Author Archives: Lew Kelly
Not Your Fault
You’re 25 years old (maybe 30, maybe 40?), sailing through life in a fast-paced Gig-Economy, paying the rent and utilities, mostly eating out on the run, doing a fair amount of social media, streaming Netflix, playing video games, and, generally, looking forward to more of the same as you move UP in the world. Life […]
Read moreSelf Driving People
The development and production of Self-Driving cars became all the rage at the beginning of the 21st Century. Tesla was early out of the gate, and “autonomous trucks” soon followed: https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a30196644/self-driving-truck-cross-country/ The stakes are extremely high. [However, one has to wonder: Whatever became of railroads – where whole bunches of unmanned “cars” and “trucks” are […]
Read moreConditioning
I have been haunted by this intractable, plaintive cry of employers: “We can’t retain employees – some leaving after only a day on the job!” Landscaper After spending 3 hours a day on several very modest landscaping projects at our new, down-sized house, I think I finally GET IT! I would not, personally, last more […]
Read moreBoxing Ourselves In
At this very moment, I am watching my water sprinkler soaking parts of my driveway, sidewalk and the front street, along with my parched lawn. However, I consider this wasteful practice a major STEP UP in my ability to navigate the vicissitudes of life! Here’s why: I have always fretted about WASTE. I don’t […]
Read moreLight Versus Dark
There’s LIGHT and there’s DARK. In the beginning, there was only DARK. DARK is the default and DARK dominates LIGHT. LIGHT has to be generated and has to PUSH THROUGH DARK. This requires tremendous amounts of energy input and expenditure. DARK only absorbs energy. In the extreme case, it SUCKS UP ALL THE ENERGY IN […]
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