Category Archives: modern life

I have this theory about the future. In about 100 or 200 years time, I have a strong feeling that people will be looking back on us, the survivors of the 20th century, and they’re going to say things like “those poor people…” just in the same way that we look back on those that [...]

At last an article that puts some perspective to what billionaires can actually DO with their giant hordes of money. But first, a reality check on how much a billion bucks really is. If you saved the median US income ($50,000) every year — without spending a single dime — it would take you 20,000 [...]

It seems that at least once a day I find myself wondering how I’m going to keep up with the endlessly evolving list of things to do. Work (which is constantly changing and transforming thanks to having a web-based job), friends, family, health, future, planning, climate change, oh brother the list goes on! While I [...]

For the last few months an idea has been rattling around in ye olde noggin. I’ve been wondering why everyone (myself included) is so stressed out all the time, because the usual answers of “too much work” or “too many responsibilities” just didn’t suffice. An idea came rather suddenly. I realized that our nervous systems [...]

Invariably, what does everyone say when you ask them “how they’ve been”? Busy. It seems that has become the stock answer in the last few years. How did we all suddenly get so busy? What has fundamentally changed? I’ll venture to say–not much really. Instead I think we are succumbing to a deeper trend, much [...]