By Jim Selman |
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I
want to create a new organization to stamp out stupidity and
indifference and restore common decency and goodwill into society. I
think I'll call it the National Organization of Pissed-Off Elders
(N.O.P.E.).
What’s pissing us off?
A lot more than just ‘aging’ issues like Social Security, pharmaceuticals and our sex lives.[
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By Jim Selman |
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One of the more consistent maxims in life is
that money doesn’t buy happiness and that happiness is the bottom line
of living—otherwise, what is the point (unless you believe in one of
those ascetic cults or religions that promote suffering as good for the
soul)? This is actually good news, given a whole lot of people are not
going to have much money for a while and maybe not a lot of opportunity
to get it. We all hope that this financial crisis is going to be
short-lived, but don’t hold your breath. According to an article on
Harvard Business Publishing, capitalism is[
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Written by eldering at The Great Turning
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I have been thinking a bit about ‘returns’ lately. I read a blog about
‘return on energy’ that pointed to the growing awareness of our choices
and what is at stake when we make them as we age. Are we getting more
out of life than we’re putting in? This kind of ‘capitalist’ metaphor
got me thinking. Is life a transaction in which we need to measure the
return as a basis for assessing our ‘life worth’? [
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Written by eldering at The Great Turning
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