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The Homeless Have the Most Financial Freedom. That isn’t the goal.

The Homeless Have the Most Financial Freedom. That isn’t the goal.

The quickest way to become free is to become homeless. Give up all of your material connections, your relationships, your commitments. Live moment to moment, with no ties to the past, no attachments to the future, no responsibilities in the present. That may seem extreme, but it’s also extreme how words get thrown around these […]

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Poor AND Rich Need Financial Education Now

Poor AND Rich Need Financial Education Now

2020 has confirmed more than ever that everyone, including (and maybe especially) the rich, need financial literacy lessons. When I left IBM in 1988 I consciously chose to leave a financially comfortable life.  My steady income was at the top 5% of women wage earners, and I was being groomed for higher levels of management. But I […]

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Are You an Alarmist, Denier, or in the Mega Middle?

Are You an Alarmist, Denier, or in the Mega Middle?

Polarization has gripped environmental issues and many others.  The prevailing belief is that the polarized extremes on these topics are Democrats vs Republicans.  That would only be true if you accept that the issue is a political issue.  In the case of climate it definitely isn’t a political issue, so let’s call the categories what they […]

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Contemporary Collision

Contemporary Collision

I wrote this in 1988. If I had written it today I might have noticed different “soldiers” in light of recent events.

It’s anyday, rush hour, heading down Loop 1.

Brake lights ahead. Traffic jam hour. Time to look around.

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