I recently watched a two-part, 15 minute clip about the current global financial meltdown and how it’s similar to what happened in Argentina. I know little of the Argentine history but Adrian Salbuchi (the gent in the video clip) claims to be an Argentinian and also claims that he’s lived through three such meltdowns in [...]
I have something to confess. I have taken a step in embracing the new, technologically advanced, completely plugged-in, hive-minded world. Over the last few days/weeks I’ve begun to use things, almost entirely computer related that I would never have considered only a few months ago. Google Calendar, a cellphone, MS OneNote, and soon probably Google [...]
Wow! What a job the man found himself. Can you imagine what he must be feeling. Here’s just a short list of things he is charged with doing: 1. Fix global warming. 2. Fix the US and global economy. 3. Fix terrorism. 4. Fix the US health care system. 5. Fix the US pension problems. [...]
Yes I’ve returned to original theme that I used for this blog. I prefer it because it seems more organized and I feel it is a better reflection of the content presented here. Or maybe I think it’s cooler for some other, deeply psychological reason. Regardless, it is what it is.
I was thinking about something while riding the subway the other day. It was about judging, or perhaps a better word is “assessing.” The question today is: is it possible to judge a situation or “event” without prior knowledge and experience and have the result be useful, meaningful, relevant, and non-trivial. As usual I’m going [...]