good intentions

...not combined with good patterns/best practices not only pave the way to hell, the road is a bit bumpy. in a hospital, the nurses not only desire not to kill patients, they check 3 times that the actions they take are correct similarly best practices are important, esp when

when is an argument logical? and why that requires an intimacy

Not in the sense of correct or incorrect conclusions, but in the sense of when is an argument or discussion between two people actually a logical argument?  Only if it takes place in a single axiomatic space.  (which is rarely the case!)  In order to actually have a logical argument,

No time to Spare, indeed

I love Ursula LeGuin's 'No Time to Spare' piece, in which among other points she points out the value of time to just have thoughts and feelings, to feel and think.  I so agree..yet, when I have such time I often think of things to

Raw Comforts

For work, I've been put up in 400/night, fancy hotels with player pianos and gleaming artwork, in suites with jacuzzi tubs with views of Hollywood Hills or right in the middle of Mardi Gras.  And I appreciate it.  But, for some reason its comforting getting takeout on

Dirty Money, Dirty Tricks, Dirty Judges

Wrote this for BlogforArizona: https://blogforarizona.net/dirty-money-dirty-tricks-dirty-judges/ How can we get the story out to enough of Arizona to vote these judges out?  If everyone really understood, they would be gone...

advising is fun because

if you give someone ideas, and they put in the work to bring them to life, it's like

Emerson gets me: quote of the day

"It [providence] has shown the heaven and earth to every child, and filled him with a desire of the whole; a desire raging, infinite; a hunger, as of space to be filled with planets; a cry of famine, as of devils for souls.  Then for the satisfaction, - to

The story is not about the rise of bullies and authoritarians. The story is about how we respond.

The beautiful grimy buzzing streets of San Francisco

Spending a week in SF, first impression is the beautiful buildings, the busy foot traffic, and the grime.  It feels like a city where everyone is pushing to the limit all the time, with clean airy offices but streets too busy for planters, despite the friendly climate.  And the homeless.

on meritocracy and the estate tax

Of all the flimsy excuses of why children of the rich and powerful should have privileges from birth, meritocracy is perhaps the most blatantly illogical.  Divine right of kings is more rational.