I was at an all-day event this past Saturday, it was mainly about health issues. I have two quick key takeaways. First: Health and medicine are (of course) big business. Second: The keynote speaker argued vehemently how the healthcare (and pharmaceutical) industries revolve around keeping sick people alive, rather than improving the quality of life… Continue reading A Quick Note About Lifestyles
If Google is the Pope of the Internet, Then Who Are You & I?
I’m sorry that this week’s installment is a little bit later than usual, but I have been experiencing some technical difficulties. As far as I know, these technical difficulties have to do with censorship … insofar as someone or something seems to be trying to censor me. Yet I refuse to relinquish — much like… Continue reading If Google is the Pope of the Internet, Then Who Are You & I?
Who is Free to Choose?
I distinctly remember my father telling me to watch TV once — or rather: strongly recommending me to sit down and watch it together with him (and whoever else in the family happened to be around). It was a very special event: PBS was doing a series with Milton Friedman, called “Free to Choose“. We… Continue reading Who is Free to Choose?
The BIC Browser is Watching You
As an introduction to this week’s post, let me pick up where we left off with last week’s post (“Please Don’t Make Me Think“). Thinking is hard, reading is hard, sometimes even watching can be hard. Falling asleep seems to be one of the few things left that’s usually easy (unless our brains won’t let… Continue reading The BIC Browser is Watching You
Please Don’t Make Me Think
Thinking is hard. It’s much easier to just let someone tell you a story and when you hear the same old story over and over again, then it will probably begin to ring true. This is neither a new insight nor is it rocket science — it’s something a scientist from a long time ago… Continue reading Please Don’t Make Me Think
How to Explain Ignorance
First thing I want to avoid is mansplaining something: Apart from that, addressing the issue of ignorance has many issues, problems and stuff like that. Awareness of ignorance is probably no easier than becoming conscious of what we have managed to repress into an “unconscious” state. Yet I wish to completely sidestep all such matters… Continue reading How to Explain Ignorance
Quick update while slowly drifting out into the zone
I’m living and loving heading out into the zone. That said, I also want to keep y’all updated on my life, vital signs, all that jazz and so on. One of the updates I need to share with y’all is that Socio.BIZ is now a supporting member of the Social Skills Network (@ social-skills.net 😉… Continue reading Quick update while slowly drifting out into the zone
X did Y, and I don’t care
I am reflecting on my recent posts over the past couple weeks. Two weeks ago, I described how mainstream media uses “bait and switch” tactics to get suckers to look at advertising. [1] This is usually done with a headline that claims something sensationalist along the lines of “X did Y”. Last week, I went… Continue reading X did Y, and I don’t care
Do Not Read This
This image of Putin and Tillerson toasting a deal between Exxon-Mobil and Rosneft to collaborate on their engagement to develop oil drilling in arctic regions is a still from the movie “Merchants of Doubt” (2014). You have probably never seen it before — I don’t imagine it was a blockbuster at any local cinema. The… Continue reading Do Not Read This
Sensationalism, Individualism, Mainstream Media Bait & Switch Tricks
I have and hunch that these three things (Sensationalism, Individualism, Mainstream Media Bait & Switch Tricks) are all linked — as if they were all parts of the same “complex”. [1] The complex situation I am referring to is the “Bait and Switch” game which most mainstream media organzations engage in. You might think that… Continue reading Sensationalism, Individualism, Mainstream Media Bait & Switch Tricks
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