every news segment – rehashing the same ugly incident over and over. If I were actually at the incident, might this merely reinforce any existing post-traumatic stress?
Slow Economy Movement
I’m tired of hearing how slow growth is hurting or economy. A sustainable economy shouldn’t dive and sky-rocket like a roller coaster.
