Archive for October, 2008

The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

This book review was contributed by Lena Phoenix: The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives is a book about randomness, a topic that most people, unless they happen to be mathematicians or have a strange fascination with statistics, probably don’t think too much about. As a species, in fact, we generally prefer not to ...Read more.

Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior

This book review was contributed by Lena Phoenix: I was not at all in the mood for another non-fiction book about human behavior when my husband asked if I wanted to read Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior before he returned it to the library. I half-heartedly decided to scan a few pages before ...Read more.

Are you Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired? Stop It!

I love this Bob Newhart skit.  As a person who’s been through therapy and has a masters degree in psychology I wish someone would have used this amazing psychological breakthrough with me decades ago.  No matter what you’re not happy with in you’re life this transformational technology will change your life forever!  Guaranteed!

Everything is Great …Until it’s Not

Yesterday Alan Greenspan told congress `That is precisely the reason I was shocked because I’d been going for 40 years or more with very considerable evidence that it was working exceptionally well.” This is a great example of how we are blindly influenced by the way our brains make meaning in the world.   What ...Read more.

Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind

This book review was contributed by Lena Phoenix: Kluge is a slang term for “a clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem.” In this new book, Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind, psychologist Gary Marcus argues that the human mind itself is a kluge, and then goes on to discuss how this explains ...Read more.

Security is a Made Up Concept With No Root in Reality

With the non-stop news about how unstable the world is, this is a great time to look at how security is marketed to the public. Security doesn’t exist.  I hate to be the one to break it to you, but it simply is a made up concept.  If you don’t believe me talk to people ...Read more.

Money as Debt Video

If you have not seen this video, please take the time to watch it.  This will explain how we have gotten to this point.  Have you ever thought why there is more debt in this world than there is money to repay it? This video will explain it all and more… Paul Grignon’s 47-minute animated ...Read more.