As a parent, you want the best for your children. You tend to think that what you do or don’t do is what will make them or break them. The truth is that we have a very limited direct influence on our children’s development. Besides the DNA we transmit to…

Towards a Car Race Theory — Trigger alert: some readers might find this somewhat witty article to trigger mixed if not painful emotions, especially if they’re victims of real forms of discrimination. I hope this article might help others better understand why that could be the case. Have you ever considered the amount of space and…

I asked the following question to ChatGPT: What do you think about this article: https://medium.com/@jacquag/vitality-fluid-c825a2853a14 ? Here is the answer I got: As an AI language model, I don’t have personal thoughts or opinions, but I can analyze the article you linked to and provide you with a summary. The…

Could death possibly be non-binary? — As a middle-aged man who grew up during the Cold War, I saw the world shifting from binary to fluid. It might shock many that my childhood was a world of rightful capitalists against threatening communists, and kids playing cowboys against “indians.” We were either a boy or a girl…

From Satisfaction to Fulfillment Are you happy? What does that mean? Does it even matter? When meeting a friend and asking “how are you doing?”, the mechanical answer used to be “I’m fine” or something like “all good.” Since the pandemic started, attitudes have changed and I more often hear…

Overcoming Fear and Hatred in a Troubled World — It had been almost a month since our fridge stopped working when the delivery man finally arrived with a new appliance. But as soon as he stepped into our home, he declared that he wouldn’t proceed with the installation because the water valve was a couple of feet too far…

Find out your “Personal Diversity Score” with this online questionnaire. — Following the idea expressed in this earlier article, I developed this online questionnaire to let you quickly and easily measure your “personal diversity score” according to the methodology and formula that I will describe in this article. The goal is to provide a simple way to measure diversity with a…

It’s an exciting time for social progress. It might not always feel that way, but we’re going through an uncertain transition that opens many new opportunities. Diversity has become a must in the corporate world, and large companies like to boast their Chief Diversity Officer. It is a good thing…