It needs to be acknowledged at some point that a SAFER KENTUCKY begins very early in childhood development and requires intensive human development oversight. Parenting is crucial, but is so lacking in availability and effectiveness that “surrogate parenting” in the COMMUNITY is needed. First of all, nobody ever receives certifiable parenting instruction. Parents are left…
“Winning” may not be “everything”, but it’s still pretty darned important! Americans have “CAPITALIZED” the precept … from stratified grades in education, to “tag” on the playgrounds, to organized sports, to business, to science, to healthcare, to just about everything. Unfortunately, that generally means somebody ELSE has to lose! “Who have you licked lately?” Business…
I’ve come to believe that piling up as many DOTS as possible is the essence of a productive, prosperous and fulfilling life. By “DOTS”, I mean any or all of the following: Knowledge, skills, experience, data, wisdom, understanding, connections, associations / affiliations, core values, principles and benchmark accomplishments. * Some “DOTS” carry more weight than…
While we may profusely object to any analogy linking human behavior to robotics, our daily activities do draw heavily from a background “Script” running in our heads … like “Tapes” in continuous “Play” mode. In fact, we operate at a base level very similar to a computer, liberally using “If …, then …” statement processing…
We first encountered “Slingshot Accelerators” in the blog, Virtual Reality YOU. [https://ertiaunlimited.com/virtual-reality-you/] A “slingshot accelerator” is a paradoxical contrivance. In order for a slingshot to work, it has to be forcibly pulled back into a hyperextended, “cocked” disequilibrium before its full power can be unleashed. Gravitational slingshots are used in space travel: “One of the…