AI: THE PRESENT

AI: THE PRESENT

by | Oct 20, 2023 | Human Value

By 2000 the market had survived the Y2K panic. Billions had been spent worldwide to prevent an information collapse when the computer clocks passed from 1999 to 2000. Fortunately, it didn’t happen. The story of human civilization is written in technology. It started...
AI: IT’S PAST

AI: IT’S PAST

by | Oct 13, 2023 | Human Value, Informational

Artificial Intelligence: What is it? Where did it start? What is its future? More importantly, what are its limits? AI owes its life to the work of two men: Jack Kilby and Bob Noyce. In 1958, Kilby of Texas Instruments received a patent for miniaturized electronic...
MOTIVATION

MOTIVATION

by | Sep 29, 2023 | Informational

There is almost a century of research on human motivation, but many people have misread it. The most important early research was the Hawthorne Project in the 1920s. It took place at the Western Electric plant outside of Chicago. The key finding was that the...
AGEISM

AGEISM

by | Sep 22, 2023 | Informational

Having entered my 90th cycle this summer, taking on the topic of aging seems appropriate. I don’t have the chutzpah to speak for all aging people. Still, though I admit grudgingly I am no longer young (however you define that), I feel competent to discuss beliefs...
HUMOR

HUMOR

by | Sep 22, 2023 | Informational

A number of famous actors have been quoted as saying on their deathbed, “Acting is easy, comedy is difficult.” No matter who said it, it is true that humor is a very sensitive phenomenon. It can be affected by time, circumstances, place and audience. During my career...
THOUGHT MANAGEMENT

THOUGHT MANAGEMENT

by | Sep 15, 2023 | Informational

Good morning friends. I mentioned a week or so ago that I was going to try to write something on a regular basis. Your responses were so encouraging that I felt obligated to follow through. So, here we go. My plan is to publish something of interest—and hopefully of...
TRILOGIES AND THE RULE OF THREE

TRILOGIES AND THE RULE OF THREE

by | Nov 11, 2022 | Announcements, Informational

A trilogy is a group of three related artistic events. They can be novels, plays, films, operas, or albums. Well known trilogies include:Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings wherein the author claims the main theme is death and immortality.The Greek Aeschylean...
CHARACTERS

CHARACTERS

by | Nov 5, 2022 | Announcements

I’ll wager that when you think of your favorite books the first thing that pops into mind are the characters. Whether they be good or evil, smart or stupid, strong or weak, they are interesting. Without people there is no story. And the more interesting the...
THE SHANAHANS, Mike’s Last Chance

THE SHANAHANS, Mike’s Last Chance

by | Sep 21, 2022 | Announcements

Good day to you, Padraig Shanahan here. I want to tell you about a new novel just released by DOCTOR JAC. Tis about me family, the Shanahans. You know him as Dr. Jac Fitzenz from the 16 books and 400 magazine articles he’s written in the past 40 years. The title of...