spring, not here yet
March 26, 2010
but it is getting closer…
one of those tasty drinks from last years party!
threaded together around ‘people’
consumers of knowledge
February 28, 2010
Social phenomena. Wealth and attitude. Learning for a purpose.
Many articles regarding America’s “consumer culture” exist. There are articles about America’s 40 year process of switching from “saving”…
divide and conquer
September 30, 2009
Reading a great book this morning, The Nature of Technology, by Brian Arthur. Simultaneously been having discussions with Mike Harrold on the nature of conspiracies, in light of…
predictability ?
September 22, 2009
enjoying a Stout at the Ourayle House while partaking (not by choice) the aroma of “trying to start the wood stove with old pizza box fumes”.
Nonetheless,…
human beings and earth
September 20, 2009
Social beings on an expansive earth. After sitting in a conference room for week discussing the future of the human endeavour, it has been equally impressive to drive…
day four
September 17, 2009
a prediction about the future:
knowledge gained about complex system behavior makes moral obligations obsolete by 2070
moral obligations are represented by the thinking that “one should…
day two.5
September 15, 2009
Murray recalled briefly how messy things are when in the middle of a challenge. He recalled a colleague (Dirac?) who had the equations showing the existence of…
day one
September 14, 2009
Prediction and Forecasting. Not to be confused with ‘arm waving’ versus numerical data. The latest quantitative predictive modeling, appears to be limited to predicting movements with in…
protestant work ethic
June 18, 2009
Prompted by Mike Harrold’s post on Facebook: Max Weber’s “Protestant Ethic”, which in turn was prompted by an article in the New Yorker: Why Work?.
To begin,…
guns, no bakeries
May 16, 2009
Signs of the times from Princeton, Kentucky: “Market Street Bakery and Cafe, For Sale by Owner” and then down at the corner: “Armory Gun Shop– OPEN” Bakeries are…