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You should trust Kaa from The Jungle Book Are you breeding snakes? We love machine metaphors. We wish life could be neat like that. Press a button, or pull a...
You should trust Kaa from The Jungle Book Are you breeding snakes? We love machine metaphors. We wish life could be neat like that. Press a button, or pull a...
Photo courtesy of Brian Christian In my recent podcast interview with the author and muti-hyphenate Brian Christian, he mentioned an “origin story” moment. As a young man, he was caught...
Still from YouTube video Sometimes (admittedly not often, but sometimes) “don’t pet the warthog” is a helpful real-life tip. But let’s take it metaphorically this time around. A situation of...
That’s me looking up to the Milky Way in Canberra’s Botanic Gardens. Photo by @Arirex1. Heads Up Bertold Brecht’s poem “In Praise of Doubt” has a shining section midway through:...
I actually studied Latin for six years in high school. Even at the time, I could tell: this was an absolutely bananas choice. I was not only not very good...
Use the best of what you’ve got & who you are I’m sure we’re shaped by the books we read early. One of mine, along with a billion other people,...
A Distillation: A short and useful lesson Hey there. You may have wondered where I’ve been. Me too. In a nutshell: I sat with the questions above, mulled things over …...