Consider the egg, a miracle of structural design. If you drop it, it breaks. But try to break one by simple inward pressure between the tip and the round end. It’s hard to do. Even by grasping the egg in your fist, you’ll find it doesn’t break (unless you apply finger pressure). Now consider the… Continue reading

Rich has a friend who has this theory about people in High School… and the jobs they take when they grow up. The HS high achievers (most popular kids) — the ones on the debate team and the student council — grow up to be CEOs, startup-company starter-uppers, board chairmen, politicians The kids who followed… Continue reading

I recently followed this discussion of Christmas on a mailing list: A:   Although I like the family gatherings and Christmas, I am outraged at how commerialized this holiday has become. B:   What does this mean, exactly? I always hear about the commercialization of Christmas. What do people mean when they say this? That… Continue reading