Passing the Torch
One of my friends recently raised the raised the question of whether the world might be better off under a…
Social Commentary
Alan Turing: Too Little, Too Late
After the release of The Imitation Game in 2014, stories about computer genius Alan Turing were in the headlines for months. Now that…
War For Sale
Where I live, there is a yearly festival called Turkey-rama. As soon as you’re done mocking the name, I’ll tell…
Hackers: Our Best Hope For A Free Future
Most of us have been trained by mass media to view hackers as vile criminals, usually thieves lurking in cyberspace,…
Letting Yourself Go
I’ve been thinking about the meaning of the phrase “letting yourself go”. In the context of the working world,…
Pockets Of Resistance
This is one of my favorite phrases because it flies in the face of the Borg phrase “resistance is futile”….
Literary Corruption
I’m old enough to remember a time when the New York Times Book Review was a highly respected publication. I…
The Most Dangerous Word
So what’s the most dangerous word of all time? The. That’s right. The. It looks like an innocent…
If Your Ideas Are For Sale, How Much Will You Cost the Rest of Us?
When I found out that Thomas Edison might not have invented a damn thing himself, I was as crushingly disillusioned…
Under the Influence
I’m a big picture kind of person. That’s what makes it possible for me to pass the same painting in…
