January 28, 2008

Honor seeking

At the community level how can we help to move from the problems associated with seeking (or avenging) "my honor" to seeking your or our or others' honor?

Adult bullying

What are some effective ways for responding to bullying from another adult in a workplace setting?


What are some practical ways to reduce the toxicity that comes from cyberspace?

Fast pace

Please discuss how the fast pace of our society relate to the rights of children (i.e. overscheduling, a lack of unstructured play).

Corporate America

Please comment on the "contributions" corporate America has had on social toxicity (i.e. Enron, MCI, sub-prime lending). What do we do about it?

When to bail?

With this analogy in mind: Two frogs are in boiling water. The first frog is in the water and it is slowly heated to boiling. The frog is boiled to death. The second frog is thrown into the boiling water and jumps right back out to stay alive.

How bad does the US toxic culture need to get before you will need to jump out to stay alive?

UN Convention

Why do you think the US has refused to ratify the UN Convention for the Rights of Children?


How is today's social toxicity different from early 1900's with the immigration and ghettos in large cities? How can we learn from what we did 100 years ago?


What is the role or impact of divorece in our society as it relates to social toxicity?