An anonymous reader points us to a fascinating piece on The Economist that tries to explain the elements that drive people to work so hard:
Working effectively at a good job builds up our identity and esteem in the eyes of others.
We cheer each other on, we share in (and quietly regret) the successes of our friends, we lose touch with people beyond our network.
Spending our leisure time with other professional strivers buttresses the notion that hard work is part of the good life and that the sacrifices it entails are those that a decent person makes.
This is what a class with a strong sense of identity does: it effortlessly recasts the group's distinguishing vices as virtues.
This reminds me of an article by Om Malik, veteran reporter and founder of GigaOm news outlet, who wrote this when announcing his retirement.
From his piece:
"I relate to Jeter's desire to find life outside of work. Living a 24-hour news life has come at a personal cost. I still wake in middle of the night to check the stream to see if something is breaking, worrying whether I missed some news. It is a unique type of addiction that only a few can understand, and it is time for me to opt out of this non-stop news life."
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"Research published in the journal PLOS ONE, suggests that your parents 'Left or 'Right' party affiliations are not the only factor at work shaping a person's political identity.
Differences in opinion between 'Lefties' and 'Righties' may reflect specific physiological processes.
In research performed over 10 years ago, brain scans showed that London cab drivers' gray matter grew larger to help them store a mental map of the city."
From the article: "Other scans have shown that brain regions associated with risk and uncertainty, such as the fear-processing amygdala, differ in structure in liberals and conservatives.
And different architecture means different behavior.
Liberals tend to seek out novelty and uncertainty, while conservatives exhibit strong changes in attitude to threatening situations.
The former are more willing to accept risk, while the latter tends to have more intense physical reactions to threatening stimuli."
A few of my friends and I are on opposite polls in our viewpoints but we agree to disagree.
Tolerance and Détente is respectfully applied to each other.
We get along fine with out having to conform to the consensus orthodoxy of others. Protestants often believe God works by democracy.
My friends and I enjoy one another without reacting against our particular affiliations of thoughts and opinions.
We actually like each other none the less.
I must respect the authority and wisdom of those tasked with my spiritual welfare, therefore I do pay attention to what my friends bring to the table.
But I as an individual do my own thinking and pick and choose my stance and the words that express my stance.
I write about “controversial” things because, for a person who has seemingly “liberal” views, church can sometimes be a frightening, uninviting place.
This should make all of us very sad because coerced silence is not very Christian, not very loving, and it is definitely not very Orthodox.
The church that I grew up in does the coerce thingy big time.
Recently the head dude sent out an email explosion to all of their senior pastors informing them that if they criticize the movement of their church on blogs they can basically "get out and stay out."
(The man has since passed away.)
My own friends and I give each other the freedom to express ourselves as we see fitting.
I actually like my friends all the more when they hold to there own opinions as opposed to my own.
We are all individuals that come together and enrich each other with our views and angle points of perspective.
Our "fear-processing amygdala" may differ in structure but we are brothers in the Lord and friends.
We all need each other for balance and avoidance of extremes.
I must weigh their words carefully and consider my own motivations.
I must practice intellectual humility.
We do not polarize into extreme sects of opinion, we come together in Agape' love which is unconditional.
Do you have friends who are opposite to your own opinions?
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While I am on the topic of opinions in a sense...
i always love a good conspiracy!Most here know that I in no way can believe that man has ever landed on the moon because of the Van Allen radiation belt surrounding us.
The cold war 'one~up~manship' with Russia during the time of the ruse is why the lie came about (1)...here is something (2) that on the surface may not seem (3) like much but it does bring in to question Neil's truthfulness in a way.
( Update: Soon after I had posted this YouTube took down the above incriminating videos. Hmm...someone didn't want you to see the defining proof apparently.)
I personally believe he was a liar by coercion for NASA (Never Any Straight Answers) and the government.
You see, the thing about humans is that we have a really short attention span, and really bad memories.
I believe the Van Allen Radiation Belt is something that God designed to quarantine mankind upon the earth.
It is part of the Master Creator's plan of Creation.
No escape to infect other planets with humans.
Come on, take a long hard look at the crime and the wars and such that humans do where ever they go.
Just near earth orbit travel for humans.
