Magnitude Matters

Which will come first? Intentional detonation of a nuclear weapon as an act of war or A battle with robots fighting robots as the dominant f...

Over lunch this past week an interesting hypothetical was posed.  Suppose you were offered one of the following, which would you choose:  On...

It is income tax time again. Instead of the usual rant, I have a creative alternative for you to ponder: Only taxing unprofitable businesses...

For over 100 years we have created divisions and categories for athletic competition. The original segregation for purposes of ability match...

Imagine you are trying to change someone's mind. How would you go about it? What techniques would be effective?  Imagine now you are try...

What do you do when confronted with someone wanting to have you do something you don't want to do? In fewer words, how do you respond to...

I'm considering going a year where my only form of charity will be excess tipping--an amount well over and above what I would otherwise ...

This is just a rambling thought experiment. Feel free to ignore as it probably has vast shortcomings I have not considered in the admittedly...

Something I've been thinking about for a long while with every intention of exploring in blog format is what I term Dimension Analysis -...

Your house is going to catch fire and burn down completely in about 10 years from today give or take a month. The good news is that no one w...