Author Archives: bryan

Early this week I spoke emotional truth; and I got in trouble for it. I declared to myself then that the rest of the week I was going to keep my mouth shut and make some popovers. I can’t remember … Continue reading →

…continuing from two weeks ago. Perhaps to reach optimal productivity from discomfort, we need to first establish world-wide-spread comfort. If we have a comforted / comfortable constituent base that feels secure in opportunities for education, peace and prosperity, then perhaps … Continue reading →

This is installment #1 of a sci-fi serial. Installment #1 was posted 1/23/21; appropriately a numerically-ordered palindrome. Follow the links forward from the last sentence and backward from the first sentence of each post. I am not a scientist. I … Continue reading →

This week I heard a psychologist on a documentary say “We translate perceptions and experiences of being better off than others materially, to being better than others. The mind makes that translation…” In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, a documentary … Continue reading →

“Many of the dangers we face indeed arise from science and technology—but, more fundamentally, because we have become powerful without becoming commensurately wise.” -Carl Sagan. The quote above as a springboard to some agreement and some initial thoughts / additions: … Continue reading →