Public Media: Predicting Future Technologies:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Public-Media:-Predicting-Future-Technologies&id=7465396
Is Emotional Cognition Replacing Mathematical Processing?:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-Emotional-Cognition-Replacing-Mathematical-Processing?&id=7465381
Saturday, January 19, 2013
My Five Seconds with Warren G. Buffett
This was years ago. And I know it is possible only because I didn't pay any money.
I was visiting my dad for vacation where he worked in Washington for a government research agency. We happened upon a little nondescript bistro of some kind; We were thirsty; It was pricey, but we decided to get a lemonade;
Everything was normal and a little ritzy when a figure at the far table spoke up:
Buffett (or a very good impersonator): "I'm an old man giving advice about everything anything you want to do. But there's a price. What do you say?"
Michael: "Well okay, what do you say Nathan?"
Buffett: "Step up, step up my son"
Nathan: "What I want to do is philosophy"
Buffett: "This restuarant is chintzy. What you need is a categorical system----"
Michael: "Wait, just stop there: How much did that cost?"
Buffett: "Based on Confucius: Seventy-two hundred dollars"
Michael: "But that was just ten seconds---five seconds flat"
Buffett: "Seventy-two hundred dollars. But have it your way, five seconds five thousand dollars"
Michael: "But this is ridiculous. I approach you thinking you're a kind old man and it turns out you're a greedy trickster"
Buffett: "Let's have a free chat. You're not going to be a philosopher. Not in this day and age. So make art, make art"
Michael: "Did that help, Nathan?"
Nathan: "I don't know, but I think he's wise"
Buffett: "That's priceless, you go away with it: I already know you can't afford me. There you are with your lemonade, and I'm a billionaire. A billionaire. You shouldn't speak to me if you killed my secretary. You shouldn't speak to me if you woke up and shouted Merry Christmas---"
Michael: "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were a billionaire. That makes a difference"
Then my father turned to me: "Here, you got good advice Nathan, so I get to finish the lemonade"
A few weeks later we were in a car, and Michael asked me my opinion on Warren G. Buffett.
"Warren G. Buffett can make mud seem smart" I said. "But I really mean it" I said. I wasn't sure if my father understood.
"You know what you mean?" my dad said "He can make mud-ney seem smart".
We were still trying to laugh it off.
OTHER STORIES:
The Story of How I Was Offered a Time-Cube
Real Life Encounter With the Philosopher Colin McGinn
My Willful Abduction by Seth Rogen
Abducted by John M and His Father
The Casino
I was visiting my dad for vacation where he worked in Washington for a government research agency. We happened upon a little nondescript bistro of some kind; We were thirsty; It was pricey, but we decided to get a lemonade;
Everything was normal and a little ritzy when a figure at the far table spoke up:
Buffett (or a very good impersonator): "I'm an old man giving advice about everything anything you want to do. But there's a price. What do you say?"
Michael: "Well okay, what do you say Nathan?"
Buffett: "Step up, step up my son"
Nathan: "What I want to do is philosophy"
Buffett: "This restuarant is chintzy. What you need is a categorical system----"
Michael: "Wait, just stop there: How much did that cost?"
Buffett: "Based on Confucius: Seventy-two hundred dollars"
Michael: "But that was just ten seconds---five seconds flat"
Buffett: "Seventy-two hundred dollars. But have it your way, five seconds five thousand dollars"
Michael: "But this is ridiculous. I approach you thinking you're a kind old man and it turns out you're a greedy trickster"
Buffett: "Let's have a free chat. You're not going to be a philosopher. Not in this day and age. So make art, make art"
Michael: "Did that help, Nathan?"
Nathan: "I don't know, but I think he's wise"
Buffett: "That's priceless, you go away with it: I already know you can't afford me. There you are with your lemonade, and I'm a billionaire. A billionaire. You shouldn't speak to me if you killed my secretary. You shouldn't speak to me if you woke up and shouted Merry Christmas---"
Michael: "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were a billionaire. That makes a difference"
Then my father turned to me: "Here, you got good advice Nathan, so I get to finish the lemonade"
A few weeks later we were in a car, and Michael asked me my opinion on Warren G. Buffett.
"Warren G. Buffett can make mud seem smart" I said. "But I really mean it" I said. I wasn't sure if my father understood.
"You know what you mean?" my dad said "He can make mud-ney seem smart".
We were still trying to laugh it off.
OTHER STORIES:
The Story of How I Was Offered a Time-Cube
Real Life Encounter With the Philosopher Colin McGinn
My Willful Abduction by Seth Rogen
Abducted by John M and His Father
The Casino
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Book Published
The Dimensional Philosopher's Toolkit has been published.
Definitely worth buying, in the context of systems and arguments. For example, the Macro, Meso, and Micro arguments for Free-Will might be worth the cover price.
It is available on Amazon (Barnes and Noble soon):
And at the publisher's website: http://bookstore.authorhouse.com/Products/SKU-000626241/The-Dimensional-Philosophers-Toolkit.aspx
I have been promoting the book on Twitter to my distant philosophical acquiantances.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
New Article Accepted
Meaning as Darkness in Writing:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Meaning-in-Art,-Especially-Writing&id=7437625
http://ezinearticles.com/?Meaning-in-Art,-Especially-Writing&id=7437625
Monday, January 7, 2013
New Articles Posted
Dimensional Economics Policy:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Dimensional-Economics-Policy&id=7443622
Musical Composition:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Advanced-Musical-Composition-for-Beginners&id=7444529
http://ezinearticles.com/?Dimensional-Economics-Policy&id=7443622
Musical Composition:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Advanced-Musical-Composition-for-Beginners&id=7444529
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Influences for Hyper-Cubism
A certain work by Kandinsky pre-dates Hyper-Cubism, and shows patterns of dimension:
http://www.art.com/products/p12491404-sa-i1678006/wassily-kandinsky-murnau-garden-ii-1910.htm
The influence of this work can be seen in the following image, which I have used on my Twitter profile:
It reminds me of a specific word, perhaps moribund or decoupage.
http://www.art.com/products/p12491404-sa-i1678006/wassily-kandinsky-murnau-garden-ii-1910.htm
The influence of this work can be seen in the following image, which I have used on my Twitter profile:
It reminds me of a specific word, perhaps moribund or decoupage.
Friday, January 4, 2013
I have new articles posted
The Technology of Meaning and the Future of Meaningful Technology:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Technology-of-Meaning,-and-the-Future-of-Meaningful-Technology&id=7438643
Secret Principles of Immortality, Edition 1:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Secret-Principles-of-Immortality,-Edition-1&id=7437486
Secret Principles of Immortality, Edition 2:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Secret-Principles-of-Immortality,-Edition-2&id=7437520
http://ezinearticles.com/?Technology-of-Meaning,-and-the-Future-of-Meaningful-Technology&id=7438643
Secret Principles of Immortality, Edition 1:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Secret-Principles-of-Immortality,-Edition-1&id=7437486
Secret Principles of Immortality, Edition 2:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Secret-Principles-of-Immortality,-Edition-2&id=7437520