Monthly Archives: February 2012
Letter to 12 year old me
Write or Wrong January 31, 2012 If you wrote a letter to your 12-year-old self, what would you say? Don’t despair. Your handwriting is illegible, and you may not believe me, but that wont matter in the future. Just work … Continue reading
Why ask Why
Question of the Day January 30, 2012 ~ Why Ask Why Why do we ask the question “why”? It seems to me that OM captured the essence of why ask why. As OM says, curiosity has survival value, but only … Continue reading
Challenge 1
Challenge One 1. What is the most used argument by people to not place windmills for clean energy? That would depend very much on where the windmills were. Here in NZ there are a group of common arguements against them: … Continue reading
Purpose
Question of the Day January 29, 2012 ~ Purpose In Life What do you think purpose in life means? For me, “purpose in life” means something I choose. For me currently there are many purposes: Care of my family; Care … Continue reading
Retreat
Rain Retreat Meditation Where do you go to retreat? The idea of retreat no longer really applies to me. It is more the idea of balance. I love being with my family, in my home. I love to play golf. … Continue reading
Vocabulary
Question of the Day January 28, 2012 ~ Big Vocabulary Do you regard yourself as having a big vocabulary? If so, how did it get to be that way? If not, what do you think of people with big vocabularies? … Continue reading
BBC Global Minds – Reinventing Capitalism
BBC Global Minds Weekend World Programme: The World Debate: 2012 Reinventing Capitalism? I was a little disappointed that no one was seriously examining the systemic issues with capitalism, and with the concept of money. The deepest issue seems to be … Continue reading
What humbles
Question of the Day January 27, 2012 ~ What Humbles You? What humbles you? Most things. Life. The amazing complexity of my body, or of a single cell. The mechanisms of biochemistry. The night sky, and contemplating the enormous distances … Continue reading
Followup to Abundance post
New book by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler — Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think In response to a critical post by “Logic” Hi Logic Quite the contrary. Monetary value and human value are clearly two different things. … Continue reading
Australia Day
Question of the Day January 25, 2012 ~ Australia Day “What are your impressions of Australia, whether you have visited or not?”? I kinda like Terry Pratchet’s view in XXXX – a land where everything is venemous, except some of … Continue reading
