--- Notes on political systems --- It has been observed that a pure democracy, if it were practicable, would be the most perfect governme...

--- Using computers --- 2016 Long ago, in the late 60s, my brother was a computer technician in the Air Force. That gave me my first de...

--- First impressions --- When I was in college, I enjoyed classes that were just helping a researcher with their research. Universities ...

--- Notes on selves --- Selves are, indeed, about the strangest inhabitants of nature that one can imagine - except that, as sometimes de...

--- Useful things --- 2016 An advantage of walking is that you only need what you can carry, or, put another way, you only carry what y...

--- Notes on God --- By the word 'God' I mean an infinite substance, [eternal, immutable,] independent, omniscient, omnipotent, a...

--- The confidentiality conundrum --- Confidentiality is a central tenant of most professional codes of ethics. It's hardly surprisin...

--- Field trips, hikes, and endurance hikes --- 2016 I made the decision to let go of my van back in 2014 and I haven't really regr...

--- Notes on ethics --- Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy o...

--- Peoplewatching --- "Just as a birdwatcher watches birds, so a peoplewatcher watches people. But he is a student of human behav...