Steamrollers and Sensory Acuity: Why Are We Sleepwalking Into So Many Impending Disasters? Rapport Archive Basic NLP Steamrollers and Sensory Acuity: Why Are We Sleepwalking Into So Many Impending Disasters? Rapport Issue 87 Publication Date July 28th 2025 Authors Eve Menezes Cunningham In so many areas of life (national politics, the state of the world and the planet itself) I keep thinking of that scene in Austin Powers, when Rob Lowe and other henchman-type characters are gruesomely killed, and their families get the call and bemoan the fact that no one ever thinks of the friends and families of henchmen (they were all men). One of them (Michael McDonald) is rooted to the spot as a steamroller trundles slowly towards him. The camera cuts back and forth as if it’s a foregone conclusion. He has ample time to move but instead awaits his impending doom like a deer in headlights without doing anything to change his situation.... Basic NLP To access the rest of this article, you need to use 1 credit ANLP members get complimentary credits that can be used for purchasing from the Rapport archive - a collection of more than a 1000 high quality articles written by some of the leading voices in the field of NLP. Non-members can buy Rapport credits via the ANLP store. JOIN ANLP BUY RAPPORT CREDITS If you have already purchased this article, you can log in to access it
