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Why should we pay more attention to interactions?

Interactions. HUMAN interactions. Aristotle once quoted: “Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human. Society is something that precedes the individual. Anyone who either cannot lead the common life or is so self-sufficient as not to need to and therefore does not partake of society is either a beast or a god. ” Indeed, mankind was made to interact, and the main proof of it is our five senses. Scent, sight, hearing, taste, and touch were designed to allow us to interact with nature and others. It is because of scent we avoid a skunk, and it is because of scent we decide to buy natural flowers instead of plastic ones for Valentine's gift. Art would not be art without the capability of mankind in interacting with things and other people. Emotions need a spark, and this spark comes through our senses. Not only for pleasure interactions exist. Interactions exist to help us ...
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Are our eyes invisible to diversity in the workplace?

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What do you picture when you think of a truck driver? What do you picture when you think of a basketball coach? A business person? A pilot? A firefighter? A taxi driver? A carpenter? A video game player? If I am not wrong, all those pictures that came instantly into your mind, all the characters, are men. What do you picture when you think about a nurse? What about a receptionist? A cleaner? You guess it right, most people think about women characters. Men as well as women do perform those jobs but seem invisible to the eyes of society. Why do jobs have to be connected to a specific gender? Why don't women nor men appear as the first recall in our minds for these jobs? Why most people believe that women cannot perform these jobs as well as men do or even better and vice-versa? What can we do to change that? Aren't women able to drive a cab? Aren't women able to coach a basketball team, either a men's or women's team? Aren't women able to be firef...
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How can we make traditions to evolve?

Since globalization became a movement, cultures have seen themselves observed under a microscope. The question of keeping traditions or letting them go has been a real challenge for some. Isn't tradition part of one's culture and thus, should be kept and guarded? Is globalization erasing any difference in culture? What kind of traditions should we keep and what kind of traditions should we let go? We all agree that globalization has allowed us to have a reach beyond measure when talking about making connections. Relatives miles away can talk face-to-face every day. People in Europe can listen to the news about South America instantly. A person in North America can have in his/her hands literally in any item shipped from any part of the world in less than three days. However, all these advantages have also brought great disadvantages. People feel less connected to their surroundings. The local culture has been affected by tourists, and it is no longer valued. Languages and s...
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Gender Pay Gap. Why?

Nowadays, having the right answer seems more important than asking the right question. Thus, we are more focus on delivering the perfect answers that construct in some way our vision of the world. However, in our mission to find the right answer, we stop asking questions — any question. Since we are young, we seem to annoy older people just because we can't stop asking questions. In our search for meaning at a young age, curiosity seems to drive us way more than logic. But, as we grow older, logic steps in. And curiosity appears to take a second role in the play of our lives. There are millions of questions that have been asked and have made their place in history. They have been revolutionary, they have made an impact on history. Today, there are millions of questions being asked. Some are changing our present; others could change our future. Nonetheless, even if they are revolutionary or not, even if they can change our future or not, we should always be curious enough to ask a...
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