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Ten Years after September 11, 2001: An Opportunity for Reflecting and Connecting
September 9, 2011 — When faced with a hungry cougar, our distant ancestors didn’t engage in complex thinking about the situation. If they had, they would have been eaten, and we 21st century humans might not be here to reflect on our ancestors or anything else. Fortunately, our ancestors’ brains, like ours, excelled at rapid response in times of threat. Such a response mechanism, so well suited to living in the wild, is still useful to us 21st century humans.
Everybody’s Doing It
July 14, 2010 — I was awaiting minor surgery when I noticed the sign on the wall of the operating room: “Time-Out Protocol.” It was a checklist of what nurses, doctors and technicians are supposed to do before starting the operation. My favorite item was PAUSE, written in capital letters, just like that.
