Marie Curie was known for her ability to concentrate for long periods. Can we match it in our digital world? Maybe not and the reason is a myth. Multitasking. “Devoting full attention to a single activity takes effort.” (Naomi Baron, Words Onscreen)No...
If you strive for the best in others. If you give your life for the happiness of those around you. If you desire a bright future for humanity. If you make everything for others to fulfill their dreams. Others are standing in the shoulder of a giant. You. Whatever you...
This is the chemical element physicist Bob Lazar shares as the essential fuel for alien propulsion systems he worked on in the 1980s. I saw today Jeremy’s Netflix documentary on Bob Lazar. What fascinated me was not the existence of aliens, but the sorrow this man...
I’m not sure if we still care about beauty through art when most of our attention aims at taking a picture to fill up a bucket list. In a recent article for the New York Times about overtourism, Farah Nayeri observes that “People don’t just want to see the...
We think about limitations as barriers, stopping us from accomplishing what we desire for our learning minds. Is this true? Lisa Fittipaldi was born in Pontiac, Michigan, in 1948. She received a Bachelors of Art in 1970 and attended nursing school at the...
Reading is more than leisure or an obligation. It is an opportunity to sharpen the mind. If we don’t eat our body weakens. Similarly, if we don’t read our mind becomes unfocused and underdeveloped. Reading stimulates thinking. Thinking generates culture....
We climb stairs, sweep the floor, replace a swimming pool liner (this one is hard, did it today), wash the dishes, everything we do which moves our body is exercise. We spend money on gym stuff, but neglect that exercise is moving your body – a lot. Living our...
I’m reading an interesting book entitled “Brilliant Green” by Stefano Mancuso and Alessandra Viola, which shows the hidden intellectual world of plants. Surprising! One of the book’s arguments is the hard way plant biologists take to get credit...
An article published in Science suggests we might capture large quantities of CO2 to battle global warming by planting enough trees. I thought about this when I contemplated the trees planted by my father-in-law in the backyard of his country house. As these majestic...
It’s true we walk to exercise and be healthier. But is that the true meaning of walking? As I walk and think about this I find myself walking for its own sake. I no longer know if I’m choosing the path or if the path chooses me. I walk and wonder. I...
