Often, I’ll hear the phrase, “People hate change,” or, “Change is scary.” Change isn’t scary, it’s just unsettling. ‘Scary’ and ‘unsettling’ should not be confused.
Humans are animals. That isn’t a bad thing at all. It’s just the way it is. Studying psychology, you can really get a sense of the [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘History’
February 4, 2008
Change
January 31, 2008
Scaremongering
You know what I haven’t heard in the news lately? Anything about man-made global warming.
You know what I have heard a lot of in the news lately?
China freezing, having been hit with massive snow storms creating ration scarcity warnings, and rare snow-fall blanketing the Middle-East, particularly Jerusalem and Baghdad.
What else has been in the [...]
January 19, 2008
Contempt in Asia will no longer be over history
South Korean President-elect states he will not demand apology from Japan over historical confrontations. Former South Korean Presidents have been very vocal over demands for official apologies from Japan. Lee Myeong Bak is looking to change this, and I think he’s doing so from the stance of a businessman. He was elected [...]
January 1, 2008
Roppongi - The gaikoku within.
Here’s a random blog I came across with a legitimately posed question (if not blunt),
恵比寿のクラブでのカウントダウンはまぁまぁだったな。六本木でしたかったなー。まぁカウントダウン終わったら六本木に行ったけどやっぱり外人アツいなー。警察もかなり警備してたし危険な所ではあるんだよね。なんであんなに外人いるんだろう。関東中の外人が集まったのかな。
Translation,
The countdown at the club in Ebisu wasn’t anything special. I wanted to be in Roppongi. When the countdown was over I got the chance to head over there, though, but it was thick with foreigners, just as I [...]
