Category Archives: Society

JeromeCast Episode 53 15 Fantastic words without translations

Check out this great list of words with no good translation. I love the subtlety and nuance in them, as well as seeing how the literal meanings match (or don’t) the meaning.

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JeromeCast Episode 52 Living on a coal mine island

Check out this urban explorer’s account of exploring Gunkanjima.

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JeromeCast Episode 51 Success before happiness or vice-versa

Watch this TedxBloomington talk: And ask yourself – are you working towards success, assuming that happiness will follow? Maybe that’s not the way it works…

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JeromeCast Episode 50 Sticking with it

Like anything important in life, stick with it!

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JeromeCast Episode 47 Modern mercenaries

Check these links: Carlos the Jackal Simon Mann I really thought that mercenaries had more or less faded into history. But what motivates a person to choose killing for money as a career?

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JeromeCast Episode 46 Indigenous people

Check the story out from the Guardian. Pretty shameful stuff. It’s also sad to realize how much indigenous people have been marginalized all over the world.

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JeromeCast Episode 45 Belarus bank sale

Check it out on the Guardian. What do you think – justice, tragedy or comedy?

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JeromeCast Episode 44 Image Control

Can you really control the image of anything? Let people choose their own image, not yours.

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JeromeCast Episode 43 Time to change the world

The time is right. What are you waiting for?

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JeromeCast Episode 38 CityOne

City planning is fascinating, and doing city planning in a game environment sounds awesome!

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