I have a personal Thanksgiving tradition. Every year, I set my alarm to get up early so I can watch the sunrise on Thanksgiving morning. It’s my way of making sure I start the day by being quiet and thankful for the simple joy of another morning.
The Illusion Of Knowing Something
I have not read the Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act. I’d be more ashamed of myself if I weren’t quite certain that I’m not even close to being alone. It would be an overly generous estimate to say that 1 in 1000 people have read it in full. After after having simply scanned it, frankly, I’d be surprised if even 20% of our elected officials have read this document in its entirety.
Over Intellectualization
To treat something in an excessively intellectual manner. Yesterday I was told that I was “over intellectualizing” the issue of confirmation bias in my post, In Search Of The Infinite State. “All you’re really doing is tagging terms to the age old saying ‘stuck in their ways,'” one of the commenters on Facebook said. “Nothing new here. Or exciting really.”
In Search Of The Infinite State
A friend of mine made a horrible mistake this morning. He did something he rarely does. He made a political statement on Facebook. It was a fairly benign comment about the unpopularity of congress in general, not about one party or another. Of course, you couldn’t tell that from the comment stream that followed.
Community Is Not The Goal – The Presentation
I am not sure what it is about the timing of CRS. My three CRS events have come at two different times of the year. The first CRS I went to was in, I think it was in Vegas, and it was in the Summer. Is that correct? How many of you were at that […]
Energy Creates Energy
Sarah Bernhardt once said, “Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.” And creativity spawns creativity. We are in what some are calling a “creativity crisis.” One of the best talks I’ve heard around this topic was a TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson, “How Schools Kill Creativity.” […]
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