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Crowdfunding and risk
I’m a big fan of crowdfunding, that idea put forward by websites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo that allows people with ideas to connect with groups of people interested in their idea to help fund it. I’ve helped fund a few ideas … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Life, Making, Philosophy, Science and Technology, Society
Tagged crowdfunding, failure, ideas, Reality, success
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The razor’s edge
Last January, I started an experiment to see how many times I could use a single disposable razor blade before it was unusable. I discovered several years ago that the thing most likely to cause the blade to become dull … Continue reading
Posted in Amatuer, Economy, Preparedness, Quid Facis, Science and Technology
Tagged blades, Experiments, frugality, money, razor, shaving, success
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Does the desire of the individual matter in the era of the mob-mind state?
Once upon a time, there was a nation founded on the principle of individual liberty. With the exception of a few rules, people were free to do whatever they pleased, and they did. They filled a continent, built a promise … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Philosophy, Society
Tagged individual, Individualism, liberty, mob-mind, Society, success, taking
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Writing: NaNoWriMo Preview: Getting it done
In the end, every successful writer finds his or her own way to solve the problems associated with writing. They find their own sources of ideas, their own way to develop their ideas, their own pace, even their own places to write the best. Yet the thing they all share in common is actually doing […] Continue reading
Industrialized society
There is a YouTube video making the rounds on the internet right now of a whiteboard animation of part of a speech on the state of American public education by Sir Ken Robinson: One of the amazing points Robinson makes … Continue reading
