Graffiti on Steel, storefront security door, April 2020, NY. Humans communicate with symbols. The most popular are words, numbers, and images. Here you see a photograph of an art form known as graffiti, or street art. It consists of a cartoon-like character—perhaps a shark (?); a forbidden word—sometimes referred to as the F-word; and a... Continue Reading →
image shared from undark.org https://undark.org/2019/06/28/mind-in-motion-review/ If you want to get to know someone you have to spend time with that person. You have spent all your life with yourself, so you know everything there is to know about You, right or wrong? I hope you said, “wrong". We humans are very complicated beings. I... Continue Reading →
Circles of Hierocles shared from https://howtobeastoic.wordpress.com/2016/01/12/hierocles-a-conservative-stoic/ The diagram above is an example of a control technique called Classification. It also signals that it is part of a control system, because there is Repetition (see post #2). We humans love to organize people, places, things, and ideas in order to better understand and control each other... Continue Reading →
I haven’t written on Control Savvy for almost five months, but the hiatus is over, so you will be seeing more posts in the coming weeks. Before resuming, I would like to ask and answer a very important question: Who or what do I want to control by writing these posts? First, I want to... Continue Reading →
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesussus, Director General of the World Health Organization, Still image copied from video Control Savvy is the name of this blog. I, the author, cannot claim to be Control Savvy. If the blog were just about me, it would be more aptly called “Wannabe Control Savvy” or “Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda-been Control Savvy”. Control Savvy... Continue Reading →
In case you don’t know, or need to be reminded, this image is a copy of “The American Declaration of Independence”. By the time it was ratified in July of 1776, the Thirteen American Colonies had been at war with Great Britain for over a year. Therefore, this document was not written for the purpose... Continue Reading →
Podrán cortar todas las flores, pero no podrán detener la primavera. You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep spring from coming. Pablo Neruda In my post of April 1, 2020 entitled CORONAVIRUS APRIL FOOL’S DAY, I justified my germaphobic behavior in the supermarket with statistics: “As of today, the first of April,... Continue Reading →
There are few humans on earth who have not seen or heard the COVID-19 Rules repeated over and over again. Stay at home. Don’t go outside. Stay at home. Don’t go outside. Stay at home. Don’t go outside. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Stay at... Continue Reading →
Today I went to the supermarket. I wore an N-95 face mask, eye protection and latex gloves. I wanted a carton of whole milk, but had to settle for two-percent. I wanted more paper towels, but there wasn’t a single roll to be had. That’s ok, I won’t run out for another month, so... Continue Reading →
Repetition signals control. The problem is, repetition is ubiquitous. Look around you. Where do you see objects that can be counted as more than one? Put an “s” on its name and you have recognized a control system. Walls, windows, doors? They signal a control system we call a building. We humans can’t control the... Continue Reading →
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