This baseball card just sold for $12.6 million. One wonders why. It is a piece of cardboard covered in ink on one side, and it was originally sold in a package of bubble gum. Apparently the buyer values rarity and is willing to pay for it. It will be interesting when the buyer sells the […]
Posted on May 15th, 2024 by admin
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Police in Sacramento, CA shot down a black man who appeared to be carrying a weapon. It was a cell phone. The officers on the scene mistook the black slab of a cell for the barrel of a gun. It was a case of biased perception. Patrolmen are taught to respond quickly to danger. They […]
Posted on March 23rd, 2018 by admin
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Robert Mueller has been a relentless investigator of Russian meddling in US elections and held in high respect. Now, with one act, the perception has turned to that of a man out of control. This stems from the seizure of thousands of transition team e-mails from the GSA. Such correspondence is not considered part of […]
Posted on December 18th, 2017 by admin
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There has been a rise in pick-it-yourself farms and these have given a false perception of what it is to work in agriculture. Real farm work can be brutal and exhausting. There is no easy way to pick strawberries, for example, other than backbending labor that makes standing up agonizing. The pick-it-yourself farms minimize the […]
Posted on August 16th, 2016 by admin
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There are places in the US where unemployment seems embedded, but the reality is that the idle choose not to take available jobs – like lawn mowing. That work is reserved for immigrants who don’t mind doing it. Where I live, nearly all landscapers are Italian but the workforce is Hispanic — day laborers who […]
Posted on July 12th, 2016 by admin
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From everyone’s favorite TV father to an aged, bleary-eyed sexual predator, it has been quite a come-down for Bill Cosby. It is also a prime example of the power of perception. The public projected onto the man the wise father act that he delivered on TV. There was nothing at the time to gainsay the […]
Posted on May 25th, 2016 by admin
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In a court of law, perception can overcome science. What is unsettled in the investigation community becomes a judgement resting on the slimmest pretexts of fact. Consider this case. There is no definitive proof that talc-based baby powders cause cancer, but a jury thought so and awarded $72 million to a family whose mother had […]
Posted on February 29th, 2016 by admin
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It was news yesterday that Hillary Clinton’s polling numbers had dropped. There were fretting and warnings about her future as a presidential candidate. Some had the good sense to note that early polls don’t mean much. The electorate hasn’t focused on the 2016 elections. The fear is that the perception of weakness with voters might be enough for […]
Posted on June 4th, 2015 by admin
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President Obama has talked with the Dalai Lama. China is incensed. After all, China owns Tibet fair and square after invading it. The only ones who have protested this perception are Tibetans who foolishly think they have a right to their country. The Chinese government, if it wanted to make the point, could say the […]
Posted on February 24th, 2014 by admin
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PR deals with perception. How some one or an organization is viewed is a preoccupation of counselors. Leaders too are aware of what others think. They know that many have false perceptions of them for the good and some for the bad. They try to instill the correct perceptions so they can get things done. […]
Posted on July 23rd, 2013 by admin
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