Prosperity
“If you want a better future, trust markets, not bureaucrats.” The Brittlebush are blooming in central Arizona. It is an annual two or three week phenomenon and it turns much of the desert yellow. Wonderful.
flowers
Words Seldom Seen: Flotsam
Flotsam Noun: The wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on the sea or washed up on the shore. Example: “The flotsam from the sunken ship was approaching the windward shore.” Flotsam differs from jetsam. Next weeks WSS will explain. The photo is of an early Brittlebush bloom on Piestewa Peak.
Lev Malone
Lev Malone evolves.. Becomes “Leve M alone” becomes “Leave Me Alone.” Think of it as code: Lev Malone means “Leave me Alone.” The flowers are unknown. The photo was taken on a recent hike along the Arizona Canal near 24th St.
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 lawyer, a restaurant manager or a football coach? I rest my case. It is not popular to say but in our personal decision making we are mostly MEA. In the long run only natural monopolies can hire based on DEI and survive in the marketplace.
Holiday Greetings
Humans need holidays. As soon as a society gets to surplus it starts to have festivals. In the Christian world Christmas tops the list. I’m not a Christian but I love your holiday. Merry Christmas “And to all a goodnight.” Photo is of a Poinsettia tree in the local Mall.
Words Seldom Seen: Cavorting
Cavorting Verb: To jump or dance around excitedly. but it has an informal meaning: enthusiastically pursuing sexual or disreputable activities. Example one: “The children were cavorting around the house making the adults crazy.” Example two: “He spent the evening cavorting in the Hollywood nightclubs.” Photo is of some butterflies cavorting on yellow flowers heavy with nectar. Taken near Horton Springs AZ
Words Seldom Seen: Cerulean
Cerulean Adjective: Deep blue. Often used to describe tropical waters or skies. Example: “They awoke to cerulean skies and knew they were in the tropics.” The last of the roses of the Huntington Gardens photos.
Wisdom
“It is easy to be wise in hindsight.” Simon Winchester in Knowing What We Know This is an interesting book that is certain to inform a great discussion of the declining importance of knowledge in society. AI (Artificial Intelligence) will compound this. The industrial revolution did the same thing to the importance of strength and we didn’t just survive we thrived. I predict the same again.
Old Age
”Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop the plane, you can’t stop the storm, you can’t stop time, so one might as well accept it calmly, wisely.” Golda Meir
Making a Difference
“Helping other people make a difference is the way to make a difference.” Another October rose from the Huntington Garden