communication. community. cognition.
Sand Dollars
| Print article | This entry was posted by Ike on February 19, 2008 at 1:34 am, and is filed under My Quotes, Philosophy. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site. |
No trackbacks yet.
The Turkeys on Your TV
about 1 year ago - 11 comments
I don’t mean to pick on Good Morning America because it’s bad. It’s not. In fact, it is the only TV news I regularly subject myself to anymore. They probably do as well or better than any of the other networks. Which is sad, because what passes for news these days is not news, it’s
Tastes Great, Less Filling
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
“Socialism is easy to like on full stomachs, but isn’t so good at filling them.”
Kill Art and Craft, and you Might Share The Coffin
about 1 year ago - 13 comments
One of the finest compliments I ever received was from Dan Cates, who was then my assistant news director at the ABC affiliate in Birmingham. “I wish I had a whole newsroom full of Ike Pigotts.” It was weeks before I could walk through a doorway without my big head getting in the way. I
Space and Time
about 1 year ago - 5 comments
How space affects a woman’s perception of time. Conclusion: Apparently, space increases overall satisfaction.
A Poverty of Realism
about 1 year ago - 3 comments
“No matter how badly you wish it so, pure intentions and a bottomless checkbook are not an automatic solution for anything.”
A Lesson on Worth
about 1 year ago - 19 comments
I recently ran across one of those messages about how our nation needs to get its priorities in order, because we pay professional athletes so much more than we do teachers. On the surface, it seems a difficult point to argue, because obviously teaching is important. This is where an understanding of marginal utility comes
Fools’ Gold
about 2 years ago - 4 comments
I was listening to the radio on the way into work the other morning, and heard something that bothered me. The morning hosts were extolling the virtues of a paying client, which is exactly what you would expect them to do. This client, a jeweler, had just held a “sell your scrap gold” event this
Better than Best
about 2 years ago - 3 comments
“Libertarianism is the faith that individuals pursuing the better will succeed over Experts dictating the Best.”
about 3 years ago
Energy Independence Now!
No more Oil Wars!
Stop funding the terrorists!
Drill in Anwar.
Build more nuclear power plants
Use More coal.
Use more natural gas
Turn trash into energy
Double the efficiency of windmills and solar cells.
If France can do nuclear power so can we.
If Brazil can do biomass/ethanol power so can we.
If Australia can do LNG power so can we.
about 3 years ago
Okay… now that is an interesting interpretation of what I wrote.
Conversely, you could go visit the link where that line is in context, and see that I was referring to the volume of chatter about the ephemeral.