Consensus orthodoxy moon landing programing vs hard radiation facts?
Ever wonder why X~ray areas have lead walls and why they put lead shields on you when you get x~rayed?
Plastic, aluminium and fabric cannot stop radiation.
The space vehicles contain no heavy lead!
Deductive reasoning leads us to a logical conclusion...man can't go into deep space.
The radiation of space is stronger then medical xrays and medical xrays require lead shields, therefore, you do the math...draw some logical conclusions of your own here.
"My God, space is radioactive!"
It is said that one of Dr. James Van Allen's colleagues uttered this phrase upon the discovery of energized particle belts surrounding the Earth.
Naturally we common place garden variety earthlings have no way of knowing if any of the above is truth or not.
Therefore any discussion on the topic remains in the conspiracy realm and will always be controversial and relegated to the X~Files where FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully will be investigating.
Until then...
One thing I am totally certain about is that Mulder is a believer and Scully is a skeptic.
"In an upcoming BBC Documentary, Dean Armstrong, the brother of astronaut Neil Armstrong, reveals when the world famous 'one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind' line originated.
For years, people have argued over when Armstrong came up with the line, whether it was on the spot or planned years ahead.
Also debated is whether Armstrong meant to include 'a' before man, making the indefinite article 'man', which alludes to mankind, into a singular, 'a man', himself.
According to Dean Armstrong, the quote was shared to him over a board game, months before the mission began.
He says, 'We started playing Risk and then he [Neil] slipped me a piece of paper and said 'read that'. I did.
On that piece of paper there was 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind'.
He says 'what do you think about that?' I said 'fabulous'.
He said 'I thought you might like that, but I wanted you to read it'.
He then added: 'It was 'that is one small step for A man''.
Armstrong had always insisted that he had said 'a', that that it was lost in communication static.
This new story however conflicts with what Neil told James Hansen for his biography, stating he came up with the quote on the lunar surface.
More on the historic moon landing and the life of Neil Armstrong in the new documentary Neil Armstrong- First Man on the Moon, on BBC."
The space ruse is about to ramp up it's cold head once again...
An anonymous reader sends word that the Russian Space industry will be getting a big boost over the next eight years.
Prime Minister Medvedev has approved $68.71 billion in space-related funding from 2013 to 2020.
That's a huge increase from the $3.3 billion spent annually in 2010 and 2011.
The increased funding is one of several efforts to restoring Russia's slowly fading spaceflight capabilities.
"The failure of a workhorse Proton rocket after launch in August caused the multimillion-dollar loss of an Indonesian and a Russian satellite.
A similar problem caused the loss of a $265 million communications satellite last year.
Medvedev criticized the state of the industry in August, saying problems were costing Russia prestige and money."
Medvedev said, "The program will enable our country to effectively participate in forward-looking projects, such as the International Space Station, the study of the Moon, Mars and other celestial bodies in the solar system."
Russia may 'one~up' us this time around..here is why...
"With the National Research Council report that concluded that President Obama's plan for a mission to an asteroid has no support, either inside NASA or anywhere else, the space agency faces a decision point in 2013.
The NRC suggested that the administration, Congress, NASA, and other stakeholders in space exploration come to a consensus behind a new goal.
But the space agency's problems run deep, caused by a lack of direction, a lack of leadership, and a lack of funding."
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It Must Be True If It's In The Papers...Right?
Kubrick Confession?
Kubrick Family Debunks 'Confession' FilmEvidence Moon Landings Were Faked - Vid
Soviet Cosmonaut Leonev Admits Apollo 11 Filmed By Kubrick - Vid
'Stanley Kubrick'(?) Admits He Hoaxed The Moon Landings - Vid
'Stanley Kubrick' Confession - Outtakes Suggest It's Fake - Vid
Many people have remarked that the astronauts, especially Armstrong, seemed to be behaving oddly at this first public event.
In fact, if you are watching for it, you will see that they are enthusiastic when discussing the voyage to the Moon, and the return trip, but oddly subdued when talking about operations on or near the Moon.
There appears to be tension, anger, disappointment or depression, and other feelings that are very much at odds with what should have been a triumphant celebration and homecoming.
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