Competing for Status
Competing for Status 32 accomplishments that will give you the influence of a college degree “Does being smarter make you happier?” This was the question I posed to the audience at a recent DaVinci Institute event, hoping to gauge their reaction. I found it...
Altering Our Dependencies… one snip at a time
Altering Our Dependencies… one snip at a time My granddaughter, Dez, and I rarely see eye to eye. But we have a relationship where we are heavily dependant upon each other I’m a bit like film director Robert Zemeckis who co-wrote the screenplay Back to the...
Dr. Seuss, the Grandfather of Nanotechnology
Dr. Seuss, the Grandfather of Nanotechnology Long before the physics of nanotechnology, a dreamer’s dream sparked the world’s imagination Known to most by his pen name, Dr. Seuss, Theodore Geisel lived a life in a magical world populated by unusual...
A Description is Not an Explanation
A definition states what a word or concept means, while a description identifies properties or qualities of things. Both of these answer the question, “What?” However, to fully grasp a difficult concept, we need an explanation. An explanation answers the...