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Will greed and self-interest always overpower compassion and cooperation?
If the current state of the world is anything to go by, the answer to the title question appears to be a resounding YES. I sure wish I felt otherwise. This post is my response to the third and final … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Leadership
Tagged compassion, greed, inequality, multiculturalism, politicians, populism, Putin, self-interest, Ukraine
30 Comments
So you want to be a 90-year-old runner
Hmm, my guess is that being able to run at 90 isn’t at the top of most people’s wish lists. Maybe being alive and healthy at 90? Maybe being alive at 90 only if healthy? But running, not so much … Continue reading
Posted in Running
Tagged arthritis, hip replacement, joint pain, joy in running, old age, running, running in old age
40 Comments
Today – Summer Solstice – is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada
National Indigenous Peoples Day is an important day in Canada, one in which Indigenous peoples celebrate their heritage and non-Indigenous Canadians are encouraged to reflect on the critical importance of turning around the devastation the effects of colonialism have had … Continue reading
Our relationship with food takes many twists and turns!
Observations about our relationship with food continue to appear regularly in my social media feeds. Here are a few favourites that I’ve been saving up. Do any of them offer you any reassurance as to your own preferred eating habits?!
Did a Google chatbot just “come to life”?
In the news this past week: Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient (Guardian) and No, Google’s AI is not sentient (CNN). What’s this all about? [For those not familiar with the term, a chatbot … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering, Odds and Ends
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Golf, greed, gambling, and … a force for good in the world?!
It’s true, I don’t post about sports very often, except for running, of course. And when I do, it’s usually been to laud statements on human rights that professional athletes have made, using their voice to fight hatred and discrimination. … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Leadership, Odds and Ends
Tagged DP World Tour, Dustin Johnson, golf, greed, Greg Norman, human rights, LIV Golf, morality, PGA, Phil Michelson, Saudi Arabia
41 Comments
Women, confidence, and salary negotiations
Salary negotiations, what’s that? A headline in Toronto’s Globe and Mail the other day reminded me of my own history in salary negotiations: What Young Women Need to Know About Salary Negotiations. On the very same morning that I … Continue reading
Posted in Women
Tagged confidence, employment, salary levels, salary negotiation, self-confidence, women
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Getting old and enjoying it just fine – in song
Recently New Zealand blogger Rachel McAlpine, at blog Write Into Life, published a post entitled 3 Songs About Getting Old. I’d been thinking about this same topic for a while now, so I thought I’d build on Rachel’s observations. She … Continue reading
Posted in Odds and Ends
Tagged aging, David Myles, Jacques Brel, old, Old Folks, songs, songs about getting old, When It Comes My Turn
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