Self-Abasement, Incorporated: an Industrial Revolution

As a very protracted result of industrialization, then: underlings inflate their jobs in order to look busy and justify their positions; bosses inflate their jobs in order to look busy and justify their positions; sergeants enjoy the odd amphetamine here and there and become extra-marital enthusiasts.

I Think, Therefore I Love You

One could help an old lady across the street for kindness’s sake, or merely because one couldn’t stand the sight of old-woman roadkill. A significant difference from the old lady’s perspective seems unlikely, so what difference can it make?

Books, Part of This Nutritious Breakfast

There isn’t a community in this nation which doesn’t prefer an hour at the gym to thirty minutes in a library. Americans would admit it freely, too. If Gallup polled them, Americans would say, “Well, yeah. Wouldn’t anyone rather look like Marilyn Monroe than think like Ben Franklin? I mean, come on, that’s easy.” These [...]