Fifty years ago, having your own car was a sign of adulthood and your ticket around town. But that is all going to change within the next five to ten years due to rising CO2 levels and a new trend called Transportation as a Service. TaaS sits at the intersection of four technical macro trends. These are:
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) patients and the people who are closest to them, suffer for years—the patient suffers the gradual loss of self and the friends and loved ones watch as the person they have known and loved fades away. This contrasts with the sharp, searing pain of loss that goes along with a fatal heart attack. In that case, the pain is acute, but it is quickly over. Friends can mourn, but in short order they can get on with their lives. With Alzheimer’s disease, friends and loved ones must live with the incremental loss that happens day after day. It is like a train wreck in slow motion. Continue reading
My 7-year old, second-grade students already understood the “Feel-Good!” technique when I taught it. It involves finding pleasant emotions and then basking in them. I asked these questions: “Think about burying your face into your puppy’s belly or your cat’s fur. Imagine biting into your favorite spaghetti, hamburger, or pizza. Remember the last time you were lovingly hugged. Which senses do freshly baked cookies arouse?” Continue reading
A while back, I felt that pretty much everything was out of sync and I was highly disorganized. There was a growing list of undone things whether that was around the house, at work, with my family, or at the places where I volunteer.
It was definitely time for a reorganization.
A few weeks later, things were back in order (I even had time to write again), and a big part of my reorganization was refocussing on the systems I use for productivity. Continue reading
The Coronavirus pandemic (COVID19) continues to spread throughout the world despite the best efforts of governments and the medical community. With no vaccine becoming available in the near term and perhaps even in the long term we are faced with growing uncertainty. It seems that ever since the emergence of COVID19 that conflicting advice, information and guidance has exacerbated the situation and created a lack of trust on the part of the public on what measures to take. Wear a mask. Continue reading