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Big-Hearted Democracy By Guest Contributor Blog Post This post has been contributed by Judith L. Favor, who is rooted and grounded in Quaker tradition and contemplative practice. She is retired from pastoral UCC ministry in San Francisco and teaching …
A New Civility Initiative in San Diego By Frederic Brussat Blog Post More than half the people on Earth now live in cities and are becoming more tuned in with the need to share housing, transit, and knowledge. Creative urban leaders are calling for collaboration on s…
An Internet Sabbath By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post Here's something to think about. Could you stay offline for a day – perhaps by taking an Internet Sabbath? Could you still do your job? Would your family and friends worry about you? How would you…
Why We Enjoy Working So Hard By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post In The Economist, Ryan Avent writes: "My work – the work we lucky few well-paid professionals do every day, as we co-operate with talented people while solving complex, interesting problems – is…
A Confluence of Time, Culture, Deaths, and Politics By Frederic Brussat Blog Post I have been using black binders to store my writings, reviews, and quotations by others since 1969 when Mary Ann and I started Cultural Information Service, which morphed over the years into Living …
What We Think after 2017 By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post In its December 22 - December 29, 2017 print issue, The Week sums up the odd mixture of trends, events, and cultural phenomena of the last year as seen through a potpourri of polls. Here are some of…
The Missing “E” in Human By KidSpirit Online Blog Post By Adya Sarin for KidSpirit's Education Issue. It’s important to be humane and not simply a human. The only difference (literally) is the “e,” and that missing “e” is empathy. Empath…
Robots Are Taking Over By Frederic Brussat Blog Post We are entering a brave new era as robots are getting very good at handling a wide range of tasks that have historically been the domain of paid workers. Some experts have figured out that half of c…
Rethinking Self-Checkout By Frederic Brussat Blog Post The automated teller machine was invented in 1967 and the self-service till appeared in 1984. By 2013, there were over 200,000 in stores throughout the world and by 2021, there could be well over 32…
Reinventing Ethics By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Ethics is what makes and keeps life human. As the headlines remind us, however, we do not always take the time to consciously consider our choices about how we could and should behave. Living an eth…

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