The Changing Money Myth In the movie “The Artist,” George Valentin gets caught up with the advent of movie sound and left behind as an actor. Like the typewriter repair person, he is rendered useless by technological change. In a tribute to the old Hollywood silent days it is against all odds that a movie [...]
I dream worlds. They are other worlds which I figure must be in alien realms or distant lands. I used to dream about relationships which contained the characters in my life like one would view a play at a theater. No more, I only see some bizarre world where I can’t explain what happens or [...]
The Story of I, We, and IT continued The history of homo-economicus has always been about a battle between the I and the We. For each side, the IT has always been about equality. The I’s want equality of prospects for individuals to have the freedom to pursue the goals and motivations without government getting [...]
I am not a believer in “money therapy.” The way money operates in our lives has much to do with economic forces much bigger than ourselves alone. What’s more, our “money selves” are not only individually, but socially constructed as well. Institutions, heritage, and history shape how we relate to money in our individual lives. [...]
Think of all the products designed to save you time, such as pre-grated cheese and pre-washed lettuce, phones with speed dial, or that handy grill cheese iron from Ronco™. How many of these do you buy? How much time do you think they save you in a day? Do you use technology as a reflection [...]
Barry is one of those friends who we picked up later in life and we got to know because he is a parent of a friend of one of your children. Barry is a “poach,” that is Parent Of A Child Hibernate or so he thinks. This means that he worries his kid is a [...]
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