Non-Social in a Socially Networked World
The article in Common Sense today is not inflammatory. It’s a simple rundown of what happened, where we are, and the known risks at the moment. First thing I learned is Monkeypox should be named Rodentpox because it’s mainly found in rodents. Who the hell named this stupid virus? At the moment, unless you are…
Scott Adams tweeted a few things today about the “Simulation” and the Metaverse. What in the human brain causes us to seek out a higher power? Simulation or Metaverse it’s all religion to me. If you believe in either of those you may as well believe in the Tooth Fairy. What’s the point of believing…
I have a stack of books on my shelf I’ve been wanting to get through. If you read I’m sure you know how it goes. You hear about a book that might interest you and you buy it before you forget intending on reading it later. Then it sits there on the shelf staring at…
The Wall Street Journal put together a handy little personal inflation estimator. You check off the boxes of the things you normally consume and they pop out an inflation number. If I was a more normal person that consumed more processed food, pop, beer & wine, and less meat I wouldn’t be feeling the pinch…
“I strongly suspect that mainstream U.S. higher education is beyond the point of self-repair, and therefore no longer a worthwhile setting for the intellectually curious.” — Joseph Manson An article on Common Sense by Joseph Manson, a retired professor of anthropology from UCLA, recounts his reasons for retiring from teaching at the university. Over the…
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