Not To Mention Business Invention

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An enthusiastic inventor suggests that creativity often builds on others’ work, encouraging people to start simple projects—like a custom phone‑ring service that announces callers—or more elaborate ones such as a social network that turns weekly posts into memoir chapters or a tilt‑shift photography studio using drones for wedding and news shots. The post also mentions 3D art installations in dentist offices, macro and photomicrography to capture tiny details on large canvases, and time‑lapse videos for speeches or documentaries. Finally, it reminds that inventions need not be lucrative; they just must fascinate the maker’s soul.

#0234 published 10/20/2020 04:09 audio duration 468 words 5 links invention photography tilt-shift macro-photography photomicrography 3d-art social-network mobile-app ringtones drone-photos time-lapse creative-process idea-generation

The Next Eighty Years

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The post outlines an ambitious four‑book project aimed at reshaping education, governance, rights, and everyday knowledge through technology and collective storytelling. Book One proposes a “choose‑your‑own‑adventure” learning format that will be released as paper, audio, video, and lecture series to replace rote memorization with self‑chosen subjects. Book Two envisions a computer‑managed, augmented‑reality democracy that aggregates educated citizens’ wisdom for city, state, and global decision‑making via an interactive fiction platform. Book Three presents essays on personal growth, unity, and the elimination of borders, linking education to poverty alleviation and prison reform, while advocating universal basic income. Finally, Book Four offers inspirational essays tailored to ages five through twenty‑something, designed for lifelong reflection. The author calls for translations into all languages and open contributions so that these works can unite humanity in a single, cooperative family ready to confront the century’s challenges.

#0233 published 10/19/2020 08:33 audio duration 867 words books education audio book video book interactive fiction augmented reality multimedia

A Touch of Magic: Keep a Backpack

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The post offers a simple routine for staying organized, rested, and ready for adventure: keep a fully stocked backpack by the front door as a reminder of freedom and hard work; prioritize sleep and let your body decide waking times; take time to regroup over a week or two, noticing gradual improvement in health and calmness; and when you’re ready to explore, pack essential gear—mosquito repellent, ant‑histamines, solar charger, books, knives, cooking kit, hat, sunscreen, headlamp, first aid kit, duct tape, para‑cord, tent or hammock, sleeping bag, water bottle with purification tablets, toiletries, and a padlock for the zipper—so you can enjoy the outdoors while staying prepared.

#0232 published 10/18/2020 06:08 audio duration 745 words backpacking camping packing-list outdoor-adventure

Chopping Wood, Moose, and Beaver, Gol Dang It!

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The post declares life to be art and invites us to paint our days with adventure and energy—first by acknowledging the fatigue that keeps us in circles, then urging us to step out into the world with a backpack, tent, Rambo knife, and simple supplies while keeping an eye on greetings and roles we assume (like “firefighter”), and finally reminding us that each day is a new gift, age is merely a privilege, and the only real work is the work of living, learning, and inspiring.

#0231 published 10/17/2020 05:59 audio duration 665 words 2 links poetry freeverse adventure travel streamofconsciousness creativewriting

Take A Year Off, To Read

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Schools and teachers, universities, and politicians had a chance to deliver real education, yet politics often eclipses it, creating a hollow feeling. The post points out the doubled fossil‑fuel emissions over 25 years, noting that past leaders like Al Gore were unaware of this scale. Now, intellectuals, poets, and artists must take responsibility for their own learning: listening to audiobooks, watching documentaries, keeping journals, and reviewing books, while also engaging with nature through hiking or camping trips such as the Appalachian Trail or Camino de Santiago. By letting sunrise dictate study time and sunset bring sleep, one can quickly regain what standardized education lost; thus, taking a year off before college or university could allow focused book‑time that proves its worth.

#0230 published 10/16/2020 03:39 audio duration 439 words 4 links education climate change hiking reading audio books documentary journal writing self study trail appalachian trail pacific crest trail camino de santiago kom‑emine nature

Of Watercolors of Yesteryear and Blooming Flowers of Tomorrow

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The post uses a garden metaphor to describe humanity’s development, with people as individual flowers that grow best when they share and build on each other’s ideas. It argues that while free and mandatory schooling has raised overall knowledge, the rigid, one‑size‑fits‑all approach of traditional schools often confines learners in small walls, stifling creativity. In contrast, it champions “real education” as a personal journey—self‑chosen books, lectures, projects, and incremental steps—that nurtures passion and allows each flower to follow its own unique path toward wisdom; the example of learning watercolor art illustrates how a few deliberate experiments can lead to mastery through continued practice, proving that steady, enjoyable progress is the key to lasting achievement.

