Last week I wrote about what I consider to be an inordinate amount of trust in monetary instruments (see “Nothing is Certain but Death and Taxes“). This week I will follow up with a consideration of something that also seems to be trusted religiously: the specter of science. I have long since been stupendously amazed at… Continue reading Quantity & Quality
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Nothing is Certain but Death and Taxes
Benjamin Franklin has long since been a role model to me — I consider him to be somewhat of a hero. There are a few other wise men who like Franklin have coined phrases related to certainty [1], but Mr. Franklin was probably the most prominent pioneer of turning coining phrases into coin [2]. Certainty,… Continue reading Nothing is Certain but Death and Taxes
Cleansing Democracy
I think maybe democracy and cleansing have never been quite as closely associated as in this title, yet I also think that maybe it’s about time they are. This past week or so, populations worldwide have been not only generally alarmed, but have indeed become bombarded with somewhat of a political frenzy. Hardly any of… Continue reading Cleansing Democracy
A New Perspective on Market Externality
I think the traditional view of the term “market externality” is (more or less) something which cannot be measured in the marketplace. I think it’s hogwash — and I gave up on the idea that any market externalities might exist decades ago. In my opinion, anything (and everything) can be measured. How accurate and /… Continue reading A New Perspective on Market Externality
Trustworthy + Distrustworthy
I’ve experienced a few fascinating experiences recently, one of them reminding me of the song “Thin Ice” (by Pink Floyd, from the album “The Wall”). As a teenager, I was very much “into” Pink Floyd — for example, I might have said something like “I am inspired by Floydian ideas”. I decided to watch the… Continue reading Trustworthy + Distrustworthy
Literacy + Publicacy, School + Society
Today I was reminded of an article I wrote probably well over a decade ago, but for which my language at the time had not developed enough vocabulary to talk about the topic in a way that made sense to most people. It made sense to a few, but a few people do not make… Continue reading Literacy + Publicacy, School + Society
Hello … (Not a Song)
Moving right along, many things are wrong. Several things are right, please try them and you might be surprised! 😀 This nugget of an idea came to me (at least in part) via Josepha Haden-Chomphosy, who recently reminded me of this little piece of wisdom by referring to one of her own earlier podcast episodes.… Continue reading Hello … (Not a Song)
The Communities Involved in Common Knowledge
I have long since been fascinated by the concept of “common knowledge“. People often appeal to this concept, but that doesn’t make it any more clear what is actually meant by the term. This week, two examples of how such “common knowledge” interferes with publicacy appeared on my radar. First, on another blog, I wrote… Continue reading The Communities Involved in Common Knowledge
The Whole World is Sleeping
If you (like I) grew up in the United States, or if you have lived a somewhat “mediated” life, then you are probably familiar with the chant “The Whole World is Watching”. You may not know that this chant is older than the popularized Internet, which only really took off once Tim Berners-Lee more or… Continue reading The Whole World is Sleeping
What is Publicacy + Why does it Matter?
Considering how many people are affected by media world-wide, it seems a little odd how few are aware of how much media control their lives. That’s quite a mouthful, so let me take a step back and describe the so-called global media landscape of today. Ever since the stone age, humans have been refining concepts… Continue reading What is Publicacy + Why does it Matter?
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