Currents of Thought

So the mixed jumble I want to make sense of includes such topics as:  inequality and it's costs, samurai, complicity in sexual abuse (I know I linked to this earlier and the NYTimes just released an article in a similar vein that I haven't read yet), how monkeys act when they see another monkey getting paid more for the same work, inflation and it's effects, a meme on the internet:

A discussion on neoliberal economic policy, as well as the warrior mentality, perennial human problems, chess endgames, talent pipelines, and our capacity for organization.

Whew.  That's a lot, no?  

My starting point for putting it all together has more to do with what I've read or watched most recently than anything else.  Different articles or TV shows remind me of different points on that list...though I'll have to give you more details before the points will make much sense.

So, after all that build up, I suppose it's time to begin.