Desire

Posted on October 6, 2021October 3, 2021 by Simon

“We desire the desire of others.” From The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt Or put in the vernacular: We want to be wanted.... Read More

Haiku #9 Books

Posted on July 9, 2021July 6, 2021 by Simon

Books wait on shelves.Redundant in a Google worldI will miss the smell.... Read More

Teamwork

Posted on May 10, 2021April 25, 2021 by Simon

“Almost everything good in the world is a result of teamwork.” Quote from Thanks a Thousand by A.J. Jacobs... Read More

Group Think

Posted on April 21, 2021April 7, 2021 by Simon

“If you only read books that everyone else reads you will only think what everyone else thinks.” Fran Lebowitz... Read More

Riches

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Simon

“As soon as you can read, you are incredibly rich.” Fran Lebowitz A very clever writer if you like dry NYC style humor... Read More

Book Recommendation Two

Posted on February 17, 2021February 5, 2021 by Simon

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell Black Lives Matter has been on the agenda longer than Covid 19. Gladwell sees the issues of race from both sides and tells some stories that allowed me to see ... Read More

Book Recommendation One

Posted on February 10, 2021February 5, 2021 by Simon

“Urgency is one of the worst distorters of our world view.” Hans Rosling in Factfulness I read Factfulness twice and it definitely was the top book I read in 2020. I quoted it numerous times on th... Read More

Earned Prosperity

Posted on February 2, 2021January 29, 2021 by Simon

A lot of people could be employed in the tedious work of digitizing and cataloging old books and records. I seems it would be a better way of distributing money than welfare or eternal unemployment ch... Read More