In the midst of a seemingly hopeless search for life’s meaning, I came across the following 13-minute-long TED Talk video…
Category: Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Wanton Destruction of CBS Property, for Your Entertainment
You could invite the previous host of the “Late Night” show — David Letterman — to join you atop the Ed Sullivan Theatre, and throw furniture off the roof…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Don’t Know What I Don’t Know, But I Think I Do
This topic came to my attention when I came across a scientific paper titled, “The misunderstood limits of folk science…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: When the News is Less Like Homework…
I never actually felt that reading the news, or watching the news, was “like homework”. I would describe it more like “therapy”…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Honey, I Shrunk the Economy!
It could be worse, of course. I could have invented a machine that accidentally shrunk my kids, like in the 1989 Disney movie….
READY, FIRE, AIM: We’re Either Gonna Die Really Soon, or Live Practically Forever
A number of years ago, an Oxford philosophy professor named Nick Bostrom published a book titled, “Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies”…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Wanted, a Marriage Counselor for the Colorado River
Reportedly, the Colorado River negotiations have not been going as smoothly as everyone wishes…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, Also Known as ‘UFOs’
“I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Tax the Rich… So We Don’t Have to Eat Them
If I were rich, I would much prefer to be taxed rather than eaten. But I might not have a choice?
READY, FIRE, AIM: Nothing to Do But Waste Our Lives Away
If we want to believe government statistics — and that’s a big “IF” of course — things have changed in America, in terms of labor force participation…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Bicycles in Our Fast-Moving Future
Not only are bicycles getting electrified, but bicycle riding is also becoming more and more dangerous…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Selfish, Loathsome and Mediocre
If I had been born a year later, in ’65, I could have agreed with him…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Shoulda Been a Therapist
Unfortunately, nothing is perfectly clear in this reality we live in. A video posted online shows Mr. Carlson actually saying: “Could this be the Antichrist?”…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Considering Kings and Queens
King Charles III and Queen Camilla flew back to the U.K. on Friday, following four action-packed days on the East Coast…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Guy on Top of the Bridge
Guido Reichstadter described himself as the father of two children with masters degrees in both math and physics…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Phones… the Cigarettes of the 21st Century?
“Right before I go to sleep, I look at my phone. While I am at the dinner table, during class or my commute, I am looking at my phone…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Make Cows Great Again?
The American Dairy Coalition appears to be hot on the trail of bad government data…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Very Soon, You May Have to Beg for Your Plastic Fork
“A Colorado bill would prevent restaurants from giving customers single-use plastic items like utensils and condiment packets unless the person explicitly asks for them…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Hot Topic on Planet Earth
…This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper…