Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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3 Reasons Why We Keep & Buy Crap
After helping my parents clean out their closets, drawers, cabinets, etc. this week, I’ve developed some theories on why we keep crap and, even more importantly, why we buy it in the first place.
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The United States Government’s Debt Problems
Take a look at a few of the reasons that the United States government has to deal with its debt issues now. Debt Challenges For Government If any organization could use better debt management practices, it is the federal government. The government has run up trillions in debt over the last fifty years and is…
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I Get Less Done When I Have Nothing to Do
The law of inertia states that a body in motion will tend to remain in motion and that a body at rest will tend to remain sitting on her butt, reading cheesy romance novels. That’s just science.
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Can you really afford a dog?
Husband and I are dog lovers, although we have none. This week we get to dogsit Badger, a lab/greyhound mix with a pension for burrowing under the covers. If we were impulsive people we would abscond with this dog to Mexico; she is that awesome. But alas, we are planners and, aside from the obvious…
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Who’s Keeping Track?
In school your teachers assigned you grades. At work the boss man monitors your output. Tell me, who’s tracking your financial performance?
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