We’re all designers, to some extent. Maybe you’re moving, or have recently moved, into a new house or apartment. You might look up and ask yourself, “What do I want to change? And why?” What makes for an optimal living environment? Better yet, maybe you’re hunting for a new place…

What does “intelligence” mean? I doubt this is a complete list, but there are several different aspects to intelligence. Lower levels of intelligence include: 1. Pattern recognition 2. Boundary perception 3. Decision making 4. Internal modeling of external circumstances 5. Goal setting and/or perception 6. Planning (strategy, look ahead, determine best path) 7. Execution (actuation; volition…

Quite the largest thing in the universe is the Mind of a woman who lives on Mars Why Mars? Because of the quiet and the endless expanse of sand and rocks and valleys and cliffs which, for her, taste like dusty red sugar in her tea The mind of the woman on Mars — the largest thing in the universe — enters the dreams of every sentient being like tiny red balloons though almost none of us sense her presents

Prelude: Never are there sufficient words to express what is in the heart of the Happy Fool Still You must allow yourself to be the Fool you fear Three Things: “Thoughts are things” is magical thinking and The Happy Fool is a conscious fool and The Fool chooses magic The Fool’s Thoughts: “Why can’t we get along?” is a fool’s question It is also an affirmation of “we” rather than “me” The statement is a gift

Little Suzie Moxlie was six-two and two-forty on a Wednesday night when she pulled down the pink curtains with the hand-crocheted trim given her by her grandmother, who loved her even if she was a grown man who was a young girl. She cued up a playlist of original electronica…

“It’s a post-truth world, and victory belongs to those who understand that reality belongs to the person with the best stagecraft.” So says War Is Boring in an article about Steve Bannon and Brietbart. We are the stories we tell ourselves. Psychologists have long known the truth of this on…

There are so many ways this story could go. This is only one. By MIKE ROBERTSON Take as a starting point the obvious fact that we humans are a fractious lot with what seems to be an indefatigable appetite for friction and selfishness and arrogance and greed. But we’re not…

by Michael Robertson “If God wrote a poem, it would doubtless be just like the world; if God wrote his memoirs, they would be about the world.” — Adam Gopnik It is a weakness of mine, a flaw in the business plan that to speak at all, I must speak through…

by Mike Robertson Norman walked into the grocery store at 5 a.m. He was alone. He walked the entire store. There was no food. He had waited that late because of the men with guns who had been by the door earlier. No food. No water either. He was past…