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The Success Sequence or the Setup? Why We Must Be Awake to Senate Bill 156

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The Success Sequence or the Setup? Why We Must Be Awake to Senate Bill 156 Peace Fam, There’s a quiet storm brewing in Ohio—and it's dressed in the language of “success,” but don't be fooled. Senate Bill 156 , fresh out the 136th General Assembly, is coming for our youth’s minds under the slick branding of the “Success Sequence.” But once you strip away the polished words, it starts to look a whole lot like a setup. Let’s break it down. What’s This Bill Talking About? Senate Bill 156 wants to make sure all public schools in Ohio teach students in grades 6–12 about something called the “Success Sequence.” Sounds harmless, right? Here’s what it says: Graduate high school. Get a full-time job. Get married before having children. Do those three things, and the bill says you’ll avoid poverty. That’s the lesson they want embedded in our children’s curriculum. But let’s take a breath and look deeper. Sounds Simple. But Is It Truth or Trap? I love a good sequence. I teach frameworks ...

Mimetic Virus

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  The Mimetic Virus Great Ujima: I thought that reviewing this video as well as creating this article fit the theme of the day. Memes are a double edged sword that can be used to help us in our proces, but just like any other tool if it is used incorrectly it can cause a lot of damage. In the article I do not focus on ways that we can use memes to build, I focused on how the virus can do damage because we have many ideas that we have to cure ourselves of before we can move forward. Checkout the article and let us know what you think. Also be sure to sign up for our email list or take our seven day free ecourse. We need to get some healthy memes out here that will work for us rather than hold us hostage and impoverished. GNJ Free ecourse and email list Introduction There's a theory about human psychology that says we're all under the influence of invisible ideas—and some of these ideas can be dangerous. The idea of mimetic viruses (or memes) comes from French anthropologist Marc...