It’s widely acknowledged that the U.S. education system is a mess. It was, arguably, designed to train people for an industrial society – a society that no longer exists. Most people admit that some type of reform is needed, although there’s little consensus on what is right. However, lots of people are doing great things… Continue reading Why I’m Bullish on Education
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Super Surreal Fiction
I just finished reading J.G. Ballard‘s Super Cannes. It was an amazing book: I don’t know if I’ll ever again find a book that mixes corporate intrigue, mass murder, psychopathy and architecture in a great read. For those who don’t know, Ballard narratives tend to involve similar worlds to ours, except that the architecture frequently… Continue reading Super Surreal Fiction
iFun
Over the past few months, I’ve been trying a little experiment and it’s worked quite well. In my own truly nerdy way, I’ve been ranking almost every some I listen to on my iPhone/iPod and listening to each song until the very end. Why? Well, now I’ve got a list of my favourite, most listened-to… Continue reading iFun
Travellin’ Man
Yesterday I had to drive up to the border to renew my visa. (For technical reasons, you need to apply from outside the country and I’m too cheap to fly). It was one helluva drive: 658.6 miles (or 1,060 km for my metric friends). This got me wondering: if I had only gone one way,… Continue reading Travellin’ Man
Boom & Bust
Way back in 1933, Irving Fisher outlined what it took to make a depression or recession really nasty. In a nutshell: too much debt, followed by deflation that is brought on by everyone selling to reduce their debt. This creates a vicious cycle where you can sell everything you have but you still can’t cover… Continue reading Boom & Bust