Author Archives: Justin Locke

So I was watching this Henry Ford Documentary on PBS the other night. It was fascinating to hear about his many experiments in social engineering. It was interesting to hear toward the end how his grandson “ended all activities in … Continue reading →

When I was 20 years old I had a truly transformative experience.  I went from being an Ohio farm kid to playing the bass in (what was then) the most famous orchestra in the world, the Boston Pops. I essentially … Continue reading →

As you already know, my purpose in life is to help people by showing how common propaganda gets in the way of personal growth and advancement. Most people fail to realize that there’s a great deal of removable limitation embedded … Continue reading →

Every now and again, more often than I would like, I bump into situations that are totally nonsensical, at least to me. And I probably spend more time than I should trying to make sense of them. One obvious example … Continue reading →

Here in America we like to think of everyone being just as good as everyone else, but of course, as we all know, some folks are more equal than others. We live in a nonstop class war, and while it … Continue reading →

I have a friend who works at a big software company. She recently told me that she had a “performance review.” Given my symphonic background, I made a joke about the local paper coming in and writing a review about … Continue reading →

Okay, the full disclosure here, I once lip synced the national anthem on national television at a patriotic event. It was the Statue of Liberty Centennial, and I, and the entire Boston Pops Orchestra, lip synced to a recording of … Continue reading →

Well for a while now I have been wanting to create a “subscribe” option on this blog, and as you can see above right I finally did it.  I petitioned the twitter universe and a blog expert fellow named Mack … Continue reading →

After having written “Getting in Touch with Your Inner Rich Kid,” I now find myself endlessly amazed at what a microcosm of political power I experienced in grade school. Take, for example, study halls. In these environments, tremendous emphasis was … Continue reading →

So I asked myself a hard question today. After many years of working on ways I might be able to make this world a better place and help other people, I had to actually ask myself, what kind of help … Continue reading →