Tag: cost

  • Rediscovering Wisdom

    Rediscovering Wisdom

    We like common sense. That folksy, personal anecdotal understanding of the world that just, you know, sort of…makes sense. That common sense that encourages parents to tell their three year-old to stop playing with a ball –and is horrified when they throw it one more time. We throw our arms up in frustration and wonder…

  • And Another Spoon

    Here’s another Spoon. Label Genetically Engineered Food | Common Dreams. Unlike people in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Australia, South Korea, Japan, Brazil, China, Russia, New Zealand and other countries where labels are required, Americans don’t know if the food they eat has been genetically altered. As it stands, we’re hiding the cost…

  • Revealed By Spoon: the Hidden Imbalance In Decisions

    Revealed By Spoon: the Hidden Imbalance In Decisions

    The last few days, the following photo has bounced around my space in Facebook: The cynical person will no doubt ask: what are the comparable costs of metal spoons, eh? Why don’t we compare apples to apples, here? And then the intuitive among us will point out, yeah, but you only buy one metal spoon…