1955-2011 It is now certain, 2011 will be a year that future historians will refer to when talking about the infancy of technology on planet earth, and they will talk about Steve Jobs. Just as we today refer to many inventors from early America, the even earlier periods of science and enlightenment, or even inventors […]
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In my research this morning I found myself needing to refer to the Declaration of Independence and thought about the fact that most of my readers might benefit from simply seeing the document itself. We all deserve the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” and across this country, we are not living […]
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The field of noetic science is a field that in our future will no doubt be a “normal” field of study, similar to the way we think about biology, botany, or chemistry. The word noetic comes from the Greek word nous, a word that means “intuitive mind” or “inner knowing”, and at the institute of […]
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It seems that taxation is an issue that can raise the blood pressure of anyone engaged in a discussion about it. Nobody likes taxes, and yet everybody just assumes “nothing is certain except death and taxes”. Why? Why are we afraid to challenge a system that takes a significant percentage of our income on a […]
Continue reading →This will be the final post about your responsibility to the health care system, but that doesn’t mean that the discussion ends here. There will no doubt be many future posts that discuss the value of physical activity, and the importance of personal responsibility. After all, that is what these three posts are about, individual […]
Continue reading →Last week I discussed the obesity epidemic in America (if you missed it, please look below). Today I will discuss a few aspects of the obesity problem most people simply overlook. Let us first take a look at technology. As defined “the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes”. Technology has changed our lives in […]
Continue reading →This country is rife with controversy about the future of our health care system. Is health care a right? Is the single payer solution reasonable? Are we moving toward Socialism? Our leaders usually answer this question based on the side of the aisle they sit in Congress. This manner of thinking has led our country […]
Continue reading →Each day I arrive to my news pages and am inundated with stories about Anthony Weiner. Today he is receiving more and more pressure to resign as he requests a leave of absence so he can seek help. As I am human, and am certain that we have all done things we regret, I do […]
Continue reading →If we are thinking about it now, then at some point in the future, we are likely to see it come to fruition. Jules Verne provides us some great examples of science fiction becoming science, as do places around the globe today. CERN for example using new technologies to smash atoms and bring us more knowledge […]
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