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Cosplay
In the event you are unfamiliar with the term, cosplay, a contraction of costume and play acting, is typically a benign form of grown up...
Doug Weiss
Jun 295 min read
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Arrested Development
Students of humanity have observed a pattern that at least as far back as recorded history repeats itself unerringly even to the present...
Doug Weiss
Jun 223 min read
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Holograms
Not very long ago I wrote a post on consciousness. Admittedly it is a subject about which there are an extraordinary number of theories...
Doug Weiss
Jun 153 min read
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Storms
I awakened last night to the sounds of what seemed to be a gentle spring rainstorm, one we badly needed. The morning revealed quite a...
Doug Weiss
Jun 83 min read
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Abstention
If you have lived more than 15 minutes in this world you have undoubtedly learned this life lesson: the reward for giving up what you...
Doug Weiss
Jun 13 min read
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Of Magic and Myth
Extreme partisanship and ideological divides are nothing new in American politics, but at least in my lifetime, cultish worship of...
Doug Weiss
May 254 min read
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Saying Goodbye
The other day was a difficult one. I attended a funeral, an occasion which in my advancing years happens with far too much frequency. ...
Doug Weiss
May 182 min read
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OCD
A friend of mine has a sign in her kitchen that says she suffers from CDO--Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, but the letters are in the...
Doug Weiss
May 112 min read
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Things that go bump in the night
Perhaps that phrase is something you recall. If not, it is part of a poem written by the Scottish poet, Robert Burns asking the Good...
Doug Weiss
May 43 min read
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Artificial Interference
I've written before about my misgivings concerning AI--specifically, generalized AI based on large language models (LLMs). Among my many...
Doug Weiss
Apr 274 min read
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Roots
In any given week I scarcely know what I will write about; all too often I rely on serendipity to lead the way. So it was this week. I...
Doug Weiss
Apr 202 min read
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Control
Watching events unfold these past few weeks reminded me of a poster I saw back in the late eighties. It featured a large picture of the...
Doug Weiss
Apr 133 min read
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Reflections
I recently finished the first of a trilogy by Chinese author, Cixin Liu, The Three Body Problem. Even if you are not a fan of so-called...
Doug Weiss
Apr 63 min read
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Crucibles
I received a message today from a friend I lost track of some years ago. We met at a particularly fraught time, and our friendship was...
Doug Weiss
Mar 303 min read
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A walk in the woods
My gentlemen's book club is reading a novel by Daniel Mason, entitled North Woods . I described it to a friend by comparing it to one of...
Doug Weiss
Mar 233 min read
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The News
A waggish friend of mine once described Television news this way: "Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen, here is today's news. It's worse...
Doug Weiss
Mar 94 min read
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Plan B
Whether it applies to work, life, politics, or conflict, received wisdom tells us we should always have a plan B. And what is plan B? ...
Doug Weiss
Mar 23 min read
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We are what we eat
Perhaps you've heard the expression. While it is a bit glib, there is a great deal of truth to the aphorism. As scientists continue to...
Doug Weiss
Feb 235 min read
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Inflection Points
Not so long ago the term inflection point was given new life by the tech industry gathering to itself a gravity that is questionable. ...
Doug Weiss
Feb 164 min read
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Experience
It is often said that we humans learn best through experience. Certainly we seek those with experience to lead, whether it is in work,...
Doug Weiss
Feb 93 min read
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