Friendship

Posted on October 8, 2021October 3, 2021 by Simon

“Friendship is great but it never made anyone a billionaire.” From Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar... Read More

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

Allies

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Simon

Nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy, “Not my circus, not my monkeys.” Polish saying. A fiberglass Bigfoot replica at the Bonneville Dam. This is not a comment on our foreign policy. Photo by Nurit.... Read More

Conceiving God #1

Posted on July 7, 2021July 2, 2021 by Simon

“Where faith commences, science ends.” From Conceiving GodBy David Lewis-Williams... Read More

Go Team 2

Posted on July 5, 2021June 29, 2021 by Simon

“The term American like the term democrat began as an epithet, the former referring to an inferior, provincial creature, the latter to one who panders to the crude and mindless whims of the mass... Read More

Chance

Posted on May 31, 2021June 1, 2021 by Simon

“I worked hard and I’ve got some talent, but there are a lot of hard-working, talented people out there. There was an element of chance to it, this element of serendipity.” Barak Obama Quoted in... Read More

Nostalgia

Posted on May 24, 2021April 25, 2021 by Simon

“Most nostalgia for the glorious past is delusional thinking.” Quote from Thanks a Thousand by A.J. Jacobs... Read More

Manipulation

Posted on May 17, 2021April 25, 2021 by Simon

“We are an easily manipulated species. When the same coffee is served in a fancier cup people think it tastes better.” Quote from Thanks a Thousand by A.J. Jacobs... Read More

Competing in the 21st Century

Posted on May 11, 2021April 25, 2021 by Simon

“The ability to assimilate immigrants quickly may be our greatest competitive advantage in the twenty-first century.” Ben Wattenberg Author: Fighting Words Rational Immigration Movement... Read More