the hbcu CHALLENGE. who else should SHOW AMERICA HOW?
the weight of ideas, the power of fear, & the pull of our blessings.
you belong here . . .
There is a very small audience that The Thomas Padlan-Malm Hour hopes to attract. Its an audience of people capable of thinking. More precisely, the TP-MHour will ignore communicating with the low-minded, defined by Socrates as people who focus their discussions on people. Socrates noted that those who stand on events to make their arguments are average. Only the rarest high-minded thinkers gravitate to abstract thought. About 7% of us live with ideas in our heads, constantly wondering, challenging, and inventing.
A typical American is said to have an IQ between 85 and 115. You can depend upon them to meet demands, improve outputs, and adapt to the varying dynamics of workflow expertly. At the higher end, there is deeper understanding of why, and more curiosity for improvement. This is the backbone of the economy. It is not its vision. When we look at the management of America and the right to elect our peers, it is worth asking if we have been. It is worth exploring where we are, what we have, what we have become, and what we might be.
It is work to be done 435 times, in 435 US Congressional Districts. Who do you know to embrace this idea where you live? Share this with them.
Thomas' theory is that thinking is like weightlifting. We all have natural limitations. We can train and improve. We can get better. Yet, we all have limitations beyond our control. Problem solving is quite similar.
Based on energy alone, weightlifting demands less energy and is not as exhausting as struggling through demanding intellectual challenges and problem-solving.
Your brain draws 20% of all the body's energy.
Abstract thinking, imagining, and creating at any meaningful level for most, looks like a weight bar with 300-pounds of disks attached. Most wouldn't bother to even step up and grip the bar. This is not an insult. But most are average. Half are below average.
Since the ground was broken for Cheney University of Pennsylvania to cultivate the power of freed Africans, America's HBCU community has bridged gaps between the challenges in the moment and the forward-focused actions steps that allow successful participation in the broader society. From the typical structure of American decision-making, Padlan-Malm insists that HBCUs are perfectly positioned as the great force for change, example, and leadership that the USPS needs.
joe decammera for president 2028.
The Thomas Padlan-Malm Hour hopes to attract mental weight-lifters who could not let such a challenge go untested.
It might be the one place where data still matters. Where inspired ideas can be grown, where they matter. Where they help.
Americans & the Power of Choice.
Thomas Padlan-Malm discusses what Democracy is expected to be and the opportunity this means for citizens who approach their relationship with America as participants, not spectators.
Padlan-Malm envisions and argues that DeCamara could rise with the unifying skillset, wisdom, experience, and mindset to allow the best intelligence, sharpest imaginations, and keenest strategists to guide the choices owned by those in power. More importantly, in a Federated governing system, the complex abstracts that nearly two-thirds of all citizens trust those they elect to guide them through, are easily described through all of the major sports leagues where the working model of capitalism includes socialism, communism, revenue sharing, and collective bargaining, and the final score is measured in financial success proven to be impossible without the complexity of "isms" as they forged success in the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL.