#0229 published 10/15/2020 05:45 audio duration 632 words education self-learning watercolor painting color-theory video-projector

De Hominis Dignitate

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The post celebrates the power of individual curiosity and creative thinking as the glue that holds society together, arguing that true learning springs from personal ideas rather than formal schooling. It traces how early “self‑taught” minds shaped education into a shared experiment that, though imperfect, keeps global knowledge high enough to communicate progress. The author envisions a new generation of schools—free of grades and rooted in each learner’s path—that unites humanity, nurtures the planet, and prepares future captains of Earth. In this vision, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights becomes the opening chapter of a new textbook whose lessons inspire clear thinking, leadership, and the relentless pursuit of the harder right over the easier wrong.

#0228 published 10/14/2020 04:37 audio duration 494 words education school learning knowledge writing poetry

Ariadne

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Each person carries an inner “labyrinth” – a winding, branching road of curiosity that, if followed at its own pace, will lead to true wisdom. The post argues that modern standardized curricula are merely patchwork political fantasies that fail to honor this personal journey, reducing learning to memorization for easy testing rather than synthesis and discovery. By embracing one’s unique path and taking responsibility for self‑education, we can return to school with a richer understanding and ultimately build a new generation of schools that honor individual exploration, creativity, and the true growth of knowledge.

#0227 published 10/13/2020 07:56 audio duration 773 words education personalized-learning curriculum-design self-directed-study learning-path knowledge-building school-system academic-mindset

Back Row

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Back‑row students are urged to watch for trouble, analyze how teachers and principals keep grades balanced, read diverse books for integrated knowledge, and eventually build virtual schools to fix the education system.

#0226 published 10/12/2020 10:44 audio duration 1,128 words 24 links essay school students teachers learning memorization knowledge books videos

Education vs Knowledge

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The post argues that humanity’s progress depends on the continuous transmission of knowledge through books and self‑driven learning; it criticizes modern schools as failing to inspire true education, instead offering fragmented facts and tests that leave students “pretending” to learn. The author stresses that real knowledge—acquired from literature, philosophy, science, and history—fosters unity, reduces wars, and nurtures creativity; without it the world will regress into nationalism, terrorism and disintegration of families. The text calls for free access to public‑domain books so every child can study in peace, narrate what they read, and share that art with others. It urges readers to become their own teachers, to keep knowledge alive across generations, and to build a kinder, more compassionate world by reading, listening and sharing the best non‑fiction works. In short, the post is a rallying cry for self‑education, literature as a bridge between peoples, and an end to the “cold” formal schooling that no longer delivers true wisdom.

#0225 published 10/11/2020 09:16 audio duration 825 words education books reading knowledge school students teachers public-domain adventure non-fiction

The Dark Nights At Nordhouse Dunes

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In the post, the writer describes solitary nights spent connecting with the universe—listening to crickets, frogs, leaves, waves, and stargazing—while feeling close to literary greats like Thoreau, Melville, Whitman, and Defoe. He recalls finding an antique store where he bought a copy of *Robinson Crusoe* and Dan Millman’s *Peaceful Warrior*, both of which he read enthusiastically. Each year he revisits this place, encountering strangers who view him in various roles: “Wizard of the Woods,” “Artsy Hobo” building driftwood horses, and “Raccoon Artist” sketching raccoons with acrylics. He recounts a long expedition that lasted a month of sunny days punctuated by rain, culminating in storms during which he lay in his tent listening to the song “We Are All Connected” by Symphony of Science while pondering the conductivity of his tent poles.

#0224 published 10/10/2020 02:43 audio duration 334 words 1 link poetry nature adventure reading music art

The Programmers

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Students create self‑reproducing capsules that spread through space and time, seeding DNA‑based life on planets and asteroids across the cosmos.

