Engaging Life with Courage and Intelligence
Artificial intelligence has become an all-consuming topic. There is no need to go into detail, since most of us are puzzled by and concerned about what AI is doing to us. If you have the time, you might find this video both entertaining and enlightening. Although it is an hour long and it starts with…
This is the story of one Y chromosome’s 250,000-year, 8,000-mile journey — from the Great Rift Valley through a near-extinction supervolcano, across the Red Sea, over the Eurasian Steppe, and finally across the Atlantic in 1640 — told as the road trip of a small, unbothered yellow bus who survives because he never needed anyone’s…
My brother found a good YouTube channel… The channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MrsBettyBowers
Almost everyone grapples with what to do, what to believe, and whom to associate with. Most of us were taught that stupidity, evil, and laziness run counter to a successful life. We also seek to belong to people we love and trust. What happens if we fall into habits and systems that do not lead…
In January 1624, two teenagers married just days earlier boarded a small Dutch ship and sailed into a winter gale across the North Atlantic. They had almost nothing but each other — and they were about to help build one of the greatest cities on Earth. Joris Jansen Rapalje and Catalina Trico were French-speaking Walloon…
For some of us who have witnessed the blatant [hypocrisy…duplicity…perfidy…betrayal…fraud] over the last 45 years, it is hard to believe that some people still cling to the illusion that the GOP is the moral party. Immorality and stupidity happen to every political party and every person. No one is perfect. The real issue is what…
This is a video about the Rebel Who Measured America: George Hume, the Jacobite Exile Who Taught George Washington to Survey. In 1716, a 17-year-old Scottish aristocrat sat in a London prison, sentenced to die for treason. Instead, Britain shipped him to Virginia as convict labor — and accidentally exported a founder. This is the…
Just when we thought President 47’s madness and criminality couldn’t get worse…they do. As the Fourth of July approaches, I have a confession to make. As much as I love the America I grew up in, it is getting harder to love a country with a sizeable number of Americans who support the growth of…
I didn’t create the following video, but it tells it like it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50fyBPsQdL8
Complacency affects everyone. No one can be vigilant about everything, all the time. Although we all struggle to address problems or adapt to changing conditions, failing to meet important challenges and opportunities can be serious. The following is a video about various forms of complacency: https://youtu.be/WhmhEKkMIMo