Ulrich Beck was a German sociologist. He coined the term risk society and was a professor of Sociology at Munich University and the London School of Economics.
When I saw the title of this book, I had image in my head that it will be about how people meet online and then try to build something. I have to say I was surprised by this book. It鈥檚 really good and really interesting. Even though I knew most of the topics from this book somehow, now I look at them differently. I have some kind of perspective. I鈥檝e never thought about distant love as something that may also include whole families, health, love, work and other things. Now - I look at everything differently. With bigger care, I hope.
This is a really basic how to do psych profiling. It teaches the reader how to assess 5 major attributes of a person's personality, but, it really doesn't help address what to expect from them or what specific strategies we can use to address a person once we understand their personality. On top of that the writer went on and on about how Obama brings people together. Obama was a community organizer and that sounds like someone who brings people together. Saul Alinsky designed community organization as a method for minorities to successfully battle the establishment. Community Organization is a form of conflict politics designed to help minorities achieve equality in communities. This is obvious in the political conflicts plaguing the Obama Admin. I have to ask myself, if someone is teaching me to assess people and they
do a really bad job assessing a public figure should I put much confidence in their suggestions?