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Accountability in Life

John Kuvinka — Sun, 29 Apr 2018 04:00:42 +0000

Is it just me, or does it seem like people’s sense of accountability is fleeting these days? This probably sounds like an odd topic, but it’s something I’ve been pondering. Accountability is one of those things your boss probably tells you about. There’s probably a motivational poster regarding it in your office somewhere too. I’m not just talking about accountability from a work standpoint, but […]

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Deskilling: A Slippery Slope to Skynet?

John Kuvinka — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 18:55:59 +0000

The nature of the election has left many of us with plenty of questions, concerns, and topics to complain about. I decided to take a break from writing during this time and avoid politics. In time I’ll probably find political topics of merit to discuss again. But, for now I’ve been thinking about jobs. Specifically, how deskilling has eliminated jobs in the past and may […]

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Politics: Why I Hate It

John Kuvinka — Fri, 27 May 2016 22:45:45 +0000

Politics is probably the primary topic that I write about, and if not it at least finds its way into most of my writing. I’ve been politically minded since I was in my early teenage years. Whether I was right or wrong about certain things at the time isn’t really the point. It’s important for people to philosophize about how the world should work. Politics involves […]

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Aesthetics and Progress

John Kuvinka — Sun, 01 May 2016 10:00:18 +0000

Think about how happy you are when you’re on vacation. You’re in some tropical paradise where the water is clean and blue, the sun is bright, the breeze is warm, and you’re surrounded by nature. Then think about going to work in some smoggy city with billboards and posters everywhere and loud music and shouting piercing your eardrums. It’s depressing to be in an environment […]

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Correction or In-Correction?

John Kuvinka — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 10:00:03 +0000

The correction system is among many systems in America that fall under some pretty heavy scrutiny. The correctional process, however, doesn’t begin in prison. It enters the game much earlier, and in less direct ways, affecting people’s likelihood or even ability to avoid breaking the law. The laws as they exist today are a different story all together, so whether or not people who end […]

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Get Smart – A Look at Education

John Kuvinka — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:00:29 +0000

Learning as a cognitive process is something that starts at birth and continues throughout our entire lives. We do it whether we really want to or not. We pick up little pieces of information every minute of every day that culminates in defining our personality. What we know and the opinions we’ve come to hold based on our intake of limitless new information is what […]

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Social Programs

John Kuvinka — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 19:12:52 +0000

People are seeming to think that “socialism” is a dirty word more and more as of late. With the Affordable Care Act in place now and with a presidential candidate who is a self-avowed socialist, people are increasingly aware of the concept. But what about the social programs we already have in place? A lot of people don’t think about it, but when they complain about socialism […]

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Protected: Are You Offended?

John Kuvinka — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 19:33:15 +0000

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Consume, Consume, Consume

John Kuvinka — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 03:43:10 +0000

Is it just me, or does it seem like we’re all living in a society that drives us to consume as much as possible? I feel like everywhere I look there are advertisements and people trying to convince me to buy something. Now, to my readers this all might sound familiar – as in the past I’ve written about commercialism. But I want to take […]

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The Conservative Chain Letter

John Kuvinka — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 04:42:42 +0000

Everyone has come across a chain letter of some kind at one point or another, haven’t they? Be it via email (back when email was the hot mode of conversation on the internet) or more commonly on social media sites such as MySpace or Facebook. They’re usually in the cheesy format of telling you that if you pass it along good fortune will come your […]

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