http://guidoworld.com everything you thought of, but were too smart to say Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:07:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Linguists some time ago noted how universal the word for mom is around the world. A current explanation for this phenomena is that the ma or mum sound replicates the sound an infant makes when nursing. This makes sense and seems very plausible. In general, infants don’t have to be ... http://guidoworld.com/blog/om-and-mom/ The following is an email I sent to my sister on her birthday. It's nice sometimes to just sit back and marvel at the very experience of life. Happy Birthday!! Honoring and celebrating our birth is a way for us to recognize how special life is. Living on a planet teeming with ... http://guidoworld.com/blog/birthday-sentiment/ Oh, oh Todo we’re not in Kansas any more. The upcoming explosion of robot, cyborg and droid technology and their inclusion into day-to-day life is going to dramatically change everything. Our very definitions of life, humanity and meaning are about to be challenged and radically altered. Since the Winter Olympics are in the ... http://guidoworld.com/blog/robots-and-cyborgs-and-droids-oh-my/ In the last couple of posts I’ve outlined possible reasons why the US appears to lead the world in depression. I would like to talk a little on how the war on terror fits into this equation. We’ve covered in depth how fear, uncertainty and being lied to contribute towards a ... http://guidoworld.com/blog/depression-fear-and-the-war-on-terror/ In the last post I talked at length at some of the possible reasons why such a relatively large portion of the US populace suffers from bouts of depression. In this post I want to expand on the potential role fear and hatred play in the US depression boom. Stress, isolation ... http://guidoworld.com/blog/american-depression-fear-and-hatred/ While the US is falling in respect to its world standing in everything from standard of living, to health care to education it is expanding its world leadership in terms of depression. The US currently claims over 1% of its populace as clinically depressed and this rate is on a ... http://guidoworld.com/blog/why-americans-are-so-depressed/ If I were an elected official I would conduct my administration in the following manner. I would try as much as possible to live up to the term public servant. I would incorporate practices which maximize transparency, engender actual democracy and keep the public up to date. The first thing I would ... http://guidoworld.com/blog/politicians-and-public-servants/ The response to the tragedy in Haiti has truly been heartwarming. It is so nice to hear of people in the US and around the globe reach out their hands to those in need.When people respond the way they have, especially during these hard economic times, it truly makes me ... http://guidoworld.com/blog/helping-haiti/ I’m always amazed and fascinated at how efficient US propagandists are in creating a debate which draws people away from the real issue.  At other times they simply find a way to change the focus of a movement which suits their purposes. The women’s movement which started out as a quality ... http://guidoworld.com/blog/the-global-warming-debate/ Since the recent economic downturn it has become fashionable to complain about the obvious excesses of our consumer culture. People are being told to save money and pay off their debt. Those with excessive debt are viewed as being reckless and harmful to the stability of our nation’s economic superiority. Not ... http://guidoworld.com/blog/buying-according-to-need/