The world is changing so rapidly that our personal experience is being rendered obsolete long before we reach “retirement age.” About 8 or so years ago, when I was in the regular business world, I gave a speech at The University of Tulsa School of Business about “knowledge management.” At that time the half-life of …
We are beset upon by dumb people. If you are dumb and don’t understand causation life becomes a cargo cult for you. If you are dumb, you can’t believe that the West was built by a meritocracy. If it was and your people didn’t get to participate, that means you weren’t good enough. That is …
Cargo cults cropped up during the late colonial era that petered out in the 20th century. Cargo cults are characterized by a desire for material goods and a complete misunderstanding of all preconditions that gave rise to those goods. From Infogalactic: With the end of the war, the military abandoned the airbases and stopped dropping …