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Another Reason Not to Get Behind the Wheel After a Nip

Saul Segan | Posted 05.22.2013 | Travel
Saul Segan

If the officer asks any questions, you can respectfully decline to answer. Answers to simple questions can get you in a heap of trouble.

Wake-Up Calls for Societies of the 21st Century

Arzu Kaya Uranli | Posted 05.13.2013 | Impact
Arzu Kaya Uranli

We have to be more sensitive to such wake-up calls, before our communities turn into a complete "collection of strangers."

A Time for Re-Calibration

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.01.2013 | Healthy Living
Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.

In times of need, new solutions come into existence. We need to prepare for the structural changes that will accommodate these new developments. Instead of lingering in the stagnant swamps of static thought, we should be acquiring an evolutionary perspective.

It's About Winning

Lara M. Gardner | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics
Lara M. Gardner

I am increasingly dismayed to discover that most of the people I consider my friends willingly accept the killing and destruction of others if it is done by the person they perceive to be on the side they have chosen. They want to win.

Are We Drinking Too Much?

Dr. Debbie Magids | Posted 04.08.2013 | Healthy Living
Dr. Debbie Magids

Alcohol is the one unregulated, accepted drug we have in our society, and I do believe it's being abused. But since drinking is so socially acceptable, and everyone's doing it -- including high-functioning and motivated movers and shakers -- no one's questioning it.

The New American English Language (A Conversation About Words)

Dr. Cheryl Pappas | Posted 04.04.2013 | Fifty
Dr. Cheryl Pappas

The sounds which once were words communicate tonality solely as reflection of their once-inhabited relevance; i.e. "awesome" becomes an utterance of "okay." Words are stripped of specific meaning, now used as quick punctuation setting generic mood and tone.

Abundance

Ricardo B. Salinas | Posted 05.20.2013 | World
Ricardo B. Salinas

Is it possible that advancing technology will permit us to end poverty, sickness, and other serious problems?

How Viral Is Social Media?

Greg Jacobs | Posted 05.07.2013 | College
Greg Jacobs

This may sound a little absolutist, but at the end of the day, who is really controlling what you post online? Is that ironic music video your status because you actually enjoy it, or is it online because you want people to see how funny you are?

The Future of Learning Is Hard to Predict

Maria Voles Ferguson | Posted 05.06.2013 | TED Weekends
Maria Voles Ferguson

2013-02-27-tedprizepullDr. Mitra talks fondly about the network of British "grannies" he has enlisted to teach children online and offer encouragement, but what about all the other issues that so often compromise a child's ability to learn and grow?

Miami's Lesson to Southern Europeans

The Morningside Post | Posted 04.30.2013 | Miami
The Morningside Post

Referred to as "the Gateway to the Americas," Miami has thrived thanks to its role in connecting the north and south, and it has benefited the U.S. economy as a whole. If we look at the other side of the Atlantic, however, there is no city that plays a similar role between Europe and Africa.

Do Lawyers Not Have a Social Responsibility?

Saul Segan | Posted 04.27.2013 | Crime
Saul Segan

I, myself, have become affected by stereotypes of the members of my profession, along with the rest of humanity. Being fortunate to have become one of those members of an often misunderstood group, there has been ample opportunity to compare the actualities with the fantasies.

Culture as a Competitive Advantage

Soren Petersen | Posted 04.13.2013 | Business
Soren Petersen

If a creative culture, as identified by creative professionals, is the prerequisite for competitive advantages today, how can manufacturing and service-oriented cultures make this leap?

On the Cognitive and Historic Roots of Our Destructive Modern Polarization

David Ropeik | Posted 04.13.2013 | Politics
David Ropeik

Maybe understanding the historic events and behavioral roots that have produced these venomously angry polarized times can help us let go of at least a little of our own deep instinct to align with the tribe in the name of safety and protection.

The PRH (Personal Responsibility for Health) Chronicles, Part 2: The Way We Are

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 04.11.2013 | Healthy Living
David Katz, M.D.

This particular morning in mid-April was quite chilly, although clear. In fact, the early suffusion of sunlight was promising a day of great beauty. Not that Michelle was listening to such promises. Far too busy. And besides, the climate inside was always perfect.

Guns and Responsibility

Terry Newell | Posted 03.30.2013 | Politics
Terry Newell

We owe ourselves, and especially the children and adults we have lost to gun violence, both reasonable debate and sensible action.

Why I've Gotten Ruthless With Email

Lee Woodruff | Posted 03.26.2013 | Fifty
Lee Woodruff

We are a society of over-communicators. We text while we paint our toenails, we tweet while we're getting frisky. We feel a sense of rising panic if we haven't responded to someone in 24 hours. I'm nostalgic for my old black cord phone and I'm working on a healthier balance.

Sandy Hook, One Month Later: Building Relationships and Winning the Peace

Robert Hall | Posted 03.25.2013 | Impact
Robert Hall

One month later, the tragedy at Sandy Hook has caused us to reflect on what kind of society we have become. Increasingly it feels like we have become a land of strangers and estrangement that has lost our relational glue.

Not-So-Common Courtesy

SidneyAnne Stone | Posted 03.12.2013 | Women
SidneyAnne Stone

We have started to accept the unacceptable as the norm. Whether it is our politicians, our doctors, our pharmacists or even our neighbors, when did it become OK to do whatever you want and expect it be tolerated?

We Get the Net -- and Society -- We Build

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 03.08.2013 | Media
Jeff Jarvis

We are building the norms of our new net society. It can go either way; there's nothing, absolutely nothing to say that technology will lead to a better or worse world. It only provides us choices and the opportunity to show our own nature in what we choose.

Welcome to 2013: The Future Is Going to Last a Long Time

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D. | Posted 03.06.2013 | Healthy Living
Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.

Yes, we do have the potential to bring forth the unprecedented potential of human energy, creativity, and vision. We therefore need to align ourselves with this potential.

For a Better Society, Teach Philosophy in High Schools

Michael Shammas | Posted 02.25.2013 | College
Michael Shammas

Why philosophy? Because the study of philosophy, the "love of wisdom," creates and nurtures thoughtful minds, minds that can -- as Aristotle suggests -- entertain a thought without accepting it.

The World Has Ended, As We Know It - NOW WHAT?

Michele Hunt | Posted 02.20.2013 | Impact
Michele Hunt

If you are reading this that means we are still here, and yet the old world has faded away and the remnants that are left are dysfunctional. We are at the dawn of a new era. A dear friend of mine put it beautifully when he said, "The past has relinquished its hold on our future."

Who Is To Blame? God, Society Or Me?

Rabbi David Wolpe | Posted 02.19.2013 | Religion
Rabbi David Wolpe

Not every evil act implies guilt beyond the perpetrator. Is God guilty for the wayward action of one of God's creations?

Looking at Newtown: Gun Laws Alone Will Not Fix Society

Richard C. Harwood | Posted 02.17.2013 | Politics
Richard C. Harwood

At the heart of the nation's gun challenge is how to create a good society. People long to make a better effort to be in one another's lives. They want to join in give-and-take to identify solutions that will work. They want to focus on concerns larger than themselves. And they want to take action, together.

Less About the We, More About the Us

Greg Jacobs | Posted 02.15.2013 | College
Greg Jacobs

I don't think that you really need to share, or rather over share your emotions via social media. I mean how far does advocating on Facebook really go? We all have been deeply saddened by recent events, why do you feel the need to spread how meaningful everything is to you?