Envy's Harvest & The Tall Poppy Syndrome
Our envy of others devours us most of all. ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn William D. Higginson was born in 1978 in Australia. He began drawing early in life and continued through his high school years where he found success in high school art shows. After 3 years in the military without even
Jealousy, a Love Triangle, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome
It is not love that is blind, but jealousy. Lawrence Durrell The last blog dealt with envy (Envy, the Capollas, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome). Presently, we will examine jealousy. For your review, we will define them again. Jealous people are concerned about losing something or someone they have or have
Envy, the Coppolas, and The Tall Poppy Syndrome
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something dies in me. Gore Vidal Envy and Jealousy are often used interchangeably by the public and even writers who one might think would be better informed. Both are distinct and complex emotions regarding ownership. Since I write mostly about TPS understanding the so-called
Katalin Karikó, The Nobel Prize, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome -Part 2
You can call me Ray, you can call me mistreated, you can call me shunned, you can call me overlooked but you doesn’t hasta call me tall poppied. Bill Saluga (paraphrase) If this title seems like deja vu, it is. I did a previous blog with the same title
Artificial Intelligence & The Tall Poppy Syndrome
Unless there is a new mind, there cannot be a new line. ~ William Carlos Williams ChatGPT is a free-to-use AI system. It is beneficial to automate tasks, gain knowledge, engage in conversations, and understand the potential of true AI. Presently AI is a misnomer. It is not artificial intelligence but
Jack Ma, Fortitude, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. William Shakespeare Fortitude. The cardinal virtues of classical philosophy and Christian theology are prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. Aristotle stated that fortitude is the virtue of the man who, being confronted with a noble occasion of
Cup of Nurses Podcast: Tall Poppy Syndrome
Friends Piotr Findura and Matt Solarczyk are traveling ICU nurses who founded their blog site and podcast a few years ago. They are not your prototypical nurses most notably because of their gender and lack of anchors. They like to travel professionally and as a hobby. COVID and ICU nursing
Dead America Podcast - The Tall Poppy Syndrome
Ed Watters is the host of the Dead America Podcast. He is on the older side of the ledger as am I and from the Pacific Northwest. Watters is very mellow making conversation easy and lengthy. Some might say the podcast at 1 hour 2o minutes is a little long
Katalin Karikó, The Nobel Prize, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome
"Those who can, do; those who cannot, tall poppy." Author A paper by Francis Crick and James Watson in Nature (1953) laid the groundwork for understanding DNA structure and functions. They, along with Maurice Wilkins, were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the
Jordan Peterson, Zebras, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome - Part 2
Lodging. Lodging (agriculture) is the permanent bending of the stems of grain crops such as wheat and barley from wind which makes harvesting difficult and reduces yield. The taller the head of grain, the more likely the lodging. For TPS purposes, the taller poppy (TP) is more conspicuous which increases
