The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow. — Bill Gates By the end of 1969, four computers worldwide made up the Internet. By the mid-1980s, this “networking system” had expanded to dozens of universities as it let scholars easily search and collaborate on research all across the country. In…
To terminate a project in which $1.1 billion has been invested represents an unconscionable mishandling of taxpayers’ dollars. – Senator Jeremiah Denton, 1981 (in response to critics who showed that the total cost of this Waterway Project would be more money than it could ever make) I’m going to describe an experience that my psychophilosophy powers…
The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than its value. — Charles Dudley Warner Note: Today’s post was written in conjunction with Andy Earle, a research psychologist and writer at Loyola Marymount University, Assistant Director of HeadsUP Research Lab. ————- Most of us think giving great gifts is an art form, but…
And when love speaks, the voice of all the gods makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. – William Shakespeare I have a question I’m sure you’ve considered before: Do you believe in love at first sight? When you’re young and the world is full of hummingbirds and dandelion clouds, yes, I’m sure you thought your…
Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles; cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances. — Martin Luther King Jr. Ah, the timeless and heavily influential question: Which picture should you select for your facebook profile? I mean, this is the photo with the best chance at garnering your greatest number of “likes” so…
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity. – Albert Einstein And like that—[I just snapped my fingers at the computer screen]—the summer is over and school is back in session….