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Lance Packer
Mar 30, 2021
The Siren Myth and Facebook
Here’s a little explanation about my decision to listen to the Sirens of Facebook, chance the perils of sailing towards its luring...
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Lance Packer
Feb 26, 2021
Intelligent Life in the Universe, and Humans: 3
Now, to tie this all up in a neat little conclusion that makes everything very simple and positive. Well, sorry about that. But at least...
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Lance Packer
Feb 18, 2021
Intelligent Life in the Universe, and Humans: 2
There’s another thing about this intelligence perspective I want to bring up: its relevance to us, on this planet right now, and why we...
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Lance Packer
Feb 10, 2021
Intelligent Life in the Universe, and Humans: 1
Some recent reading has led me to think about this topic more broadly. The December 2020 issue of Discover magazine has a cover theme of...
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Lance Packer
Dec 20, 2020
Why the Day After is Great!
After all the endlessly long, darker, and darker days as we creep towards the end of 2020, don’t you wish with all the effort you can...
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Lance Packer
Nov 23, 2020
Post-Election Clarity
What a whirlwind of happenings! Too much to keep track of? It’s a lot, I agree, but maybe we can briefly organize it in our minds so we...
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Lance Packer
Nov 7, 2020
Wake me when it's over
Following up on my blogs about getting a balance in my life with all the different sources of distraction, especially related to the...
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Lance Packer
Oct 13, 2020
Qualifications for Leadership
At this time of impending elections, I think it warrants discussion about leadership and what qualifications may be essential. Much has...
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Lance Packer
Sep 13, 2020
Stop to Marvel at the Little Guys
On a nice, almost too hot, sunny day as I was walking the dog up the hill on a grassy open area where I could let him sniff freely to his...
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Lance Packer
Aug 15, 2020
Deciding vs Acting vs Observing 2: Balance
(If you haven’t already done so, read the previous post before this one.) So, we’re overwhelmed with bombarding demands from news,...
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Lance Packer
Aug 5, 2020
Deciding vs Acting vs Observing 1: The Problem
I was talking on the phone recently (the ultimate in social distancing without a mask) with one of my wife’s sisters, catching up on...
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Lance Packer
Jul 24, 2020
Weeds in my garden
We’ve been having quite a lot of sunny, warm days here in the Puget Sound of Washington state. Nestled in between the Olympic mountains...
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Lance Packer
Jul 17, 2020
Hierarchy in control of covid-19
Covid-19 is an immediate yet classic example of a control situation for humans. Of course, every animal and plant species has to contend...
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Lance Packer
Jul 12, 2020
Notes on starting out
I do like a challenge, and getting this website up and going has been one, in case some potential bloggers are visiting this site and...
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Lance Packer
Jul 9, 2020
What am i doing here?
Elsewhere on this site, I have touched upon what this whole thing is about, but more specifically I think I should talk about why I’m...
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Lance Packer
Jul 9, 2020
direction of this blog
First, what was I trying to control in the decision to have a website? As stated in About, one part was to have a way of sharing the...
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