What could be worse than the loss of freedom? The loss of individuality could be worse, for it is in the unique makeup of each individual that freedom has a value.
Category: Nobody Asked, But
The State is a Blight … But Worse
Human beings are the most benighted of the blighted. Like a bird that beats its own brains out against a window that reflects the sky, we know we are going wrong but we cannot stop.
Without Borders
In my previous post, Kilgore’s Travels, I reveled in the fact that I could span the globe, cybernetically, using the amazing app, Google Earth. Today, I realized that I went where I wanted without regard to borders, or without thinking whether I was welcomed there or not.
Forelle’s Travels
Yesterday I visited Mount Fuji and Mount Kilimanjaro. I meant to go also to Mount Denali, but I got sidetracked at the Rock of Gibraltar. Exhausting, right? Not really. I did it from my couch with Kilgorette’s Chihuahua curled in my lap. I did it via Google Earth.
Regarding IP
Isaac Newton said, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” He might add today, “But the smoke generated by bureaucracy makes it difficult to see very far.” But he did see the fog long ago when he ventured “We build too many walls and not enough bridges … “
Communication Impossible
No matter how voluntarily we enter a relationship that is dependent on clear communication, we have also voluntarily entered a world of noise. Noise is the cumulative countermessage that accompanies the message.
A Place of One’s Own
A very good friend recently had a life-altering event. And it did not just change things going forward. It changed past, present, and future. Not only does it make him reconsider, wondering what his final role is in this neck of the universal woods, but it has profound implications for me, too.
Jobs
Sooner or later, the know-nothings are going to bite off more than they can chew. POTUS is now threatening General Motors about plant closures. The sad truth is, however, that when a business overproduces, it must cut back.
Light Emitting Diode (LED)
Have you noticed that all of the new Xmas lights are LEDs now? Next thing you know, we’ll be lit up all the time, 24/7/365. LEDs will only go away when we can get light more effortlessly and less expensively. It’s like free lunch.
Insidious Deceptions
The accusation of “insidious deceptions” is based on a premise that the media was ever a source of valid information. None of my favorite reporters make any claim to factualness. Mark Twain once reported on his own drowning because it was a slow news day.