AI: IT’S PAST

AI: IT’S PAST

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

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

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

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

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

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...