It’s hard to believe you can unlock the door to your house, change the temperature on your thermostat and order groceries to be delivered, all from a device you hold in your hand. You can set up a romantic date with the swipe of a thumb, buy cheap airline tickets and have an Uber driver at your door in 10 minutes. You could even have an entire outfit tailored for you without trying anything on….
Who hasn’t heard about zero waste or minimalism these days? Seems like every other article is about “moving towards sustainability,” or “environmental activism,” attempting to convince everyone and their mom that to waste is sacrilege and we must carry the cross on behalf of the environment. Zero waste, living green and minimalism don’t explain anything though. They’re just buzzwords. They don’t explain what people do, or why they care whether the companies they do business…
“Not chess, Mr. Spock. Poker. Do you know the game?” In one of my all-time favorite Star Trek episodes, The Carbomite Maneuver, Kirk and his crew face down an unknown vessel from a group calling themselves the “First Federation.” Threats from the crystal-shaped vessel escalate until it seems that the destruction of the Enterprise is imminent. Kirk asks Spock for options, who replies that the Enterprise has been playing a game of chess, and now…