The more time we spend on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, the less social we become. At least that’s a fear many have. There have been studies that validate it, but that’s hardly surprising. I suspect we all know it’s true; we’re just so in love with our[…] Read On
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How ‘Open Safely’ Is Being Used to Keep Schools and Businesses Closed
If you say you want schools and businesses to open and don’t qualify it by adding the ubiquitous word “safely,” you’re deemed insensitive and accused of putting convenience and money ahead of children’s and other’s health. Here’s the thing. If you waited until it was “safe” to do everything you’d[…] Read On
Milking the Covid Cow
Everyone says the workplace will never be the same post-coronavirus. That we don’t have to be at work to work. That Zoom is the new conference room. That work from home is the new normal. I couldn’t disagree more. One word: Productivity. Our productivity working from home is not the[…] Read On
We May Have Shut Down the Economy for No Reason
Get this folks: There’s a very real chance that we locked Americans in their homes for months, shut down the economy, cost the nation trillions, caused countless small businesses to fail and cost Americans millions of jobs for absolutely no reason. Permission to be cynical: California’s celebrating news that confirmed[…] Read On
Why the U.S. Must Open for Business, Sooner Than Later
If you don’t know about Greg Gutfeld’s “prison of two ideas,” you’re really missing out on something big. No, seriously. While the notion that the world is not black and white but shades of gray is certainly not new, Gutfeld did come up with a cool name and always does[…] Read On
The Trump ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Myth
While the term may be forever tainted in the minds of progressives and observers of President Trump’s impeachment trial, quid pro quo is actually a key pillar of modern commerce and contractual agreements. In other words, it’s a good thing. Even when Trump does it. The term literally describes a[…] Read On
The Founder’s Dilemma: Optimist or Realist?
The problem I see with today’s entrepreneurial culture is a surprisingly unrealistic if not utopian expectation of the startup process. They have this notion of going straight from founding and funding to fame and fortune. Never mind the whole building a company and growing a business thing. Some of these[…] Read On