I’m a big fan of Bill Maher and rarely miss his show. I agree with a lot of what he says, but certainly not everything. I’m also very attentive to Sam Harris. He’s become one of the leading proponents of … Continue reading →
I had a surge of motivation sparked by a lot of serious reading over the last few months. I presented a talk on “Big Data in the Context of Big History” this past October at the General Semantics Conference in … Continue reading →
Reading about the retirement of Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple, I learned that he gained a great deal of inspiration and insight from a physicist named Carver Mead. I’m sorry to say I had never heard of Mead before … Continue reading →
Indulging my curiosity about the question “Why didn’t the democrats pass a budget in 2010,” I came across this wide-ranging Bill O’Reilly interview of Charles Rangel at Mediaite. O’Reilly further secures his scientific bona fides with the line “God controls … Continue reading →