Deepest Turtle

  • Social Media Distancing

    Social Media Distancing This “Social Distancing” phenomenon we are currently practicing could be applied to our social media behavior itself. By now it should be clear to everyone why we are practicing social distancing: It is to stop the spread of the virus by becoming carriers. Some of us who… Read ⇢

  • Rules of Panic (Buying)

    The “Coronavius” (COVID-19) has arrived into Seattle. Last weekend I went to Costco to buy some stuff and was shocked to see the amount of panic buying people were doing. Costco was out of toilet paper! And tofu! (What do toilet paper and tofu have to do with a respiratory… Read ⇢

  • Capitalistic Methods, Socialistic Goals

    Capitalistic Methods, Socialistic Goals Looks like the political system in the US is gearing up to ask the age old question once again: What do we want: Capitalism or Socialism? (Experts will warn you that that’s too simplistic. The real question being presented is “Do we want feudal capitalism or… Read ⇢

  • Stairway to Heaven

    Stairway to Heaven Coming face to face with some deep aspect of your inner self is a mystical and transformational experience. This is kind of hard to explain but let me try. You can take all the knowledge and experiences and connections and patterns embedded in your brain, and try… Read ⇢

    Stairway to Heaven

  • A Rich And Frothy, Yet Fluffy Tale

    A Rich And Frothy, Yet Fluffy Tale Something light and fluffy and frothy, yet impossibly rich, for your Friday morning. Just to lighten up the mood after the nasty heaviness of the last week. This post was inspired by thw following short post on Atlas Obscura. I’ll let you quickly… Read ⇢

    A Rich And Frothy, Yet Fluffy Tale

  • The Pen is Cuter than the Lolcat

    The Pen is Cuter than the Lolcat I am a big believer in the idea that “the pen is mightier than the sword”. And now, with the speed and scale that is available to us due to the internet, I could even say “the pen is mightier than the nuclear… Read ⇢

  • Billionaires Asking to be Taxed More

    Billionaires Asking to be Taxed More Every once in a while, you see something like this: One or a few billionaires come out and ask the government to raise their taxes. And every year, you see pretty much the same set of arguments against it. This is particularly concerning because… Read ⇢

  • The Berggruen Institute

    The Berggruen Institute “The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology.” Last week I had posted about the Center for Humane Technology – an organization that is trying to address this problem. (As an aside, this quote is actually from E. O. Wilson,… Read ⇢

  • Humane – A New Agenda for Tech

    Humane – A New Agenda for Tech While most of the talk in the media is about technologies surpassing human abilities someday, the reality is that we have already succeeded in creating technologies that overwhelm human weaknesses. This talk (included below) gives a succinct definition of the problem, with a… Read ⇢