#0223 published 10/9/2020 04:07 audio duration 454 words sci-fi self-replicating-machines asteroids capsules interstellar dna-based-life programming

Flowers Of Earth: We set off to meet the others at Betelgeuse.

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The author recounts humanity’s long journey—from watching Alpha Orionis explode as we become a space‑faring species, renewing ourselves via time travel and interstellar contact—to eventually returning to our ancient roots at Methuselah Prime.

#0222 published 10/8/2020 02:48 audio duration 307 words story science-fiction space-travel alpha-orionis betelgeuse supernova time-travel dna-based-life humanoid

Cosmopolis 1.1: Massively Multiuser Self Assembling Intelligence

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In the post, the “Heroines” discover that social networks can serve as a human‑intelligence‑based computer, with power coming from nested group graphs of users. They study 1960s Detroit’s Model Cities program—an example of large‑scale local governance that ultimately failed due to bureaucracy and funding gaps—and propose anti‑corruption measures built on simple voting within these groups. Their model, embodied in the “Cosmopolis” system, lets professionals (e.g., landscapers or doctors) be dispatched by community vote, with tasks rated and paid directly without a bank or fee extraction. When a medical professional sees a need for a hospital, they file a change request; if the community votes it through, the project unfolds as a large‑scale, multi‑user self‑assembling effort that illustrates a “Deus ex machina” of collective intelligence.

#0221 published 10/7/2020 04:16 audio duration 431 words 1 link social-networks human-intelligence-computing nested-groups graph-theory model-cities-program professional-licensing task-dispatch community-voting

The Midnight Owl

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During a late‑night walk through the dark woodlands of Ludington State Park, the narrator prances under moonlight while hearing occasional barks, howls, and an owl’s “hoot, hoot.” Confidently replying to the owl, he continues his stride, eventually leaping into a moonlit clearing where the owl makes a 180‑degree turn and perches on a tree; the narrator concludes that if you find yourself out there and hear a hoot, it’s wise to grab your butt and scoot.

#0220 published 10/6/2020 01:06 audio duration 181 words poetry nature owl woods state-park marching nighttime ludington

Memorizing Is Not Learning

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The post argues that true learning comes from hunger, love, and enjoyment, and it must be approached in a logical sequence with the right pace; if you learn things out of order or rely on rote memorization it never sticks. It claims that modern schools still depend on “mem‑and‑cram” because they are financed by funding, not by real teaching, and that teachers rarely tailor lessons to individual students’ existing knowledge. The writer proposes that learning is best done in a suitable environment (time of day, place) and with the right tools—computers, tablets, audio books, and online lectures—that allow each student to study at their own rhythm. He cites visiting historic mathematic

#0219 published 10/5/2020 10:59 audio duration 1,184 words 14 links learning education school self-learning curriculum sequence pacing teachers students audio-books online-lectures

You Have To Move Mountains

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The post is a rallying call to friends to live loudly rather than quietly: it recounts being summoned before Congress to speak about insider trading, with the speaker’s voice shaking yet determined; he cites thinkers such as Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, Dennett and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, paints his car pink, reads books, and references Walden, Metamorphosis, and other great works—ending by urging listeners to inherit wisdom from these giants, listen to audiobooks, learn, teach, move mountains, and make history.

#0218 published 10/4/2020 03:51 audio duration 351 words poetry literature reading books inspiration life

The World Belongs To You

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After high school the author urges students to seize control of their future—seeing the world as theirs once teachers retire—and to step back from rote learning into real, self‑driven study: “lectures,” documentaries, audiobooks, maker shops and hacker spaces should become primary tools for building lasting businesses that benefit community and beyond. College is framed as a leisure pursuit rather than a mandate; after graduation one must assemble an “A‑Team” (even parents), tackle challenges like hiking the Appalachian Trail, and use those experiences to chart a personal path toward greatness. The post ends with a call to become mountain‑goat‑like resilient, wise, humorous, and graceful leaders who never waste time but help others on their own journeys.

