Google claims a computing breakthrough The company said today that it had achieved “quantum supremacy,” a milestone that would make current supercomputers look like toys. At a research lab in California, a mathematical calculation that the largest supercomputers could not complete in under 10,000 years was done in 3 minutes 20 seconds, Google said…
Why? Any action taken, any at all, — is subject to the bar of reason. One can ask “the why” of anything. Why am I here? Yesterday afternoon why did I find myself at the Honda of Lisle dealership, being introduced by a stranger at the front desk to another stranger who would sell…
Well here you have it. Disaffection with “business as usual,” corrupt, inefficient, representative democracy had reached such a pitch that in the 2016 presidential election we installed an unabashed authoritarian into the White House. This man doubles down on ignorance. He knows nothing about many things that he fancies himself to be supremely knowledgeable…
The sky is overcast, a chill asserts that Fall and Winter inexorably follows the tilt of the earth’s axis. Over a bowl of cheerios I perused the New York Times Weekend Briefing email received in the early hours. Somewhere someone is awake, living, in full awareness of their lot in their one solitary life, …
We do not experience the contents of our self-consciousness as the contents of a representational process, and we do not experience them as some sort of causally active internal placeholder of the system in the system’s all-inclusive model of reality, but simply as ourselves, living in the world right now. — Excerpt Being No…
In the ‘normal’ run of things life just goes on, following its inertia, and we are immersed in our daily cares and rituals. Then something happens, an eventual Awakening, a secular version of a miracle (social emancipatory tumult, a traumatic love encounter…). If we opt for fidelity to this Event, our entire life changes;…
I am invited to read some poetry at a community gathering tomorrow evening. It is an honor to be asked to join others for sharing poetry and prose in a public place. Words crafted and offered up to celebrate the joy and tragedy of our experience create a sacred space. I plan to read…
Walked into Starbucks this morning and over the subdued buzz of the room came the sultry voice of Stevie Nix. It was a love song: Dreams. I retrieved my computer from the case and placed it on the table, my mind (and heart) captured by the lyric of loss. This is a song of…
The topic was a challenging one. We seldom talk directly, think out-loud about the meaning and practice of the sex act in the lives of our peers. In past times, such discussion was taboo, unacceptable. Presently, mores have relaxed. A frank public discussion is possible. We yet lack sufficient vocabulary, and I am aware…
A very old fashioned argument: increasing value, not profit.Value is how much cash flow you generate over time – 10 years, 20 years. Sustainability is the main value creator. If you are not sustainable in business,then you have reputation damage that will make you sell lessbecause consumers buy less from business with low reputation.You…
