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Tag Archives: General Truths
A Song about Engineers
ShooTheEngineers Based on some good advice that I got in college from one of the professors. Lyrics below the fold: Enjoy!
PS Cast: Work Ethic
Today I talk about Japan’s Work Ethic compared to the one in the US. [Terrible Musical Intro] Welcome to a rainy day Paul Spooner Podcast. So I was thinking about the way that people have… [musical intro continues] Hmm, I may have … Continue reading
PS Podcast, Populace and Wealth
This is even more of a ramble than usual… Populace and Wealth Transcript below: [Marginally Musical Intro] That’s right folks, it’s the Paul Spooner Podcast! The other day I was thinking about how different countries base their laws off of … Continue reading
Nothing to Say. The Man : The Podcast
I have Nothing to Say. And boy do I say it. Transcript below: Well, last time I did a really long rant about cars and driving, and how we should all drive differently and how people should die on the roads! … Continue reading
Driving Improvements, Nagoya Podcast
So, this is a topic that’s been on my mind for a while. Like, probably since I was about five years old. The way our roads are regulated is silly and wasteful. Fortunately, you’ve got me to point out how … Continue reading
The Conspiracy of the Upright
I have made a reading of this post here: https://youtu.be/nvbya10DLQs Things that blend in seem camouflaged, though the word implies artifice. Considerable effort is taken to make out-of-place things blend in; Military hardware. Communications towers. Facial blemishes. But you only … Continue reading
Life Cycle
“Nor monkish order only slides down as field to fen. All things achieved and chosen pass, as the White Horse fades into the grass, no work of Christian men.” – G.K Chesterton Organizations are like plants. They start off small … Continue reading
Universal moral prevalence
It turns out that desire, preference, morality, and economics all deal with the same issue, that is, “what is good?” Stretch your eyes to the end of eternity, and all middle ground fades away. Only Good and Evil remain. Continue reading
Reentry
Thinking is like orbital re-entry. Just hang with me on this one…When a spacecraft re-enters the atmosphere, it has to dissipate a great amount of inertial energy so that it doesn’t hit the ground like a meteor. Using air resistance, … Continue reading