This is part 2 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Read Part 5 Here At the same time, and certainly not unrelated, many women are finding marriage less attractive. Sandra Tsing Loh writes that: “for women, obsession with real estate is replacing obsession with love and marriage….Whatever the … [Read more...]
The Marriage Plot, New Feminism, & the End of Men, Part 2: The Decreasing Popularity of Marriage
August 31, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Marriage Plot, New Feminism, & the End of Men, Part 1: The Rise of Matriarchal Society
August 30, 2010 by 1 Comment
This is part 1 of a 5-part article. Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Read Part 5 Here AT THE CENTER OF ALL SOCIETIES sits the family, and when family culture drastically and irreversibly changes, the whole civilization is impacted. Our politics, economy, relationships and character are going to be different based on … [Read more...]
How Information Grows
August 28, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Information grows differently than industry or agriculture. Thus hundreds of years of understanding about how to grow Industrial-Age businesses doesn't really apply to many Information Age endeavors. Indeed, some of the lessons of how to grow a farm in the Agricultural Age didn't necessarily translate to Industrial Age corporate growth, … [Read more...]
How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America
August 28, 2010 by 3 Comments
Every once in a while a truly great article comes along that needs to be read by everyone who cares about freedom. Past examples include “The Clash of Civilizations” by Samuel Huntington and “A Separate Peace” by Peggy Noonan. Both of these are still incredibly valuable reading. Today, when many politicians are trying to convince the American … [Read more...]
Great Education in the Internet Age
August 16, 2010 by 1 Comment
As the old saying goes, “Leaders are Readers.” This has proven true generation after generation, and is still the reality today. But there is a significant difference in the leadership value in different types of reading. For example, few would doubt that there is a difference in benefits between reading the following items: a technical … [Read more...]
The Deeper Importance of the 2010 Election
August 3, 2010 by 2 Comments
Blame is easier than leadership. It’s been long enough since the announcement of the “Great Recession” that a shelf of books are now out—each outlining the “real” causes of the recession and its unsettling impact on the American psyche and economy. Unfortunately, most of these books are essays on blame. The two major political parties … [Read more...]
Type of Tribes, Part 5: The Future of New Tribes
July 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 5 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Few people realize how widespread the New Tribe revolution has become. The many examples of online New Tribes show how rapidly this trend is growing. But there is even more to it than that. One cycle of business growth says that … [Read more...]
Type of Tribes, Part 4: Level Four Tribes
July 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 4 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here The sixth type of tribe is the Information-Age Tribe. We are all still struggling for the perfect name. The term “e-tribe” is too narrow, since many of the new relationships are not online. I’ll settle for calling them the New Tribes, and let the … [Read more...]
Type of Tribes, Part 3: Level Three Tribes
June 30, 2010 by 1 Comment
This is part 3 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Indeed, by the 1990s America was deeply into the Industrial Age. Industrial tribes (no longer really Tribes, but rather tribes, small “t”) were built around career. People left the farms, and the communities which connected them, for economic opportunities in the … [Read more...]
Type of Tribes, Part 2: Level Two Tribes
June 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 2 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Agrarian Tribes began, as Ken Wilber describes it, when we stopped planting with sticks and hoes and turned to plows drawn by beasts of burden. The change is significant in at least two major ways: First, pregnant women can plant, tend and harvest with sticks and hoes, but often not with … [Read more...]
