Archive for category Health & Wellness
The Road Not Taken
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Cooperatisim, Economy, Health & Wellness, Trust on April 12, 2012
In 1916 Robert Frost wrote the now famous poem “The Road Not Taken” it speaks to difficult decisions we make every day in our lives. The poem reads:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Read the rest of this entry »
Follow up on Bruce Schneier
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Economy, Health & Wellness, Trust on March 15, 2012
OK so this is my third post on this great book “Liars & Outliers” but I must tell you that I’ve reread the book yet again and must say that in conjunction with the book “Liespotting” that my ability to pay attention to the details of Defectors, Tricksters and outright Hacks has improved by a factor of 10. I think that Bruce’s book helps to understand the motivation behind why people lie. The other book reviews are also over the top (note: click on link to a summary pdf of other recient reviews and interviews)
I’m reminded of the primate psychology study “monkeynomics” done by Laurie Santos and some of the human equivalent studies showing how we use deception for short term gain. One of the conclusions that I took away from the study is the lack of sustainability in deceptive strategies even in the animal kingdom.
As we collectively move into a new era our skills and social rapport with each other depend on transparency and Read the rest of this entry »
The Metamorphosis Blueprint – Update
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Cooperatisim, Earth Day, Economy, Health & Wellness, Trust on February 6, 2012
Time for an update on the Metamorphosis Blueprint – the number of great comments and suggestions as well as contributions have been overwhelming and clearly show how clearly the Metamorphosis Protocol resonates within each of us. For a link to the original post on the Blueprint see –> Metamorphosis
Always looking for good suggestions and I feel that we are now ready to dive into each chapter.
Enjoy….
Planetary Citizenship
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Cooperatisim, Earth Day, Economy, Health & Wellness, Trust on January 3, 2012
On New Year’s Day I was given a book titled “Planetary Citizenship
For those of you who participated in the authoring of “The Metamorphosis Blueprint” each chapter of his book “Planetary Citizenship
The Courage to do what is right
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Cooperatisim, Health & Wellness on May 30, 2011
Profiles in Courage 2011
This year the Kennedy “Profile in Courage” was awarded to a young Maryland student for his essay of the “Forgotten Floridian”. This award is of even greater significance to our family as it honors the father of one of my closest friends and colleagues Tom Orr (Founder of NextBend). Tom’s father was a Florida freshman Representative in 1956 that led the fight for democratic principles in integration, education, and led early principles of health and responsible living.
For those who know our family my Sister and I are closely related to John and Carolyn Kennedy as our families intersect the Kennedy’s and the Bouvier family lines and we watch closely as the honors bestowed by the Kennedy legacy highlight a progressive and responsible future for us all regardless of political or social status.
What you don’t know can hurt you!
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Economy, Health & Wellness, Physics, Science and Engineering on April 13, 2011
However what you think you know that is incorrect can destroy you.
Question Everything
Never before in human history have we had so much access to each other and to information. The Internet has become the great equalizer granting the most common amongst us access to rich and useful information. It is though a world of information and knowledge riddled with miss-conceptions; errors; omissions; and sometimes intentional misleading facts.
For example:
- The Flat Earth – hmm guess science showed them
- July 4th – actually the Declaration of Independence did not occur on July 4th, 1776 – it was signed on August 2nd, 1776
- Sushi – is not raw fish rather the type of rice folded with vinegar, salt and sugar.
- Lemmings do not engage in mass suicidal dives off cliffs when migrating
- Bats are not blind
- Sugar does not cause hyperactivity in children Read the rest of this entry »
TEDx on the Oil Spill
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Cooperatisim, Earth Day, Economy, Health & Wellness on June 28, 2010
Brown Pelican covered in BP Oil
by Mark Hewitt
This morning a live event sponsored by TED called TEDx OIL SPILL if you have time please log in and watch this FREE web event.
The opening speaker was the Grandson of the legendary explorer Jacque Cousteau – Phillepe Cousteau who spoke of an unprecedented disaster as this spill could not have happened at a worse time for the ecosystem of the gulf – virtually all species breeding season is now so the future generations of the entire ecosystem is at risk.
Cousteau also quoted the preamble of the US Constitution declaring that our Democracy is in jeopardy as a result of this environmental disaster.
Editorial comment: Why have we not treated this unprecedented environmental disaster as a threat to our National Security – technology exists within our Military sector to map the oil giving the clean up a far better view of where and how much oil is in the Gulf directing cleanup crews to harvest and remove this toxic material from our delicate ecosystem?
The second question is why are we allowing dispersants to be used in this disaster – this is unproven and greatly increases the cost to remove the oil from the environment? My only conclusion is that BP has no intention of cleaning or removing the oil from the Gulf.
Earth Day – what we have learned
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Cooperatisim, Earth Day, Economy, Health & Wellness, Physics on April 17, 2010
by Mark Hewitt
Earth Day Coopertisim
April 22nd 2010 On this auspicious 40th anniversary of Earth Day I would like to take a moment and reflect not only on how important Earth Day is to our growing awareness of how important Mother Earth is to our quality of life but also to reflect on our own evolution and perhaps even speculate on what one possible future may bring.
Earth Day did not just happen, it was an eight year journey seeded in the grass root movements growing from the Viet Nam war and Read the rest of this entry »