Public enemy #1 is the health consequences of stress that lead to some of the US’s leading causes of early death: heart disease, addiction, and suicide. Public enemy #2 is our existential threats, things like climate change, natural disasters including earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding, tsunamis, asteroid impacts, solar flares, and mass pandemics. We need to solve… Continue reading Why to Pick Andrew Yang as Your President in 2020 (Op-ed)
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Six Existential Problems Universal Basic Income Is Likely to Solve
First, what is universal basic income (UBI)? UBI is an unconditionally given amount of money to all citizens. In the US, the figure most commonly discussed is $1,000/month to everyone who is 18 years or age or older. Sounds crazy, right? It wasn’t crazy to Dr. King, Jr: Here’s more: Check out these videos for… Continue reading Six Existential Problems Universal Basic Income Is Likely to Solve
What is America Doing Right? (Op-Ed)
America is a wealthy country where 84% of the country is not impoverished. And poverty is the default state of the human condition so kudos to industrialization and technological innovation. America has Welfare (housing & financial), Medicaid, Foodstamps and charities available for impoverished citizens. Though imperfect these public and private social safety nets provide so… Continue reading What is America Doing Right? (Op-Ed)
Portland Snowstorm 2019: How to Have a Fabulous Time When in Snows
Covered in snow and ice, Portland, Oregon, can be a frozen hellscape, or a winter paradise. How it works for Portlanders comes down completing some essential snowy weather preparation or lack there of. Here are 6 things one can do to have a great time when it snows in Portland. Snow is coming… …what will… Continue reading Portland Snowstorm 2019: How to Have a Fabulous Time When in Snows
A Skosh Better’s Most Read Articles of 2018
Hi All, if you’re reading this, thank you for visiting askoshbetter.com. 🤗 This article is a countdown of the most read articles of the last year according to Google Analytics*. In late 2017 I launched “oakfive” on blogspot (this website is now called a skosh better. In March 2018 I made the switch to WordPress.com… Continue reading A Skosh Better’s Most Read Articles of 2018
The Sand and the Void (Short Story)
An old man lived in a house by the sea. In his yard he discovered a small hole. Each day on his walk on the beach he would pick up a handful of sand and drop it in the hole on his way through his yard back to his house. One day a child on… Continue reading The Sand and the Void (Short Story)
8 Ways to Cure the Common Cold
Beat the common cold with these 8 tips. From Wim Hof Breathing, to proper food and rehydration, this article has you covered. Eat and drink fermented food Fermented foods include things like kimchi, sauerkraut, and kombucha, etc. The boost in probiotics from these foods could support your immune system. Fermented foods literally create beneficial “movement”… Continue reading 8 Ways to Cure the Common Cold
7 Podcasts to Binge on this December
Available wherever you get your podcasts, these are the ones that have been keeping me company recently: Bear Brook Three bodies are found in a plastic barrel near a state park in rural New Hampshire. How and why did they get there? The full podcast is ready for download. The Dream Wow – listen for… Continue reading 7 Podcasts to Binge on this December
The “Grandma vs Baby” Self Driving Car Thought Experiment is a Farce
The MIT technology review recently published the findings of a thought experiment: Given only two choices should a self driving car run over a grandma, or a baby? https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612341/a-global-ethics-study-aims-to-help-ai-solve-the-self-driving-trolley-problem/ Thought experiments are fun. Heck, they can be an important philosophical exercise to help us uncover what we really value. This MIT ethics study showed that… Continue reading The “Grandma vs Baby” Self Driving Car Thought Experiment is a Farce
Three Reasons to Cut Down Your Own Christmas Tree (in a National Forest) this Year
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