Perspectives
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Forgiveness, busyness, the U.S. brain drain, and the passing of Steve Jobs
When the length of the title threatens to be longer than the post itself, when the title expresses seemingly separate,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Social Sustainability
[It’s the weekend…a chance to step back from that hectic workplace we discussed in the previous post and regroup…maybe allow...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
A Real World that Works.
Back in 1969, Peter Drucker, the great management guru, writing in his book, The Age of Discontinuity, famously said, “To...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Outed…as an ENFP
What’s new in Climate, Etc.? Judith Curry’s latest post considers recent research by Weiler, Keller and Olex, published in the...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Stimulus packages…and truly critical infrastructure
Critical infrastructure? If you’re a young reader you can’t remember a time when this phrase wasn’t in the nation’s vocabulary....
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Are you and your federal disaster assistance being held hostage?
Residents of the east coast hit hard by flooding and wind damage from hurricanes Irene and Lee might be forgiven...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
More on resilience…and its relation to the “myth of Easter Island’s ecocide.”
The great thing about the blogosphere is that when you pause from your labors and look over your shoulder, you...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Resilience
I continue to have problems with resilience. Stop right there! I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking “Of course you...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Social Security, FEMA disaster assistance, and other safety nets.
A colleague – one whom I greatly respect – recently challenged me. “Bill,” he said, “you like to write op-eds....
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
On garnering resources needed to cope with “slow-onset” hazards.
Continuing the thread of the previous post: “The threats from climate change, sea rise, drought and desertification, food security and...
