Politically Correct: Speak No Evil… Not Even at TED

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Speak No Evil. Photo by Amber Ximena Neal.

Do you think we’ve gone just a wee bit too far with our insistence on politically correct speech?


I value respect and kindness. The well-defined social rules of engagement provide structure and everyone “knows how to behave.” Admittedly, a thoughtful choice of words can smote the flames of a heated argument. A series of thoughtful word choices will Read More »

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Tech Support Humor: Easy and Rough

“So we’re gonna take the beginning of this song. And do it easy. Then we’re gonna do the finish rough.” Proud Mary performed by Tina Turner

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Screw the Outsider: Self-Serving Zero Sum Games

Perhaps on a macro-level, non-zero sum games ala Robert Wright, are the way of the world. Perhaps, in total, non-zero is the winning sum.

But “screw the outsider,” a decidedly self-serving, zero-sum proposition, is played out on the micro-level in the lives of individuals daily. Scapegoats and whipping boys are the results of zero-sum games like “screw the outsider.”

As @TalesfromthHood explained in his post describing this behaviour,

We all encounter it, all experience the brunt of it, and we all – at times – even benefit from it.

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