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• Thorstein Veblen's Economics of Wealth and Leisure

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.It has been more than a century since Thorstein Veblen’s The Theory of the Leisure Class shook the foundation of America’s elite... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• What I Learned in Turkey About Forecasting Turkey Dinner

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.The Byzantine stronghold of Constantinople, the Rome of the East, fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 after a millennium of rule fro... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• Personal Identity, Pregnancy, and Process Philosophy

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.Who am I? Why am I me and not somebody else? Who was I and who will I become? These are the sorts of questions I have asked... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• Evolution and Emergence Explain Social Change

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.The two theories of social change that I find most compelling are Evolution and Emergence. Evolution is a well known idea in... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Band Practice Dialogues: Free Will and Determinism

  

  The hard rock band Realizing Resonance performs enthusiastically in their otherwise empty rented practice space. The band is composed of four members, Taylor,... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• Taksim: Tranquility Before The Tumult

  

  Atatürk Monument in Taksim Square Gezi Park, May 15th, 2013.I recently travelled to Istanbul for the first time, attending a training workshop for business... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• Türkçe Olarak Yazmayı Öğrenme

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.This blog article, which in English is titled “Learning to Write in Turkish,” is a bit atypical for me. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• Macroeconomic Forecasting with Diverse Predictions

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.To say that economic forecasting is inherently difficult is an understatement. The economy is a complex adaptive system, with... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• Five Essential Principles for Transformational Change

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.Successfully guiding your organization through a transformational change requires the stuff that true leaders are made of. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Changes Over My 37 Years

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto. I was born a few months before America’s bicentennial, March 10th 1976, 100 years to the day after the first telephone call. A lo... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• Future Day is Present Day (March 1st)

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.Today is Future Day, but today is not a future day. Future Day is celebrated on the present day when that day happens to be March... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• Forecasting For a Favorable Miss

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.Humans excel at judgmental errors by our very nature. Cognitive biases are a fact of the human condition, afflicting even the... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Vital Pragmatism of Futurists

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.Last year in the article Vital Mysticism of Oracles I noted that predictions and those willing to cast them have always been a... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• Learning About the Future

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.Taking the class Introduction to Future Studies from the University of Houston has been one of the most rewarding educational... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• Resolution 2013: Realizing Futures

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.The Realizing Resonance Philosophy Blog has been online since October 2010 and each January since then we have begun the new year... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• Musical Resonance with Steven Vrancken

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.The music of Steven Vrancken is soft, subtle, relaxing, and reminiscent of a peaceful daydream on an unpopulated, cool, and calm... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2012 CULTURE

• Thanksgiving Dinner Inflation, Droughts, and the Dust Bowl

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphotoLast Thanksgiving I attempted my second annual forecast for the price of Thanksgiving dinner, as measured by the American Farm... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2012 HISTORY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Moderate's Manifesto: The Lesser of Two Evils

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.The late great Jerry Garcia once said, “constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil. Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2012 CURRENT, DEBATE, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Punishment for Prediction Error is Troubling

  

  Earthquake damage in L’Aquila, Italy. Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.In April 2009 a devastating earthquake struck the central Italian town of L’Aquila, killing... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• Remembering the Panic of 2008

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.The 2012 Presidential election is just around the corner and prospects are not up for the challenger Governor Mitt Romney. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY