Small World

I’ve heard a few stories, large and small, about how the recent turmoil is effecting the global financial markets that I’d like to tell you about. Together, they paint a picture of just what can go wrong when too much is never enough.

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Fairness

Fairness is an important concept in this thing we call Civilization. If we all lived as hunters and gatherers on the grasslands, we wouldn’t have a lot of interaction with large groups of people. The inevitable disputes that arise could be settled by a simple code or the intervention of an elder.

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School Daze

Tuesday was the first day of school.

My kids are old enough that it’s not that big of a deal. Yes, they were looking forward to seeing their friends again. No, they didn’t like the idea of sitting in a structured environment all day. The week leading up to the big event was a combination of fear and hope, happiness and depression.

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