List: On Lived Experience | Curated by Douglas Giles, PhD

Jan 11, 2025
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All About M
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Medium Is Still Not Better. Will the Repair Team Arrive Soon?For those of us who love Medium and want it to succeed
Nov 22, 2024
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Nov 22, 2024
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Revisiting the “Trans” IssueIt shouldn’t be a problem, but it’s been made one by many people on all sides
Nov 20, 2024
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Nov 20, 2024
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Bootcamp
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The Abject Stupidity of Two-Factor AuthenticationThinking is good. If you think well, then you can solve problems. If you don’t think, then you cause problems. The worst problems are the…
Aug 6, 2024
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Aug 6, 2024
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Did I Just See a UFO?Hmm, how to think about this
Jul 16, 2024
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Jul 16, 2024
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Writers and Readers for a Better M.
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If Medium Wants to Be Part of a Better Internet . . .. . . there are several fixes they can enact
Jul 3, 2024
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Jul 3, 2024
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Inserting Philosophy
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What Right Do You Have to Be Happy?Seriously .  . .
Feb 21, 2024
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Feb 21, 2024
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What Right Do You Have to Not Be Cynical?Let’s talk real dren here
May 14, 2024
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May 14, 2024
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Inserting Philosophy
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Oscar Wilde and James Baldwin on MasksTwo sides of an issue from which we hide
May 21, 2024
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May 21, 2024
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How We Saved 31% on our Heating this WinterAn example of changing one’s orientation
May 3, 2024
May 3, 2024
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Heat the Person Not the HouseThinking outside the box — a simple strategy that worked for us
Mar 11, 2024
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Mar 11, 2024
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For the Love of All That’s Good and Holy, STOP the Clock Changes!Stupidity is repeating the same mistake on purpose
Mar 10, 2024
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Mar 10, 2024
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Can You Be Anything You Want?It’s complicated
Feb 29, 2024
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Feb 29, 2024
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Original Philosophy
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The Baby Boomer Boondoggle and the “Gen X” LieCan we have an intelligent conversation about generations?
Jan 26, 2024
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Jan 26, 2024
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The Myth of 6 a.m.What some productivity “experts” haven’t awakened to
Feb 2, 2024
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Feb 2, 2024
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I Propose a Solstice FortnightA useful holiday for the northern hemisphere
Dec 21, 2023
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Dec 21, 2023
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Beloved
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Love, Duty, and WisdomA personal reflection
Nov 22, 2023
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Nov 22, 2023
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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
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No, There Is NOT an App for ThatPhone apps are the latest conflict of technology versus real life
Sep 13, 2023
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Sep 13, 2023
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Youth Is Wasted on the YoungBut not for the reason most people think
Nov 9, 2023
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Nov 9, 2023
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My Father Died Three Years Ago TodayI wish I felt sadder about it than I do.
Oct 17, 2023
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Oct 17, 2023
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Inserting Philosophy
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Expat, Immigrant, Migrant, Refugee, AlienPerception and reality collide when people cross borders
Oct 10, 2023
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Oct 10, 2023
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