Entries Categorized as 'Rants'
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erics, October 21st, 2025
A practical guide for everyday readers on recognizing herd mentality online and choosing wiser actions. We live in a time where one viral post can move markets, ruin reputations, or spark revolutions before breakfast. What once took months of meetings and pamphlets now happens in minutes on a phone. This is mob psychology reborn – […]
Categories: Health Issues, Rants Tags: critical thinking, digital society, herd mentality, information overload, mass behavior, mindful living, mob psychology, online culture, psychology of crowds, social media influence
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erics, October 13th, 2025
In a world that feels divided and chaotic, the numbers tell a different story — one of steady, human progress. Every era asks the same uneasy question: Is evil winning? The answer, grounded in fact and history, is no. Good is not only holding the line — it’s winning, quietly and steadily. When we measure […]
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erics, August 9th, 2025
Over the last quarter-century, humanity has witnessed remarkable demographic growth—and an even greater surge in resource consumption. Population Growth Since 2000 In the year 2000, the global population stood at approximately 6.17 billion people. By 2025, it is estimated to reach about 8.23 billion—an increase of roughly 2.06 billion, or about 33%. Resource Consumption Growth […]
Categories: Rants Tags: affluence, biodiversity loss, circular economy, Climate Change, ecological footprint, environmental impact, global inequality, global sustainability, high income countries, inequality, low income countries, material extraction, natural resources, overconsumption, per capita consumption, population growth, resource consumption, sustainability, sustainable development, water scarcity
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erics, May 6th, 2025
For decades, Apple earned the loyalty of professional users by building systems that were fast, stable, and empowering. macOS once represented the ideal blend of power and polish—a UNIX foundation dressed in a minimalist, intuitive interface. Systems like Snow Leopard were lauded not for how much they did, but for how well they did it. […]
Categories: Rants, Technology Tags: apple, MacOS, rant
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erics, February 12th, 2018
We need dog leash laws and owner accountability. Dog bites are a problem. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, 4.5 million Americans are bitten by dogs each year, and every day, nearly 1,000 individuals show up in hospital emergency rooms because of dog attacks. The annual cost of medical treatments for dog bites (including 27,000 reconstructive […]
Categories: Rants Tags: bite, bitten, Canine, Dog, Dog bite, Dogs, Law, lawless, Leash, leash law
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erics, January 11th, 2016
Too many people have gone this past 12 months, people who have been influencers. Many icons of my youth have passed on, and the gray in my beard seems to be taking over the black. A harsh reminder of the inexorable ticking of Time. There is a line in the poem “Desiderata” that seems to […]
Categories: Nature, Philosophy, Rants Tags: Changes, Desiderata, Ehrmann, Max Ehrmann, Poem, Poetry
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erics, April 10th, 2013
I work for you and many other clients at the same time. I hold your interests in high regard. Our relationship will be one of honesty and integrity, with best intentions and no deception intended on either side. We will communicate as much as possible so that expectations and goals are clear to both sides. […]
Categories: Business, Rants, Technology Tags: Contract, Modern
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Author:
erics, March 24th, 2013
Not a week goes by that we do not experience some kind of problem with our Comcast cable internet service. Since i work from home, when my connection breaks, so does my ability to service my clients. I call and call, and all I get is hold time and ignorant staff. The technicians who come […]
Categories: Rants, Technology Tags: Comcast
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Author:
erics, February 9th, 2013
Today my mother got a replacement 2TB Time Capsule delivered from the Apple store. It turns out that unlike most other vendors of home networking equipment, they no longer provide a network patch cable. Considering the wholesale cost of a cat-5 cable is less than $1, the lack thereof on a $299 purchase in unforgivable.
Categories: Rants, Technology Tags: apple, Cable, patch, Patch Cable, Time Capsule
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Author:
erics, February 2nd, 2013
Public criticism. Pointing out a worker’s mistake in front of others rarely yields a good response. Though some managers think public reproach keeps everyone else from making the same mistake—it usually just makes everyone feel bad. Failing to provide praise. If employees feel like their hard work goes unnoticed, they’ll start to wonder why they’re […]
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