I had an unusual conversation yesterday that I feel is worthy of further consideration. A new acquaintance, whom I have not met in person, asked me where I thought the world was headed. What a whopper of a question! She qualified her question with a mention of the Mayan Calendar, which as I understand it …
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Archimedes Lever: Look no Further
He was thinking alone, and seriously racking his brain to find a direction for this single force four times multiplied, with which he did not doubt, as with the lever for which Archimedes sought, they should succeed in moving the world, when some one tapped gently at his door. Alexandre Dumas, "The …
Just say no to negativity!
I came across a scientific explanation why humanity progresses in fits and starts rather than on the basis of eternal progress. Apparently our brains are hard-wired with what is called "negativity bias," a trait that proved favorable as the process of natural selection worked its magic on our species. Negativity bias is the tendency to …
Train of Thought
"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." ~ Will Rogers It was getting late and the conversations in German, French, English and Spanish were starting to wear on my already tired brain. The year was 1993 and I had just completed a bicycle tour around Bavaria with a friend of mine, Charlie (the …
Let’s Raise Kids to be Entrepreneurs
I believe that supporting the entrepreneurial spirit is the key to a brighter future for the United States. If many of the most successful people in business these days - industry titans like Bill Gates, Michael Dell and Facebook whiz Mark Zuckerberg - dropped out of school to implement their dreams, wouldn't we would be …
A Song of the Future
A Song of the Future by Sidney Lanier Sail fast, sail fast, Ark of my hopes, Ark of my dreams; Sweep lordly o'er the drowned Past, Fly glittering through the sun's strange beams; Sail fast, sail fast. Breaths of new buds from off some drying lea With news about the Future scent the sea: My …
The High Road
An eight year old gave me great hope for the future today. In a time where children are teasing, tormenting and bullying their peers via email, text and other social media, one young man is taking the high road and making a difference. This young fellow was recently mistreated by someone close to him and …
A Father’s Gift to Humanity
I read a lovely tribute in the New York Times yesterday to Ladis Kristof by his son, columnist Nicholas Kristof, in celebration of Father's Day (http://tinyurl.com/249f2qq). Nicholas recalled a profound statement his father, a Slavic immigrant and concentration camp survivor, had written that impacted him for years: War, want and concentration camps, exile from home …
How to be Outrageously Happy
My five year old made another funny comment that you will appreciate. We were driving home from school on Friday and he said to me: "Daddy, is that an obstacle course?" I looked out in the direction of his gaze and to my delight saw of all things, a cemetery. I held back my chuckle as the irony of his …
Gregory Hake 