Student of Life
Earlier tonight I ended up talking with my mom about creative capitalism. She was talking about how she heard that drug companies stopped researching a HIV treatment because it wasn’t profitable. And she directed this complaint somewhat antagonistically towards the abstract, corporate capitalistic establishment. She lamented the fact that Viagra is extremely profitable yet provides [...]
If you think about it, you don’t remember most of what you read. So why is reading so highly valued? You may say it is esteemed because it is an enjoyable activity, but I don’t think that really captures it. Television is enjoyable yet it is frowned upon by many. A typical answer to why reading [...]
The last few days I’ve been working hard to compile and organize my thoughts on all the things I might want to write about. It is a lot of work to gather all the thoughts I’ve been working on the last few years. But I think it’s really important to capture them in concise written [...]
As I said earlier, it’s a bit overwhelming approaching this blog as blank slate. It feels similar to what it must be like standing at the base Mount Everest, confronting an almost insurmountable challenge. Internally my mind is like a well-developed spider web consisting of many intertwined, interdependent thoughts. How do I begin to approach [...]
Bear with me, while I change the site around and try to find a design and style that suits me.
It’s time I finally make the jump. I’ve been debating for awhile whether I should start a blog. I had some concerns about whether it would be a good investment of my time. But the last 6 months life has taken me along a path scattered with signs that clearly indicate starting a blog would [...]
