One of us–myself or Mr. Consensus–is completely delusional. The question is, which one?
This is an introduction to my new essay on the nature and appeal of delusion.
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One of Us Is Delusional, But Which One?
The reasons the film Sunset Boulevard is considered a classic are many, but the primary one is left unstated: it depicts one of humanity’s…
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How not to get a job: the HR Clone War
This is a video introduction to my essay College Graduates Are Losing the Clone War.
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College Graduates Are Losing the Clone War
If we scrape away the hype and the humbug, this is the corporate economy in a nutshell. Sorry about the bluntness, but alas, there’s…
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I’ll Turn Bullish When This Happens
Being permanently bullish is profitable because “markets go up.” This is more than enough reason to be permanently bullish, of course, but being persnickety,…
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How Things Break
We know how things break in the material world: a critical component fails, and the device no longer functions. We know how to fix…
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Welcome to the Theater of the Absurd
In the present era, all the world is a stage and everything is a performance on that stage: welcome to the Theater of the…
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Our Post-Truth, Post-Trust World
That we inhabit a post-truth world seems to accepted wisdom. But that’s only half of it. We also live in a post-trust world. In…
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Oil, Inflation and Recession
Recessions don’t require a spike in the price of oil/gasoline, but spikes in energy prices trigger recessions. This makes sense, as hydrocarbons are the…
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Automating Our Dependence Will Cripple Us
Dependence is easy but crippling. When we’re children or advanced in age, we’re dependent on adults for our care. This is the normal flow…