Sherlock Holmes and God: they both see things we don’t
Detective stories, whether in books or on TV or in a movie, attract a lot of us. I think part of the reason is because we love puzzles, and a good mystery or detective story is a delightful kind of puzzle. We try to figure out what the lead character has figured out (or will), […]
A Dangerous Change
“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” So they say, but what does it mean? You could google it, of course, but no need. I’ll explain with some illustrations, including “google it.” Google, as you know, is the proprietary name of a search engine. It was a noun, but I used it […]
THIMK
If you ever worked for IBM, you have heard the word “think” used as more than a suggestion. As a “motto” (command?), “think” was made famous by the man who named IBM and made it famous, Thomas J. Watson, Sr. At one point he was one of the highest paid executives in the United States. […]
