Category: Ideas
Selling Out
A Word for the Worried
Subscribe to The Rational Optimist Newsletter. Be reminded that technology is as important as politics in your life. And the technology is wonderful.... Read More
War Tourists?
Are there “WarTourists?”... Read More
Fund Raising
“It is easiest to separate people from their money at the moment when they are very excited and not thinking clearly.” The photo is of a LED replica of an early Edison lightbulb. It was hanging ov... Read More
The Last Cathedral
The Sagrada Familia may be the last majestic cathedral built. Religion is much less popular than it was and the share of the economy that worshiping gods commands has been shrinking for five hundred y... Read More
The UnLego
Lego is amazing! The parts fit together with incredible precision. Not like real life where the parts don’t fit and everything is a compromise. In real life perfection is not possible. And this ... Read More
Creamation
“Cremation is my last hope for a smoking hot body” A popular meme with many creators. The photo was taken by my Great, Great Uncle J.C.Burrow at a church yard in Cornwall about 1900. I use... Read More
DEI vs MEA
Diversity, Equity and InclusionvsMerit, Experience and Attitude. If you needed to choose a doctor and you had data, would your criteria be more DEI or more MEA? How about when you were choosing a lawy... Read More