I bumped into an article today that led to the PopulationPyramid.net and this chart showing population size by country. It’s very nice in its intuitive clarity not only for countries but also continents by color. I wondered what it looked like over time and was pleased that the chart includes a way to move backward …
For the purposes of posterity, though not necessarily pride, here is a summary of the votes I’ve made over the years for President of the United States. 2024: Trump vs. Harris. Count me in the minority of Americans who thought Joe Biden did a pretty good job as president. On the other hand, despite all …
Note: I originally drafted this post in October 2018 but didn’t publish it — I didn’t really consider it finished. I’m publishing it five years later because I want to reference The Singularity. Even if it’s not a fully formed discussion, there’s a kernel that’s worth noting and potentially expanding upon. I’ve been a lifelong …
I recently read the June 2018 eye-opening and lengthy article by Matthew Stewart in The Atlantic, “The 9.9 Percent is the New American Aristocracy” It weighed on me and I want to offer some thoughts. The basic premise is that the concept of the 1% vs. the 99% promoted by Occupy Wall Street and others …
A recent Washington Post Magazine article by Jonathan Rauch, who also has a forthcoming book, reminded me about the Happiness U Curve. It’s the notion that in many people’s lives, satisfaction starts out high, dips in middle age and then rebounds and grows in later years. The theory has been brewing since at least the …
Two unrelated articles in today’s Washington Post got me thinking about government’s role in planning and the nature of unintended consequences. I’m no specialist in urban planning or government, but I am trying to make sense of what I’ve seen go right and go wrong over the course of my lifetime. The first article was …
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