As far back as I can remember I’ve had an insatiable thirst for knowledge. I like to understand how things work. And when I say things, I mean everything, from the universe and the natural world to works of man, which I suppose explains my later interest in organizations, markets,[…] Read On
As a boy growing up in Brooklyn my dad would take me into the city with him to run errands. Every three weeks like clockwork we’d get up early Saturday morning, hop on the F-Train and head for downtown Manhattan. That’s where my folks grew up, where we used to[…] Read On
I am not a fan of the self-help, personal improvement, motivational genre. To be specific, it’s the I can [teach you/help you/motivate you] to be [happy/rich/successful] if you buy my [book/blog/course] merry-go-round I don’t care for. I don’t care if authors have academic, research, finance, religious or sales backgrounds, they’re mostly shysters[…] Read On
Some say youth is wasted on the young. Others say wisdom is wasted on the old. If you listen up and play your cards right, you can avoid both cynical predictions. We all start out young and dumb. A blank sponge. That’s just the way it is. We learn as[…] Read On
The biggest problem with the current version of American society is that we’ve lost the ability to reason and be reasonable. We’re not just hopelessly divided; we make false claims by presenting limited data to make one-sided viewpoints sound truthful. We do it chronically and purposely. Why would otherwise intelligent[…] Read On
We’re supposed to learn from the past, live in the present and plan for the future. Instead we rewrite the past, act out in the present and screw up the future. I see it constantly, especially on Twitter where dysfunctional behavior has become a competitive art form. Don’t these people[…] Read On
It’s the first day of Spring. How do you feel? I feel cold, damp and tired. Cold because it’s cold. Damp because it’s raining. And tired because it always takes me a while to get used to the daylight saving time change. Why can’t they just leave time alone? In[…] Read On