Statisticians tell us that 50% of marriages end in divorce, and that 80% of divorcees remarry.  And unsurprisingly divorce is considered among the top five most impactful events in people’s lives.

Have you divorced? Are you a child of divorce or the parent of a divorcee?  If you divorced or experienced divorce through family or friends, how did it change the lives involved?  What followed? Solitude? A rebound affair? Remarriage?

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How did you transition from the wired to the wireless age?  Was it hard to give up your landline? (Or have you kept yours?)  What was your first cell phone experience like?  Remember the “bag phones”? And how is streaming working for you?

On your desktop or laptop computer,  how was the transition from the dial-up ethernet cord to wi-fi? Did you have to snake a long cord across the room from your phone jack and dial in to the server?

Ever wish you didn’t have so many cords plugged in just to keep the wireless age charged up?

Think back about Cutting the Cord and share forward!

“Question Authority” — this succinct slogan became popular in the 1970s around the time of Watergate, but challenges to power date back to Socrates’ time. Standing up to authority begins early. As kids we confront parents, teachers, and bullies. Later we chafe against constraints on adolescent curiosity and exuberance. As adults we may confront the contradictions and abuses of state power.

How did you first question authority? Do you question it today? Are your authority challenges different now then in your younger days? Or do you find fallacies in the notion of questioning authorithy?

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Imitation can be the sincerest form of flattery. It can be a learned style or an homage. Imitation can also take the form of plagiarism. But imitation is also the first step in learning. If we want to learn almost anything, we have imitated.

Is there anyone upon whose life or work you have based your own life or work? Has anyone held you in such regard?

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