Since I posted my top ten #fuelsubsidy jokes, I have had to respond to a few friends who thought I was being frivolous about a serious topic. Because this is so hot in the news right now, I will jump straight into my position on the issue. It is clear that the subsidy removal is [...]
Archive for the ‘Pondering’ Category
- We overestimate our capabilities as individuals and underestimate what we can accomplish by our actions. Moral: Most of us will never win a nobel prize in medicine! However, you don’t need to be the inventor of a vaccine to drive a sick person to the doctor. – We overestimate what can be done in [...]
Gazing through the windows of the Prudential, I was terrified. Terrified of flying, not falling. Not scared of the immensity of the landscape before me, but of the intensity of my dreams. Not worried that time seemed to slow down while gazing below, but worried that my time on earth was running out and would [...]
5 Common Myths about Knowledge
Posted: 30th September 2011 by dave in Pondering, PostsTags: is knowledge wasted, myths about knowledge, no knowledge is wasted
Something I wrote three years ago on my other blog: http://whichlevel.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/5-common-myths-about-knowledge/ “I have been visibly absent from the world of blogging for 2 weeks, busy working on a million things, as usual, while trying to fight the pervasive apathy that always seems to haunt me… and my generation. I can only hope that others fare [...]
I mean, what does one really know? ‘Tell me what you know, then tell me what you don’t know before you tell me what you think’ – Colin Powell ‘There are two kinds of people. Those who don’t know and then those who don’t know that they don’t know’ – Unknown ‘Amateurs tend to have [...]
He Thinks… I’m off on the adventure… They Think… Help us find our missing Dog! He thinks… You want to be running across western massachusetts like I am right now They think… He is sick and in need of medication Reality… They really miss him He’s heard about the woods from the flying birds and [...]
What is vintage? What is obsolete? How much of your future do you sacrifice to preserve your past? How much of your future is hidden in your past? Where do the answers to these questions and other pertinent questions about life lie? In the future? In the past? The excerpt below captures a similar question [...]
One of the consequences of relocating to a new society is the culture shock you might experience. Now, one blog post is not exhaustive enough to capture everything. The butter called ‘I can’t believe it is not butter’ which is actually spread. The fast food restaurants with free coke refills. The differentiation between organic and [...]
This is probably not the wisest time to start blogging again. I am currently in the throes of trying to grapple with 21 weeks worth of finance, statistics and organizational behaviour classes in the space of 6 weeks. Added to that, I seem to have an accelerated case of ADHD which has been brought about [...]