The Weekly World News version of the future

What if someone is just making stuff up? Years ago, I worked with the supermarket tabloid to make an ironic, shouty, somewhat funny book that has turned out to match much of the discourse we find surrounding us. When we flew down to Florida to meet their team, I was amazed to discover that this
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June 10, 2025

On burning bridges

Building a bridge is far more difficult than maintaining one. While it’s tempting to imagine that we’re always racing forward, it’s far more likely we’ll benefit from traveling over this bridge again one day soon. June 6, 2025

June 10, 2025

Uphill and downhill challenges

There’s a big hill near my house. Sometimes, a bicyclist will really pedal hard on the downhill. It’s good for the ego. It’s also crazy dangerous, since braking and steering become much more difficult, and high speed gives you less time to react. And sometimes cars rev their way up the hill, with the drivers
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June 10, 2025

Squeaky wheels

One strategy is to spend time finding the one wheel and address it. The better approach is to realize that if there’s one wheel that’s squeaking, it’s likely that all the wheels need lubrication.

June 10, 2025

Ready to be…

Disappointed Delighted Amazed Offended Ripped off Grateful Loved Sometimes we get what we expect.

June 10, 2025