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Kabuki
Shortly after I moved to Washington, DC in 80's to start a new company, I was invited to the home of a senior executive with deep...
Doug Weiss
Mar 27, 20224 min read
Hidden Persuaders
A landmark book written in the late 1950’s by author Vance Packard, Hidden Persuaders, offered a shocking insight into the world of...
Doug Weiss
Mar 20, 20223 min read
Grace
Observing the war in the Ukraine, an impending climate crisis which threatens our future existence, and political brinksmanship that is...
Doug Weiss
Mar 13, 20223 min read
Analog
Some months ago, I had my annual physical which included a neurological workup. I’m told this was essentially the same test a former head...
Doug Weiss
Mar 6, 20223 min read
Le Fin
In the very early days of the world wide web, as it was called, someone circulated a snarky link to a website with the catchphrase: The...
Doug Weiss
Feb 27, 20225 min read
It's Axiomatic
Our system of mathematics is based on axioms or in simpler terms, accepted and self-evident truths. However, the mathematician, Kurt...
Doug Weiss
Feb 20, 20224 min read
Feet of Clay
Is anyone truly surprised when it is revealed that a person of some celebrity, be they a performer, politician, athlete, religious leader...
Doug Weiss
Feb 13, 20223 min read
Exceptional
The 1920’s were known as the roaring twenties while the current decade might best be described as the lying twenties. The era of the big...
Doug Weiss
Feb 6, 20223 min read
It's About Time
A perception of time is unique to human beings among all creatures. While animals have been shown to react to the frequency with which...
Doug Weiss
Jan 30, 20223 min read
Crystal Ball
Last week I wrote about an empirical study originally done in 1972 and recently updated which forecast a possible global collapse by...
Doug Weiss
Jan 23, 20224 min read
Entropy
The second law of thermodynamics states that entropy always increases with time or in simpler terms as it applies to our universe, our...
Doug Weiss
Jan 16, 20223 min read
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Do dreams really come true? Perhaps for some people they do, at least those conscious dreams that we might better describe as hopes. ...
Doug Weiss
Jan 9, 20222 min read
Memories
Well, it finally happened, I forgot something that I’ve known and recited routinely most of my life. I could call this sudden moment of...
Doug Weiss
Jan 2, 20223 min read
Patience
It is rather a gloomy day as I write this, rainy and cold outside. Fall leaves fill the yard looking less a colorful celebration of the...
Doug Weiss
Dec 26, 20213 min read
Why write?
An acquaintance asked me the other day why I continue to write these posts. It is a valid question and I hope not an editorial comment...
Doug Weiss
Dec 19, 20213 min read
Self-aware
At the dog park the other day I watched as my grand dog, Lewis, a day glow green football gripped firmly in his mouth, galloped from one...
Doug Weiss
Dec 12, 20214 min read
The Gift
As I write this post we are fast approaching another one of those holidays that has been transformed by retailers into an absurd...
Doug Weiss
Dec 5, 20213 min read
Apocalypse
Not long ago a group of people gathered in anticipation of an apocalyptic event—though in this case, the Q'anon prophesied second coming...
Doug Weiss
Nov 28, 20213 min read
The View From the Top
It has been a year or two since I last climbed to the top of a mountain. The location was Arizona, outside Phoenix and the day was...
Doug Weiss
Nov 21, 20214 min read
Metaverse
You’ll be hearing this word a lot over the next few months and quite probably longer. It’s not just because the social media site...
Doug Weiss
Nov 14, 20213 min read
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