August 2006
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Socialism?
That all people are selfish and only motivated by self interest is an undeniable truth. Some people generally prefer quantity to true quality, something that I think is an extension of a more general inability to weigh future consequences to be as important as present gratification.
Taken together, this is presents the following: all people seek to optimize their happiness, but some are only...
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Observation
Wearing a bluetooth headset even while not in use—
It’s the new “keeping a cellphone in an awkward case1 on the belt”.
The good news is that one can still look like a technocratic-communications-showoff-with-no-real-style, but now one has more room for the Leatherman and its belt-stowed accessories. The bluetooth headset also has the added bonus of confusing those around the...
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my Identity!
My credit card company called today to verify a $198.00 charge from “Invest.com”. Not only have I never used this website, I’ve never even heard of it. I guess I am lucky that the credit card company caught it — now that I have reassured them that it was not me trying to make the purchase, they are canceling the account with no charge to me. However, it is still strange (and...
