Random Awesomeness

“This is one of the definitions of intuition: It is that it’s knowing something without knowing why you know it.” —— Daniel Kahneman ———————————— “Good question, young lady.” “Well… ?” “Well, I know that I do think about a lot of things. I’m also quite sure that I know many things. I’m just a bit [...]

"So... what do you think?" "I don't." "You don't think?" "Oh I think alright, I just don't want to right now." "Oh... " "Look, you and your uber-diverse, little collection of friends are all nice and cool and smart and interesting and all that, but don't be expecting anything from me. I'm not a joiner." [...]

"Listen, I love these guys. Really, I do. But sometimes I have to go off by myself for a while, you know? Take care of a few things on my own. Sometimes I just get tired of all they get into. They're always making up stories and talking about stuff which they have no idea. [...]

Ok, dudes... here's my main idea for radical change, in a nutshell. (well, maybe a few nutshells) No more money. From where I sit, it's time for money to be obsolete. Think about it. Money is no longer the useful tool it once was. It has become a liability. Money is now THE primary self-imposed [...]

"I like what you said about how we (as early humans) started developing a world-view." "Is that what I said?" "Yes, it is. Not in so many words, but you were talking about how we started developing ideas. Ideas about our own role in this diverse world that we were beginning to observe and understand like [...]

“Ok, so I think next I’ll try and summarize aspects of the development of human civilizations that are pertinent to this discussion.” ------ "Civilization, eh? Hey I got something to say about that." "Oh really?" "Yea really. See... it's all about power, isn't it? Oops, strike that! It's about the perception of power. (Of course [...]

We now continue from Monday's post... ------ "I'll try my best to be succinct but there's a lot of ground to cover if you want a comprehensive accounting of my vision regarding human potential. And I'm going to need to start with a synopsis about how far we've come, so please bear with me here." (heh... bare with [...]

"So did you hear what he said?" "Yea, what a neanderthal. Can you believe there are people who still think like that?" "I know, I know. It's like evolution just stopped or something." "He probably doesn't even believe in evolution." "Yea... hey man, you look like a smart guy, what do YOU think?" "Me? I [...]