Tag Archives: age

Art: Badly drawn comic for 7 June 2017 — Age

Posted on 7 June 2017 by dlhitzeman

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Random thoughts from a wandering mind: The scale of talent to skill

Posted on 4 January 2016 by dlhitzeman

Most of us find ourselves in awe of those videos of a little kid, maybe just five years old, who can sit down at a piano and pound out a Mozart sonata like he was born with the instrument in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Philosophy: Thinking about radically extended life

Posted on 7 September 2012 by dlhitzeman

David Ewing Duncan recently gave a TED interview about the possibilities–and problems–created by the fact that we are figuring out how to radically extend life as part of his promotion of his new book When I’m 164: The new science … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Philosophy: Working ourselves to death to bore ourselves to death

Posted on 30 January 2012 by dlhitzeman

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and yet lose his soul? –Mark 8:26 (paraphrase) Over the past several decades, I believe society has convinced itself of an insidious lie: that the goal of life is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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65 before you know it

Posted on 13 September 2010 by dlhitzeman

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