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Dehumanization- taking the "man" out of human
"Dehumanization is the process of slowly moving people out. So here’s a group of people that we want to harm. It’s a group of people that...
Dan Connors
Sep 224 min read


I asked AI what I should worry about regarding AI, and here's what it told me.
AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies. Sam Altman - CEO of Open AI...
Dan Connors
Aug 145 min read


Purple Power
"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field and you don't notice it." Shug Avery from the Color Purple
I never meant to cause you any sorrow
I never meant to cause you any pain
I only wanted one time to see you laughing
I only want to see you laughing in the purple rain Prince
Dan Connors
Aug 122 min read


Why are so many men so creepy?
"I'M NOT SORRY- F#@k YOU!" Miley Cyrus 10 years after the above picture caused a stir.
"If they had published the photographs 24 hours earlier they would have been illegal, but because I had just turned 18 they were legal." Emma Watson on papparazzi who laid on the pavement and took upskirt photos.
“Mothers, Fathers, Sisters, and Brothers need to show the battle lines are drawn, and stand together to fight for the future of victims. Is protesting the answer? I don't k
Dan Connors
Aug 75 min read


When in or out can mean everything- why social identity theory is hurting us all.
"The drained public pool has, for me, become the best metaphor to explain the mess we’re in — refusal to share across race leaves a country with nothing left for itself." Heather McGhee
"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together." Desmond Tutu
"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member."Groucho Marx
Dan Connors
Aug 54 min read


Come From Away- making lemonade out of lemons
The cast of Come From Away “They placed their lives on hold for a group of strangers and asked for nothing in return. They affirmed the...
Dan Connors
Jul 14 min read


Is an insurance crisis on the way?
"Don't believe in climate change? Your insurance company does." Unknown "extreme weather phenomena drive direct physical risks to all...
Dan Connors
Jun 265 min read


What are the odds that calculus is a colossal waste of time?
I have no idea what any of this means. "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are...
Dan Connors
Jun 246 min read


"I regret not working enough"- said no one ever on their deathbed.
“You work three jobs? Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." George W Bush, to a divorced mother...
Dan Connors
Jun 194 min read


When is the news not news?
Walter Cronkite- the best news anchor in history “We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas,...
Dan Connors
Jun 174 min read


Think! - 20 questions to battle thought terminating cliches.
created by google gemini “Contentious debates aside, thought-terminating clichés also pervade our everyday conversations: Expressions...
Dan Connors
Jun 86 min read


Blamethrowing- why blaming the victims is easier than fixing the problems
“Scapegoating will go on forever. We need someone to blame – illegal immigrants, single moms, people in prison. We need someone to...
Dan Connors
May 287 min read


Snozzberry Nation- when cherry picking goes too far
The snozzberries taste like snozzberries "Although to be fair, cherry picking isn't quite what we do. Cherries are sweet and delicious....
Dan Connors
May 234 min read


The Pepsi Challenge and why we keep making stupid choices.
“The entire principle of a blind taste test was ridiculous. They shouldn't have cared so much that they were losing blind taste tests...
Dan Connors
May 133 min read


Waiting for the DMV to call my name
Either the DMV or the Beetlejuice Waiting Room. Pretty similar "God is everywhere. Except the DMV. There you're on your own." Josh Peck ...
Dan Connors
May 94 min read


Professional wrestling and the essential story behind it and so much else.
Hulk Hogan in his prime “Wrestling is not about winning or losing, but about creating moments that will be remembered for a lifetime.” –...
Dan Connors
May 24 min read


What the hell happened to the US Mail?
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." USPS Motto...
Dan Connors
Apr 214 min read


ER Nation- The Worst is Yet to Come
“The physician shortage that we have long feared—and warned was on the horizon—is here. It’s an urgent crisis hitting every corner of...
Dan Connors
Feb 284 min read


Sleep Apnea- the hidden near-death experience
“Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together” Thomas Dekke What happens when you stop breathing? The...
Dan Connors
Feb 183 min read


I never thought the leopards would eat MY face
"I never thought leopards would eat MY face," sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party. " Adrian Bott In the...
Dan Connors
Jan 294 min read
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