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Steve Jobs
This is a story about Steve Jobs, legacy, and a brutal truth most people never confront. It’s about a single sentence Jobs included in the letter he wrote when he resigned as CEO of Apple, 10 years ago this week. But it has its roots in the commencement address Jobs gave at Stanford University in 2005. Here’s the key passage…
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Truth
Postmodernism: what it got right and what it got wrong We don’t actually do that much with most of our ideas. So their truth value doesn’t matter all that much. For example, I have all kinds of opinions about climate change, nuclear energy and my neighbor’s haircut. But I hardly use those as an input for decisions. Like I…
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And Now Everyone is doing it!!!
This was a laugh that made the email circuit a few years ago. Shown below is an actual letter that was sent to a bank by an 86-year-old woman. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New York Times. Dear Sir: I am writing to thank you for bouncing my…
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Partisans
I recently published a “doom and gloom” article by an unknown author. This article, by Maarten van Doorn, is a brighter counter. https://maartenvandoorn.substack.com/p/the-puzzle-of-polarization?r=1cjs7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy
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From Slap Happy Larry, Down Under
New To Me Words/ConceptsContents Tourism: Contents Tourism is a Japanese word and refers to that specific kind of tourism stimulated by Popular Culture. (New Zealand has a standout example of contents tourism: Bored of the Rings, of course. Okay, okay, for those of us who are Kiwis living in Australia, maybe it’s the Hobbit jokes…
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Woke
From The Times of Israel To Antisemites, a Jew is a Jew is a JewThe Times of IsraelBy David HarrisJuly 19, 2021The antisemites came for Israelis.They relentlessly attacked the lone democracy in the Middle East and the realization of a 3,500-year-old vision, with the aim of its destruction. No sovereignty allowed for nearly seven million…
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Curiosity
Curiosity is the motivator that energizes exploration, experimentation, adventure, discovery, creativity, and progress. Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last; and perhaps always predominates in proportion to the strength of the contemplative faculties. ― Samuel Johnson We were lucky enough to grow up in an environment where there was…
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Science
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. Carl Sagan