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.
Tag: world
A History of a Human Being – In Toys
As I looked at piles of toys sorted for toddlers, for 5-7 year olds, for 8-12 year olds, and so on, I started to realize that I was seeing a timeline of human development. You could tell a history of a human’s formative years in terms of the toys they played with the most.
Simplify Technology with Limits
The problem comes when we try to figure out how to get a grip on it all, to tame technology to do what we need and then let it go so we can be more present, go outside more, move more, be connected to each other in real life more. Wrangling the chaos into something that we use consciously isn’t always easy.
A Crippling Lack of Imagination and Problem Solving
Here’s one of those (thankfully, rare) long reply posts. Someone had a problem with me not liking socialism/government and responded with a request for answers. So I did what I could.
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 … “
A Conservative Confession
Even though my political views are deeply unconservative, the honest truth is that if existing justices and injustices were locked in place for ever, I would personally be happier. When the world stops changing, it’s easy to accept the world as it is.
Don’t Let Everyone Else Have All the Fun: The Power of Positive Envy
Envy sucks as an emotion. It typically makes us miserable, and it can also make us want to make others miserable. But envy can also be used for good, particularly if we struggle to make changes, to face fears, or to take up new things.
A More Deliberate Way of Living
There’s noise and quick tasks, lots of tabs, messages and requests, demands on our attention, multitasking, mind scattered everywhere. The nature of the world is chaos, but what if we could find a more deliberate way of moving through the chaos?
On Keeping it 100
Here’s a quote from my book Freedom Without Permission: How to Live Free in a World That Isn’t: “Keeping it real” isn’t just a matter of facing up to harsh facts. It also includes opening up to the plethora of possibilities that offer us ways of impacting the world in spite of adversity.” Refusing to pretend…
Why I Prefer Freedom
Anything deemed too important/necessary to question or face competition is a giant web of protected dark corners. This is why the myth of authority and the myth of the rule of law are so dangerous. They create shelters and havens for scoundrels.