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Monday, January 31, 2022

Society has to create the framework in which business works — not the other way around

The TikTok time bomb: The nascent social media app is feeding us junk food news nonstop

TikTok is an inadequate, possibly even harmful salve to the pain of a prolonged pandemic


Society has to create the framework in which business works — not the other way around

Business leaders — and the politicians that enable them —  must be put on notice that they must serve society, not the other way around. 



On exercise: “
To strive, to struggle, to sweat, is to be a human being in the fullest sense of the word” ... sweat  


The modern cynic is miserable, tormented by worldly corruption. The ancient cynic, by contrast, is happy — secure in their interior world   cynic  

If you thought the antiques business was on the decline, you only need to step inside the Galerie Kugel to realise you might have had it wrong. Familiar with Paris? You’ve likely ogled at this mansion on the banks of the Seine a dozen times before, and yet never dared to assume you could simply…


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Review and Recommendation:  The Glorious Cause, by Robert Middlekauff. This volume of the Oxford History of the United States covers the American Revolution through the drafting and adoption of the Constitution.  It is a very interesting and enthralling account of the ideals, incredible bravery, and long odds that faced early America. This stands in sharp contrast to snarky history too often based on Howard Zinn. (And no, the Revolution was not to preserve slavery.)
 
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