History. I trust history because it's already happened - but I don't completely trust our retelling of it. Math. Numbers are comfortingly unforgiving. So far so good. But I also trust human unpredictability and our... More »
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Everything I know, right? I mean, people are part of the world, and animals, and everything that grows and rocks and rivers and all of our relationships - it's all the world. It's the only... More »
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" This question comes from Margaret Wheatley. What if we can't save the world? How can we do our work without needing to hope that we will succeed?" How do we ever imagine that we... More »
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I'm passionate about the second law of thermodynamics. My universe only falls apart, it refuses to fall together, no matter how diligently I leave it alone and try to wait it out. My clothes lying... More »
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This question made me laugh out loud and then decide not to bother to answer it at least half a dozen times after which, at 2am, I've decided that I want to answer and announce... More »
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I wish I could film my dreams while I'm asleep and dreaming them. I remember at least some dreams each night and most nights get up to type at least one out in the dark... More »
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I do think about the big-world concepts, and I vote and follow what's going on in the world, but I don't think I can come up with a utopian concept that would make much sense.... More »
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It's everywhere. I'm surrounded (said the captain as he peered through the kaleidoscope).
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I don't have any claim to great understanding of economics. I can read the news and understand the basics, but I don't watch the details of the structures as we build the house of cards... More »
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