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We Can Come to the Right Conclusion
"We would love to have flying cars that run on water, or cheap ways to suck carbon dioxide out of the air, but necessity is not the mother of invention after all."
Source: Matt Ridley, Rational Optimist
Posted: 25 Jun 2020
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Category Archives: Wired
Who’s Smart, Who’s Thought-Provoked?
“Who’s smart, who’s dumb?” as Ross Perot used to say. Continue reading
To Be and Not To Be
Maybe it’s a new riff for the Bard. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, Wired
Tagged Attitudes, Technology
6 Comments
Dear Sir and/or Hey Bub
They just keep getting smarter. Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Wired
Tagged Technology, Writing
11 Comments
You Do It
Help-wanted ads, here I come. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Laughing Frequently, Mortality, Wired
Tagged Aging, Technology
8 Comments
What’s Next?
A romp through my spam folder. Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Wired
Tagged Business, Word Play
6 Comments
Some Power
Was Robert Burns a Flat-Earther, do you suppose? Continue reading
They’re Ba-a-ack!
Spam: A Many Splendoured Thing. Continue reading
They Can’t Trick Me
Now if only customers would read the stuff we send them . . . Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Thinking Broadly, Wired
Tagged Business, Technology
9 Comments
Paid Already for the Confusion
A conversational partner irritatingly addicted to finishing my sentences. Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Wired
Tagged Conversations, Word Play
20 Comments
