Jan 18, 2025 | Essays, Truth, Truth & Lies |
Man is unique insofar as he constitutes two events. The event of his biological organism – and, in this, he is like tortoise and hare – and the event of his consciousness. Thus in man two times coexist, corresponding with these two events. The time during...
Dec 28, 2024 | Essays, Travel, Truth, Truth & Lies |
Minneapolis Aeronautic missionary of the silent majorities, I jump with cat-like tread from one airport to the other. Now it’s the blazing woods of New Hampshire, casting a fleeting reflection in the mirror of New England. Yesterday, it was the steepling gentleness of...
Nov 30, 2024 | Truth, Truth & Lies |
What questions should I ask an older person to learn more about their life? 60+ open questions to help discover more about the older people in your life. These are particularly useful if you’d like to learn more about their lives. The answers to these questions...
Oct 12, 2024 | Geekery, Letters, Truth |
May 15, 1947 Dear __: Our agency is getting big. That’s something to be happy about. But it’s something to worry about, too, and I don’t mind telling you I’m damned worried. I’m worried that we’re going to fall into the trap of bigness, that we’re going to worship...
Sep 21, 2024 | Truth, Truth & Lies |
When you finally face the truth that you can’t dictate how fast things go, you stop trying to outrun your anxiety, and your anxiety is transformed. Digging in to a challenging work project that can’t be hurried becomes not a trigger for stressful emotions but a...
May 15, 2024 | Essays, Geekery, Truth, Truth & Lies
The analogy between cars and operating systems is not half bad, and so let me run with it for a moment, as a way of giving an executive summary of our situation today. Imagine a crossroads where four competing auto dealerships are situated. One of them (Microsoft) is...