Probably. If you’ve got that other winning Powerball ticket, you need to read this.
Category: ideas
We Thrive On Chaos, As Long As We’re Antifragile
“What we do today has nothing to do with capitalism or socialism. It is a crony type of system that transfers money to the coffers of bureaucrats. The largest ‘fragilizer’ of society is a lack of skin in the game.”
Little Things, And Little Feelings, Make Up Our Days
“The zany, cute, and interesting won’t stir us to tears or action or a belief in the creator. … But these are judgments as rich for unpacking as the beautiful or the sublime–and, in our time and place, more important than ever.”
How Do Universities Attract The Next Great Artists?
“The truth is that many future poets, novelists, and screenwriters are not likely to be straight-A students, either in high school or in college. The arts through which they will discover themselves prize creativity, originality, and intensity above academic performance; they value introspection above extroversion, insight above rote learning.”
Astrotheology: Do Gods Need To Be Supernatural?
“As science advances, what we call “God” may be in need of serious revision. Especially if we do away with the supernatural when we think of deities.”
Human Evolution – We’re Volatile Right Now
“In a way, we’re more evolvable now than at any time in our history.”
The Hive Mind: The Buzz Around Intelligence In Honeybees
“Bees can do remarkable things with a brain the size of a pinhead, raising some intriguing questions about the nature of intelligence.”
The Next Industrial Revolution: Connecting To Our Machines
“The Industrial Internet leverages the power of the cloud to connect machines embedded with sensors and sophisticated software to other machines (and to us) so we can extract data, make sense of it and find meaning where it did not exist before.”
John Calvin Versus The Hipsters!
Hipster-hatred is really nothing more than the current iteration of an irony-versus-sincerity battle that stretches right back to the Protestant Reformation (and maybe even to Diogenes and Aristotle).
Link Between Creativity And Dishonesty?
“In a study conducted by a research team led by psychologist Melanie Beaussart of California State University, San Bernardino, people who behaved ethically also scored lower in creativity.”