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With the triumph of expediency, I see an essential tool that it requires: obfuscation. It's 'mushroom management' — keep us in the dark and feed us manure.

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There are many mythical birds in our folklore: the phoenix, the griffin, the ostrich (with its head in the sand), and the ouzelum bird. Only one of these animals is currently in power in a world-dominating country (ours).

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We in the US seem obsessed with avoiding the big disasters that seem to loom over us. Meanwhile, we ourselves are obliviously constructing the deadly trap we're beginning to fall into.

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'Quantum Leap' isn't just an old television program, it's also the way you grow. These 'leaps' are highly unpredictable and have to be seized while they're hot. Are you ready?

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Who's to blame for the energy crisis? The politicians? The environmentalists? Those who want to stop us from taking what's ours? Or is it the face in the mirror?

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When things start going headlong out of control, we find ourselves taking part in an error cascade leading us inexorably to a catastrophe. Is there anything we can do?

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Once again we tackle the issue of planning and risk-assessment vs. expediency and immediate gratification. Now or later, there's a price to pay.

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You might think that the poor who struggle for subsistence are the most unhappy. On the contrary: it's the most successful. Here's something to think about!

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Whenever we complain about things not going our way, we might want to take a look at our approach: how much planning has gone into things, and how much do we depend on plain old expediency?

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Sometimes the margin between a hard-working professional and a workaholic can be measured in minutes, and how those minutes are spent. At least some of them should be pure fun.

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It's amazing how easily successful people can fall into passive inertia — at least until the chips are down. Then, do they have what it takes to catch up with those sprinting toward the finish line?

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'Running out of time' seems a frequent and benign-enough occurrence that we seldom worry too much about it. However, ignoring this problem has serious consequences.

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While we focus our attention on problems of economics and immigration, a worldwide social upheaval of massive proportions is building. The policies of the past are creating a crisis in the future that demands a change of heart.

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Is it natural and necessary that some people should suffer at the hands of the 'system' or are there alternatives? Les reveals the confused thinking behind some inhumane cultural assumptions.

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