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What are you worth, and how does it compare?

What we are getting paid for what we do displays in a very crude way what we are worth to society. Crude in the sense that it’s a very one dimensional measurement, but still relevant, since most of our society consists of corporations and their task, in turn, is to maximize the value for their [...]

Doing what’s right for the country or doing what sounds right

As I am writing this I have to admit that I feel slightly confused. We are still in an economic downturn, and because of that people are unhappy, which means that they have once again voted in a group of people whose policy choices got us here in the first place. But that is [...]

Senate Voting Saturday night

On Saturday night I was watching the vote to proceed to debate on the Health Care Reform in the Senate, or Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 3590 as it’s officially called. Is that a proof that I need to get Life 2.0? I don’t know. However, I was [...]