Life Philosophies for Aging Software Developers
While browsing thru various newsletters that had been piling up in my inbox lately I came across two articles that had similar themes and were written by people in my age group, more or less. Notice...
Author: Jason
Journal Entry – 8/7/2015 – Therein lies the tale.
Fiction So after a day of trolling along the shores of Mutiny Bay, looking for one of the elusive 25lb kings that apparently all of our friends had already caught and ate, we finally gave up...
The Unrealistic Expectation of Nirvana
When we are not focusing on ourselves or some extension of ourselves e.g. our family, our tribe, our favorite sports team, etc, our personal current condition and how this condition can be improved, we (briefly) reflect...
Paternalism is Everywhere!
Wikipedia defines paternalism as “Paternalism (or parentalism) is behavior, by a person, organization or state, which limits some person or group’s liberty or autonomy for that person’s or group’s own good.” I’m reading “Why Grow Up”...
Should Computer Programming Be Required in Schools?
The following is one of several rants I have on the topic of computer programming as a life skill vs a vocational skill. I love swimming upstream on this topic. An article in Quartz at http://qz.com/340551 ...
AI vs the Human Computer
“A more perfect analogy would be if you consider nuclear research, with its potential for a very dangerous weapon. Releasing the energy is easy; containing that energy safely is very difficult. And so I think the...
About “Beach Glass”
Beach Glass is prose-poetry that came to me as indicated, on a trip to the beach with Fran. The actual beach was Robinson Beach on the west side of Whidbey Island, instead of Holmes Harbor facing...