by Ken JP Stuczynski | May 25, 2020 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
I grew to believe over my lifetime, that as Americans, our liberties have been chipped away at for generations and I often felt I was the rare crackpot that noticed or cared. There are countless laws and permits for every occasion, and I’ve written and spoken...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | May 7, 2020 | Psychology, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
There are many authentic conspiracies, and many we don’t even know about. The problem is that thanks to the Internet there are a THOUSAND TIMES more fake ones, and their prevalence is based on psychological stickiness, not fact. The real ones probably...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Apr 10, 2020 | Society & Culture
I don’t know what people a hundred years will say about COVID-19. People only talk about the death tolls of the Spanish Flu a hundred years ago. But in the middle of this, I see life coming into focus as a society like never before. We’re rationing our...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Apr 22, 2018 | Education, Philosophy & Ethics, Society & Culture
In an 8th Grade classroom of a charter school in Texas, a teacher hands out an assignment: to list the “pros” and “cons” under the heading “The Life of Slaves: A Balanced View”. Of course this was inappropriate, but not for the...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Mar 2, 2018 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Posted on Facebook by Ryan S Bonnett, 28 February 2018} I’ve been doing some thinking, and while this is nothing that hasn’t been said by those smarter than I am, our issue is our cultural predisposition to a one problem, one solution system. I’m...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Dec 11, 2016 | Psychology, Society & Culture
Bullying is a trigger word these days. We have a newfound awareness that it is a real problem with real consequences, even fatal ones. But there is bullying and there is BULLYING. Physical harm, unwanted social contact (mostly cyberstalking these days), and exposure...
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