Do older Boomers still read the newspapers?
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 Posted in Boomer News, Journalism, Statistics, TV News Media | 4 Comments »I'm one generation older than the oldest Baby Boomer. Do you older Boomers still like reading the daily newspaper over coffee in the morning and relax on Sunday with all the information in the thick Sunday paper? The "Tablet" is ...
Boomer News to Grandpa Boomers
Monday, January 25th, 2010 Posted in Boomer News, family | No Comments »I'm not from the Boomer Generation. So why did I call my blog the Boomer News? Because in 1941, when I was in the 5th grade in grammar school, I wrote a hand written newspaper for the 5th graders that I ...
In All Things … Be Moderate
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 Posted in Boomer News, Critical Thinking, Politics | 1 Comment »That is something I heard as a child that has stuck with me. From my engineering experience kids, you get to realize for every decision you make ... there is a trade off. Look for the downside to every action ...
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Sunday, January 17th, 2010 Posted in Boomer News, Critical Thinking, social science | No Comments »Kids, in our last blog we pointed out to you the amazing achievements of a small culture. The value of education, covering many centuries, has lead to these achievements by the Jewish people. These achievements have been available and made possible for all cultures, since we ...
Is the World list of Cultures Complete?
Saturday, January 16th, 2010 Posted in Boomer News, social science | No Comments »So, here we are in the 21st century with no new cultures left to be discovered. It's estimated there are 1,500 cultures in the world. Just what is a culture Kids? A simple definition would be: "a particular society that came from a ...
Do we need a journalist?
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 Posted in Boomer News, Journalism, TV News Media | 2 Comments »What are we going to call our imaginary TV station dedicated to following the status of our nations most important issues and the world's most important issues? The station, to be effective, has to attract an effective segment of the general TV ...
Do Journalist still avoid graphs?
Monday, January 11th, 2010 Posted in Boomer News, Journalism, TV News Media | No Comments »Journalist are verbal people ... which makes sense. Verbal people write books and stories in print that are interesting, enjoyable, and educational. With the advent of the camera and TV, journalist had to combine their prose with pictures. But a ...
The Too Much Information Problem
Saturday, January 9th, 2010 Posted in Boomer News, Limits of Growth, TV News Media | 2 Comments »Okay kids lets move onto one of our other blog subjects of interest. It is estimated that 1,000,000 books are written every year. And wouldn't you agree that it's next to impossible to review even the most miniscule part of the any of the scientific disciplines from the 100,000,000 ...
As you Grandchildren Thinketh …
Thursday, January 7th, 2010 Posted in Boomer News, Critical Thinking | No Comments »Each of you grandchildren, are literally what you think ... your character being the complete sum of all your thoughts. Grandpa is not saying anything new. There was a man 2,500 years ago who is known for his thoughts ... about thinking. His ...
Competitive Plasticity
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 Posted in Boomer News, Brain, Critical Thinking | 1 Comment »Well kids, we left off the last blog asking how we could replace erroneous thoughts or beliefs with more factual information. (critical thinking). It's not easy. The neurons that make up the erroneous thought or belief covers an area on the ...