Clever New Ad by Walmart

Walmart

The background for this image reminds me of a starting gate at a racetrack. Only the horses here start running both ways. At Walmart, you can push your cart either way. 

I was at a Walmart yesterday, where I pushed my Credit Card into a clever device that read the Chip in it and printed out a detailed receipt that I still have on my kitchen counter at home.

This will not interest you folks back home in the States, but for Costa Rica, this is a step up. Walmart's Computer knows how to take their money!

Living with People, who Do Not want to Live Very Much

And do not want to know about this strange (but common) problem. They never heard of it, and don't want to hear of it.

You can see this easily in their reading habits: which can be summarized easily: they do not read! And they will never admit this.

Any kind of intense reading would be living beyond their carefully set limits.

Finding Yourself

Finding yourself used to be the result of an intense meditation practice, and this is still one way to get there. 

But now it also means finding the right Computer company with the right Cloud. 

For me, this was Google, the Google Cloud Platform and Firebase. 

If you are a seeker, give them a look. 

Digital Learning

MITx Free online courses from MIT

I continue to be amazed by the difference between Industrial culture (or Capitalism) and Computer Culture.

The writer for this article does not mention the past but assumes we (and the rest of the world) are completely into Computers. The following paragraph caught my eye:

Because this idea could have a global impact, MIT is collaborating with eight other top research universities from North America, Latin America, and Europe to create a trusted, distributed and shared infrastructure standard for issuing, storing, displaying and verifying academic credentials.

This is blockchain technology. And they should admit this is what they are using,

They are making a strong effort to include Latin America in their plans. but this will be difficult.

Demonstrating Stupidity

This is the outstanding product of the 21st Century, and people are getting good at it.

If you want to advance in any company, you have to show them you accept their nonsense, their stupidity.

I grew up with a guy in Ft. Madison, Iowa. I worked hard and became an Electronic Engineer. He went to work for the Pentagon and did practically no work at all. But made tons of money.

There was so much money there, you did not have to do anything for some of it to rub off on you.

Amazon noticed this and made this one of its new company headquarters. It is not stupid but knows how to benefit from our nation's stupidity.

What we Think of Other People is Important

What we think of ourselves is important.

But we have to carefully distinguish between our conscious and unconscious minds. Because we are all accomplished liars and know how to bend the truth to get what we want.

This is built into our social life and no drama would last more than 10 minutes without it.

Strategies for Sustainability

I just watched a Webinar on this, presented by Stanford University.

Much of this was focused on Palm Oil, a product that is producing a lot of deforestation.

I wish I could show you the final slide here, that was written by the CEO of a large corporation.  He said Capitalism must now behave responsibly, and for the long term.

This has another title  

Ecosystems of Change: Partnering Across Sectors to Increase the Impact of Sustainability Efforts.