here’s a morning musing: the genius behind our system and way of life in the Anglosphere is this: the system is nearly completely revolution proof.Do you wonder why? Here’s why; Our societies utilize the most potent means of social control ever devised. Beyond a civic religion whose basic tenants are broadly agreed upon across the […]
The Downward Spiral
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A thought exercise on legal pot, and what it might be reasonable to do about it.
Imagine for a moment that marijuana will soon be completely legalized across the Anglosphere. Or, if not totally legalized, or at its consumption relatively deregulated. In 2018, with numerous medical marijuana bills and laws existing on the state level in the USA, and similar or even more sweeping laws in Canada, and the British Lib […]
Site down-time and lost content.
Hello. Thanks for stopping by to visit. Perhaps you’ve noticed that this blog has been down for a couple of months due to circumstances beyond my immediate control. I am restored, with a new hosting provider, but only content up to 2013 could be restored from my backups. To those of you who have enjoyed […]
Can Spaces and Serendipity Help Innovation? Something from David Radcliffe of Google
“You can’t schedule innovation, you can’t schedule idea generation.” — David Radcliffe, Google VP of Real Estate & Workplace Services in a CBS This Morning Interview (Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ANgEo40VSE) The point Radcliffe was making involved Google’s innovative approach to designing collaboration and meeting spaces, on their corporate campuses. It’s a data driven approach but might strike […]