“The Morning After” was a popular song recorded by Maureen McGovern for the 1972 Motion Picture “The Poseidon Adventure” written by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn. There’s got to be a morning afterIf we can hold on through the nightWe have a chance to find the sunshineLet’s keep on looking…
Politics? Really?
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To vote or not to vote?
To Vote or Not to Vote and the causes and effects of voter apathy in America. There is a saying attributed to Mark Twain,”The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” One could modify that statement with “The person who doesn’t vote has…
Timothy Simpson
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Mastery Education: Ending Failure in Student Education
The 21st Century is begging for education reform. The 21st Century is capable of delivering it. The 21st Century can see the end of failure in education and usher in a new age of enlightenment. How? Well, here are some of my spontaneous thoughts on the subject. I just created…
Arts
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Being ‘Human’: The Business Model of the Future
Many of my blog posts are exploratory. This one is no different. So, please bear with me as I think through this ‘on paper’. Artificial Intelligence is being called the biggest and most influential technological change in the history of mankind. In essence, it is the second iteration of the…
Timothy Simpson
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Voting and the fine art of the “Gerrymander”
I have no political experience and I don’t really want to have any. But, the current situation in the USA is forcing me to get to know it better. One of the areas that I always felt pretty good about in the USA was that by voting we could decide…
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The Pacific Coast of Washington State
Visiting my cousins from Kentucky out in Washington state is always such a joy. They’re the kind of people whose presence lifts you up—kind, easy to be around, and full of that steady optimism that leaves you feeling better just for being near them. This time, we went to Seabrook,…
Technology
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AI, Robots, Programming, and the Programming of Humans: Writing powerful code.
Computers get their marching orders from code. Whether it is computers, Artificial Intelligence, or Robots it is all conveyed by some sort of code. I am not a code expert. In fact, I barely understand its existence. But, I do know that it is what makes the computer I am…
Spirituality
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A selfish look at charity
Most of what I write is a thought experiment. I just write. I’m not big on going back and editing, so some of my thoughts aren’t complete nor necessarily reasoned out. Just sayin… Charities are a nuisance to me. There is a cause for everything it seems. My personal issue…
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What Gives? The Great American “Ask”
If you give them an inch they’ll take a mile. My mailbox, E-mail inbox, and phone sims are being invaded by Non-Profits asking for donations on a daily, almost minute by minute basis. It is tiring and it makes me have a bad attitude about anyone asking me for money…
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The importance of clarity of information and education on how things work in a democracy.
The confusion we are experiencing in the United States is largely due to chaotic messages from just about everyone. We are in an ideological battle between two sides that have lost control of what is important. America is in a chaotic state, and the world is worried. It is easy…