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Category Archives: education
Unrealistically Great Expectations
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Our expectations have continued ever higher even as the pie is shrinking.. Let’s see if we can tie together four social dynamics: the elite college admissions scandal, the decline in social mobility, the … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, education, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Recession, Social Control, society, Sociology
Tagged College, Corporate Crime, Debt, Economics, Education, elites, financial crisis, Income Inequality, Peter Turchin, Precariat, social mobility
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Tackling the ‘Impossible’: Ending Violence
By Robert J. Burrowes Whenever, in ordinary circumstances, the subject of violence comes up, most people throw up their hands in horror and comment along the lines that it is ‘in our genes’, ‘nothing can be done about it’ or … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, civil disobedience, culture, education, Empire, Environment, Geopolitics, imperialism, Psychology, society, Sociology, war
Tagged activism, Anwar A. Khan, Bear Bones Parenting, Chile, china, David Hartsough, empire, environment, geopolitics, imperialism, Iran, Kevin Zees, margaret flowers, Mazin Qumsiyeh, Nonviolence, Palestine, Peace, PIBS, Robert Hunzike, The People's Charter to Create a Nonviolent World, Tom Shea, Venezuele, Violence, war
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The ‘Hidden Mechanisms’ That Help Those Born Rich to Excel in Elite Jobs
When two sociologists interviewed highly paid architects, TV producers, actors, and accountants, they encountered work cultures that favor the already affluent. By Joe Pinsker Source: The Atlantic Over the past five years, the sociologists Daniel Laurison and Sam Friedman have … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, education, elites, Inequality, Labor, Psychology, Racism, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged Class, culture, economic inequality, Economics, Education, financial cushion, homophily, income gap, Jobs, Meritocracy, psychology, society, Sociology, sponsorship, Wage Disparity, Work
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GIVE AMERICA’S ‘HELICOPTER PARENTS’ A BREAK
Hovering parents don’t need lectures. They need a more equal nation. By Sam Pizzigati Source: OtherWords A good many of us aging baby boomers are having trouble relating to the “helicopter parents” of our modern age — those moms and pops … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, education, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged culture, economic inequality, Economics, Families, financial crisis, Income Disparity, Parenting, Social Stratification, society, Wealth Concentration, Wealth Gap
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What happens to cognitive diversity when everyone is more WEIRD?
By Kensy Cooperrider Source: aeon For centuries, Inuit hunters navigated the Arctic by consulting wind, snow and sky. Now they use GPS. Speakers of the aboriginal language Gurindji, in northern Australia, used to command 28 variants of each cardinal direction. … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, education, imperialism, media, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology
Tagged Anthropology, cognitive diversity, Conciousness, culture, Humanity, psychology, science, society, Sociology, Space, Time
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Learning from Gandhi
By Robert J. Burrowes Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869: 150 years ago this year. There will be many tributes to Gandhi published in 2019 so I would like to add one of my own. This reflects … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, education, Environment, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, society, Sociology, Spirituality, war
Tagged activism, Conflict, culture, Exploitation, Mohandas Gandhi, Nonviolence, Philosophy, psychology, Satyagraha, Socialization, society, Sociology, Structural Violence, Violence, war
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Human Beings are Destroying Life on Earth but Deluding Ourselves that We are Not
By Robert J. Burrowes It is easy to identify the ongoing and endless violence being inflicted on life on Earth. This ranges from the vast multiplicity of assaults inflicted on our children and the biosphere to the endless wars and … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, education, Environment, Psychology, Social Control, society, Sociology, war
Tagged Behavior, Conflict, Conformity, culture, Dysfunction, Earth, Ecology, Education, environment, Individual, obedience, Philosophy, psychology, Self, Socialization, society, Sociology, Violence
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