Are you aware of the stress in your life? Can you FEEL it when stressors are building up and you think you may pop? Do you ever feel like you’re right on the verge of a meltdown? I think most of us are familiar with these scenarios. We can only take so much stress. When I was an ecologist, I had a vision for my life’s work. I planned on studying how aquatic ecosystems resist or…
If you’re familiar with me or craft beer (or maybe both?) you may be familiar with the phrase, “The brewing industry is 99% asshole free”. This quote became famous when Sam Calagione, founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery published his book “Brewing Up a Business”. This book was an inspiration to my brewery and a big part of the craft beer explosion. The quote suggests that the beer business is more cooperative than competitive. It…
Freedom is a popular reason for doing a lot of things in the USA. This may be true in other countries, but I live in the US and that’s what I know. People talk about how war is a fight for freedom. Or that freedom of speech allows racism. And how they want to be free from government rule and intervention. To me, none of this stuff is really about freedom. Or, if it is,…
Is the playing field unequal? I many ways I think it is. When we discriminate each other we shift from equality to inequality. When some people have advantages others do not we create hierarchies. Some of this is unavoidable. Some of this is unfair. Some of this can be very benign and have little consequence. But some discrimination can have massive consequences. Racism Sexism Hell, stereotyping itself can have massive consequences depending on what is…