Research Perspectives / Public Policy / Social Science
One Question Predicted Emotional Breakdown Better Than Any Other – SDP#34
A WWII field psychiatrist found that infantry soldiers in the 5th Army survived a maximum of 238 aggregate combat days (ACD) before a fate of (1) physical casualty, (2) prisoner of war, or (3) psychiatric casualty. For the first time, it was realized that every soldier had a “finite voltage” and sooner or later would break – even if they appeared to have held up magnificently under incredible stress. This understanding demarked a sharp change in thinking that previously held that soldiers that “broke” under pressure did so only due to some psychological flaw.
Read MoreHow the Famous Robbers Cave Experiment Defines The Torus and Self Similarity – SDP#33
The simplest nonlinear science is The Torus and it governs our daily lives into expected routines. Learn what happens when contexts and situations beyond our control move us out of the patterned Torus and into unpredictable Chaos. It’s not what you think!
Read More“Spidey Sense” Tips from an International Traveler: Be Safe(er) on Foreign Grounds – Interview with Bri Hansen – SDP#29″
In January, Bri co-produced a documentary for an international non-profit that nearly escaped disaster on more than one occasion. In this riveting interview with The Safety Doc, Bri shares edge-of-your seat accounts with danger and how specific planning informs traveling on foreign grounds.
Read MoreSecond Order Thinking Strategies to Construct Deeper Meaning From Context & secondSituation – SDP#27
First order thinking is natural, but it’s not the pattern of thought associated with interesting people capable of assessing contexts and situations to make important decisions. Hence, you want to be regarded as a second level thinker and David offers strategies to make you more comfortable and competent in that realm.
Read MoreSanctuary Cities & The Law: Interview with Retired LAPD Detective Tom Marchetti – SDP#26
“Sanctuary cities is a big issue throughout the country and this discussion speaks on exactly what is being asked of local law enforcement in regards to criminal aliens versus the false narrative that local cops are being asked by the Feds to turn into mini ICE agents to enforcement immigration law.”
Read MoreForts, Foraging, Fishing, Nostalgia & Outrage – Being a 1980’s Kid – SDP #25
Articles and studies concur that today’s children do not enjoy the freedom of previous generations – and the effects are not making kid’s safer, but are actually destroying children’s coupling with nature and that deprivation is placing them at increased risks for depression and anxiety. We’ve gone too far and have insulated children from the sun, cold, wind, spider webs, raindrops, etc.
Read MoreMy Life in the Midst of a Manhunt – Navigating Armageddon – SDP#22
[podcast] David gives a vibrant inside-perspective of how he was literally at the center of what has unfolded into one of the largest manhunts in the Midwest. Working in a mile-long educational facility a mile from the fugitive’s home, Dr. Perrodin notes that the very first step is to consider the campus unsecure until facility…
Read MoreLogotherapy & Reclaiming Youth From the Existential Vacuum – SDP #21
Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy is a relevant framework and also a confusing term as it makes one think of branding and not the Greek word logos, which is “meaning”. In this podcast, I share why it is important to make youth aware of Logotherapy as a perspective to counter the growing rhetoric of determinism and The Butterfly Effect that are eroding belief in free will and therefore distancing people from a sense of control over self or environment.
Read MoreDebunking the Butterfly Effect & Embracing Chaos Theory – SDP #20
The Butterfly Effect is a false premise of illustrating how small initial differences may lead to large unforeseen consequences over time. This is nothing more than cause and effect and yet the Butterfly Effect is spilling across the sciences as some belief that every event has a singular, infinitesimal known origin. It is absurd to propose, and yet to scaffold with a mathematical formula, a relationship between a butterfly flapping its wings in New Mexico as the beginnings of an eventual hurricane in China. Don’t succumb to such hype.
Read MoreDiscovering the Awesomeness of Multiplayer Video Games – Interview with Seann Dikkers, PhD – SDP #18
Dr. Dikkers regards video gaming the same as other media such as movies and music. It has become part of our society and just like heavy metal music, is not the causal factor of violent behaviors. In fact, as game play increases violent behaviors decrease. Seann examines digital game design and teaching and learning. What can we learn from video games to provide a meaningful experience in classrooms?
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