A brief note on where we differ on one major conclusion — Harari seems convinced about changes in our climate and imminent catastrophe. To counter this assumed existential threat, in the book Harari sees no alternative other than to organize a world government. Harari asks some good questions in the book. But I differ with him on several of his major conclusions…

Shifting the Narrative in Matt Taibbi’s THE DIVIDE: AMERICAN INJUSTICE IN THE AGE OF THE WEALTH GAP — In the Introduction of Matt Taibbi’s 2014 The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap, I noticed this phrasing: We have a profound hatred of the weak and poor, and a corresponding groveling terror before the rich and successful, and we are building a bureaucracy to match…

It may be an awful thing to grow up, but what’s the alternative? Peter Pan is also known as The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up. I wonder if that title might more accurately have been: The Boy Who Wasn’t Allowed to Grow Up. Too often the origins of cherished stories…

No, Ask Me Again Tomorrow — The prompt appears on the corner of your screen, asking if you’d like to update your computer. New features, fixes, and security. Do you: Do it now? Try again in one hour? Ask me again tomorrow? Each day I’m confronted with information. Is it new?, is it relevant?, is it…