#0217 published 10/3/2020 04:02 audio duration 412 words 2 links highschool learning selfimprovement hiking maker audiobook lecture

The League of Extraordinary Ladies

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The post begins with a poetic sketch of how cultural labels and predictions of inevitable nuclear war—driven by generational indoctrination—set the stage for global conflict. It then introduces the “League of Extraordinary Ladies,” a multigenerational initiative that turns this crisis into an opportunity: through a massive audio‑lecture project called the Global Progressive Advancement (GPA), celebrities, authors and teachers create free, open‑access recordings of public‑domain works, culminating in a library rivaling Alexandria. By 2050 the school’s impact is evident—knowledge spreads, borders dissolve, and nuclear weapons are dismantled across Europe and Asia. The League extends its mission to poverty: a micro‑payment trading platform on smart tablets connects people for services (rides, groceries, tutoring), with built‑in food‑pantry features that feed the hungry and house the homeless, thereby turning local labor into shared prosperity. In short, the narrative weaves cultural renewal, audio education, and grassroots service exchange into a vision of world peace and poverty alleviation powered by collective knowledge and cooperation.

#0216 published 10/2/2020 10:31 audio duration 1,146 words 1 link poetry essay future culture education technology world peace nuclear disarmament generational change digital library audio books internet

They Walk Among Us

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The author reflects on their search for “great beings,” discovering many online yet noting that true greatness lies in quiet, wise individuals who lead without fanfare. They wish such people could live forever but recognize we must become great ourselves, through learning from books and audiobooks rather than mere memorization. By absorbing wisdom and taking up leadership, each of us can fulfill the world’s need for greatness and create a better future.

#0215 published 10/1/2020 03:32 audio duration 345 words poetry self-improvement reading audiobooks literature inspiration lifelessons

Cosmopolis 1.0

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The post recounts how a small team built “Cosmopolis,” a lightweight web‑based wiki‑style editor in under 100 lines of Node.js/Express code that uses simple alphanumeric file names to resolve concurrent edits and keep all servers in sync. They added user support with chatbots (Alice and Bob) that could automate tasks—like fetching weather or shipping Amazon groceries—and later let real people take over those bot accounts. The project quickly grew into a live simulation of a city (“Night City”) where bots and users could interact, trade services, and earn money, catching the eye of the United Nations as it evolved toward version 2.0.

#0214 published 9/30/2020 09:47 audio duration 979 words 8 links javascript nodejs express webdev github

The Conjecture

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In 2020 a simple web‑based simulation of a city was created to test how easily its institutions could be corrupted; the experiment proved that by modeling officials as bots and letting citizens vote on concrete actions rather than representatives, corruption collapsed and real jobs, tasks, and even prison systems could be automated with transparency. Within a decade the program, run on modest Android tablets, spread to roughly ten thousand cities worldwide, replaced manual city management with a corruption‑resistant scaffold that let people vote on issues, claim bounties for public work, and manage schools and prisons through data‑rich bots. The result was a “virtual metropolis” linking all towns, eliminating joblessness, reducing crime, ending wars, and driving climate action by 2030, while the original programmers were celebrated with Nobel Peace Prizes and monuments—proof that a system built from scratch to resist corruption can transform cities into cooperative, self‑sustaining communities.

#0213 published 9/29/2020 11:15 audio duration 1,356 words simulation web-development game-design city-management bots corruption-mitigation rest http html android

Helping Humanity Grow in Wisdom

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Audio‑books and joyful, inherited knowledge let us build endless wisdom, revealing that true education—beyond cramming tests—must be presented with love, humor, and real understanding to make learning a lifelong, wise adventure for everyone.

#0212 published 9/28/2020 03:26 audio duration 404 words books audiobooks learning education history science personalessay bookreview

Help Them Believe In Their Genius

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In the post, the author envisions a new era where younger generations will abandon blind mistakes and recognize that borders—political, cultural, religious—divide and weaken humanity. He argues that while we still believe in our solutions, the internet, climate change, and nuclear threats make children see that current systems fail to grow humanity. The revolution will be quiet: schools must become “real” so that elementary education works but middle‑school fails, high school and university break students’ hearts, and open curriculum and debt cripple learning. Each child has a unique path to knowledge—music, math, art, science—and when education reduces it to memorization, kids lose faith in their genius. The author calls for renewed real schools that restore each person’s connection to wisdom so that future generations can truly grow.

#0211 published 9/27/2020 07:44 audio duration 800 words 1 link education schools children generations future learning curriculum teachers students