One of the weakest aspects of living in general is the fact that people with power can make bad decisions. The other weakest thing is how important personal relationships are. Of course both of these are fine if you’re on the decision-making end, but both create a situation that’s “less than ideal,” as NOLS instructor [...]
This is part 1 because I feel that more will come… Actually this is maybe the third or fourth major trend of goodness that has met me in Portland, but it’s what’s on my mind now so it’s part 1…
The People that Live Here. In my search for housing for the rest of this semester I visited four places tonight and at three of them I ended up meeting really interesting people and hanging out for over an hour… in fact that’s all I did from 6 to 11pm.
Leon made a really interesting post to his PolitiCorps blog on “Ownership & Cooperation” in democracy a while ago and it struck a coord with my thoughts on business organization.
i’ve been meaning to post for a while and i got some time before math caps, so… two things, probably obvious but worth remembering nonetheless: life is a game of execution, not strategy. doing what you’re doing well is much more important than maneuvering yourself into the “right” place, especially with foresight being what it [...]
so why am i waiting this time that i’m wasting if that’s what you mean when all is said and done; i’ll know where i’m from. i already know. i hope everyone else is having a good break. i’m feeling nothing but love for now. give me a call enjoy yourself and the rest of [...]
so my last two weeks of school were strangely easy. i ended up going on vacation-mode early and didn’t do as well on my finals (or i think i didn’t) as i woulda liked. oh well. in general i feel like i didn’t accomplish much this semester. i was gonna sign up for a relatively [...]
i think people are starting to believe me when i tell them i’m not as stable as i seem. that’s ok. man this weekend sucked. and i still really don’t want to move. but consulting is still looking really good. went to a case interview workshop and smoked it. that shit is easy if you’re [...]
y’know those late 80′s cyberpunk novels (or movies, like Tron or Lawnmower Man kind of) that claimed if we had a big enough computer it would develop consciousness? Check out this page and scroll down to the bottom. Someone put a bunch of common search terms together and linked them all to other pages on [...]