Aren’t you sick of advertising? Especially the ads that make no sense. How about when you can’t even tell what the product is? When I owned a brewery I saw a lot of ‘guerrilla’ advertising. Like bikini babes partying and drinking a certain beer. Wow, if I drink that beer…
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Episode 4: Quiet vs Distraction
All I hear lately is that mindfulness meditation is the magic cure all for human problems like anxiety, depression, and being ‘too busy’ or stressed out all the time. And I believe it. But for whatever reason, it’s hard for me to make the time to meditate. It’s kind of…
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Episode 3: Gaming the System
Nothing frustrates me more than seeing people taking advantage of ‘the rules’, or finding a loophole in ‘the system’ to gain an advantage over me or others. You certainly can think of examples in your own life. At the same time, if other people are going to do it, why…
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Episode 2: Individuals and Communities
Are we islands? What responsibility do we have to participate in our communities? During the COVID social distancing period, how do we define ‘essential’? Is there a continuum of behaviors that are acceptable? What do we ‘owe’ ourselves and our communities and how does that affect our behavior? I consider…
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Episode 1: Alternative facts, proof, and truth
In this premier podcast Episode I (recorded in late 2019 and released in April 2020) discuss the terms we used to talk about information. What is the truth? What is “proof”? How is “truth” different from “facts”, or “evidence”? How do we know if we really know what we think…
About Chris Burcher
Like a lot of people I am curious. Most of the time my brain is thinking about something. I used to think anxious thoughts most of the time, but have learned to channel that toward ‘cool things to think about’. I really enjoy organizing these thoughts through the process of…