Clueless at the Top
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Clueless at the Top While the Rest of Us Turn Elsewhere for Life, Liberty, and Happiness Charlotte and Harriet Childress Life, liberty, and happiness —a noble vision, but our founders also handed down a powerful obstacle: hierarchical thinking. From childhood, we learn to rank people by the status society assigns them, rather than by their abilities and contributions. Whether in plain sight or hidden from view, hierarchical influence pervades government, corporate culture, our educational system, religious institutions, and the media — not even our bedrooms are off limits. Mired in their ways, our leaders resist change. Their obsolete thinking prevents the nation from leading by inspiration rather than intimidation, and from guaranteeing all of its citizens the rights promised in the Constitution, and the equal opportunity to enjoy rewarding, productive, and healthful lives. Charlotte and Harriet Childress are identical twins. Collectively, they have earned eight college degrees, including one Ph.D. and four master’s degrees; taught college-level pharmacy, engineering, math, physics, and chemistry for twenty years; received nearly a million dollars in research grants from the National Science Foundation; published one book and fourteen articles; presented seminars and speeches in ten states; worked eleven years in R&D and manufacturing in Fortune 500 companies and NASA; traveled to five continents and forty-eight states; raised a daughter and a son; served on boards of public and historic parks, schools, and neighborhood and community organizations; welcomed more than thirty youths and adults from eighteen countries into their homes, for stays ranging from a weekend to a year; coached twenty-one seasons of youth basketball, soccer, baseball, softball, and swimming, and led Girl Scout troops for more than a decade. They live in the Pacific Northwest. “Particularly timely when the leadership of the United States is insisting that we be at the top of the world hierarchy, that our form of government is better than all others, that one religion should be dominant over government decisions and all other religions. We find ourselves at odds with much of the world and on the brink of a holy war. We find ourselves alone.” — Kitty Piercy, former House Minority Leader, Oregon State Legislature and Mayor-elect of Eugene, Oregon Available from Baker & Taylor, Ingram, Partners/West Published by Cypress House ISBN 1-879384-56-6 · Paperback · 336 Pages · 6 X 9