Where Good Ideas Come From
"You don't reach Serendip by plotting a course for it." John Barth Quoted in Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven...
Maxim December 10, 2013
"You campaign in poetry, you govern in prose." Mario...
Gotta Go
Don't read this if you are under fifty, it doesn't apply to you. But if you are over fifty you might want to sign up...
Cell phones in public
A young lady from one of the classes I spoke to at CSUF (California State University Fullerton)made this video as part...
Seen Signs
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Talebian Wisdom December 6, 2013
"History and societies do not crawl. They make jumps." Nassim Taleb Nassim Taleb is a writer and thinker. He grew...
Happy Hanukkah (the last day)
Happy Holidays Everyone! It turns out that there is a reason not to eat latkes and...
Maxim December 3, 2013
"Dans ce pays-ci, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres." "In this country,...
The Weather is Not Getting More Extreme
The graph below shows that human deaths from natural disasters have decreased dramatically in the last century contrary...
Why the Plastic Bag Ban Will Fail #17
In the long run all OTBE* people search for ways to make their lives easier and more enjoyable. Banning plastic bags...
