Humans are good at doing things they should probably never do and “sort of” dealing with the consequences later—if they can. One of the classic examples is unleashing the awesome atomic energy of radioactive materials in the form of nuclear weapons. As we see, it was only a matter of…

I love cosmology. I love science. I love cosmology because it’s such a grand ambition to explain how everything came to be as we see it today and it’s been fun for me to ponder these things since I was a kid. I love science because it lets us test…

I have written numerous related articles on this topic, some of which expand and enhance what I wrote several years ago in my free book which can be downloaded here: Wealth and the End of Money However, I never took time to write an article about my book itself which…

It hurts me to see empty buses or trains running around (often), especially at certain hours. Well it does have the bus driver. One tiny person, gigantic bus using up dirty energy for no particular reason. It seems awfully inefficient for mass transit which is supposed to be the opposite…

While observing the numerous, ongoing and growing battles between labor and management over the last couple of years, all occurring at the same time as a burgeoning AI revolution, something very peculiar and strong struck me—Management is not impervious. We’ve seen bandied about the implicit and explicit dangers that AI…

We all love the idea of a vital, young, charismatic and wise-beyond-their-years President. Who wouldn’t want to show off to the world such a spectacular example of American political talent and vibrancy? And from time to time, we are graced with such, though pretty rarely. Young JFK and Obama come…

It is better to err on the side of caution. — Old Adage This simple bit of wisdom is the ultimate simplicity in Risk Management. It’s one thing to risk a million dollars with known odds of losing it all or gaining a fortune while investing or making a decision…

History seems to have a mind of its own and is not quite as predictable as a computer but it does sort of take input from one era and puts forth an output to create the next era. In this way it can also be thought of as a form…

profit An advantageous gain or return; benefit. Financial gain from a transaction or from a period of investment or business activity, usually calculated as income in excess of costs or as the final value of an asset in excess of its initial value. Advancement; improvement. I have written in the…