November 10, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
To be an anthropologist Quite literally, I am lost in translation. Stepping into another culture with language, food, writing and customs that are alien to me is quite a discombobulating experience. I am the visitor, the guest. My intention is to approach my Japanese...
November 9, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
A worthy investment I am about to board a flight to Japan for a holiday. There is excitement arising even though the dullness of exhaustion is the louder noise. I read the news feed. My heart cannot hold the horror. How does anyone justify the killing of so many...
November 8, 2023 | Syntropic Contemplations weekly e-news Archives
The experience of being understood versus interpreted is so compelling you can charge admission. B. Joseph Ane II The experience of being human is fraught with the opportunity for misunderstanding between people. No one person’s worldview is the same as the...
November 8, 2023 | Syntropic Contemplations weekly e-news Archives
Knowledge in the Age of Deception: Building Immunity We can know, but how do we know? This is the study of epistemology. How we know is a philosophical question explored in many book-filled rooms over centuries. As Cory Doctorow said, We’re not living...
November 8, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
How easy is it to blame I am hurt. It is their fault. Look what they did to me. When we do this, when we point the finger at the other, we simultaneously give the other the authority over us. In so doing, we lose our agency. When the other is to blame, we become...
