North Americans are increasingly likely to attribute success not to luck, but to talent and hard work. Increasingly, we believe that we “make our own luck.” That’s a problem.
Love ’em, hate ’em, eat ’em: The complicated relationship between humans and animals
Expect the future to bring an intensifying and polarizing acceleration on all fronts of those human-animal relationships.
Is public sentiment shifting from free will to determinism?
Pick your arena — Calvinism versus Arminianism, moral liberty versus determinism, Rush’s “Freewill” versus Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” — there’s quite a bit of conversation in the scientific community these days about what philosophers have debated for centuries. That…
Automobile culture is changing. That means the Church will, too.
My British friend Paul Maconochie was once riding in my car as we returned to my home from a retreat. He asked how far it was to the house. I replied, “Only an hour and a half.” His response was…
The future of CEOs — and what that means for the Church
Because compensation for chief executive officers has grown by over 1,000 percent in the last three decades, research dedicated to the profile of these CEOs has proliferated. Because the U.S. church — for good or ill — tends to take…
An increase in exercise — and an increase in obesity?
I have to admit that I am slightly obsessed with counting my steps on my FitBit. My sons talked me into getting one under the premise that I could “friend” people who also have them, and we could “encourage” each…
The ‘Water of Life’ in an age of water scarcity
It’s only a matter of time when two nations go to war not over access to oil, but to water. Bypass the debate about whether climate change is causing this — the reality, according to the United Nations, is that…
Dwelling in silence: the future of noise
I have to admit that I am a headphone snob with a portfolio of devices. There’s my Bose noise canceling set for lawn mowing and air travel. The in-ear set for motorcycling. The Beats wireless for exercise. If you have…
The shackles of shopping in the ‘land of the free’
Let’s start with the undeniable: “You are the target.” You are the subject of massive amounts of research. You cannot begin to imagine the money spent to woo you. Entire industries exist to define, stimulate and trigger your cravings. And,…